July 18th, 2012 at 5:48PM
Anyone who identifies as an ‘ist’ is going to be hypersensitive about some topics. Some feminists are narrow-minded, uptight, and unfamiliar with the concept of laughing at themselves. Louis C.K. hit on something wonderful later in the interview when he talked about how this whole discussion taught him about how the threat of rape feels so omnipresent for many women. This is a guy who regularly agonizes onstage about bringing up two daughters, and does so in a poignant and hilarious fashion. I think he wasn’t specific enough. Regular mainline feminists aren’t the problem. Radical feminists are enemies of comedians, because radicalism of any kind has no sense of humor about itself. Throwing Louis C.K. out in the cold with Daniel Tosh is like tossing a Ming vase out with the old Tupperware. —

Sara Benincasa

C.K. is arguably a feminist. He criticized and joked about all sides in the debate and, most importantly, was very articulate in his explanation of what he learned from it. 

And yet some people want to take him down, too, which just reinforces the argument that some people can’t won’t take a joke. 

(via ericmortensen)
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  3. youngmanhattanite said: What if a rape victim can’t or won’t take a joke? Who decides what kind of rape joke a victim is capable of taking? Laugh at all the rape jokes you want, but don’t expect everyone to like it and don’t write them off as “can’t/won’t take a joke.”
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