Sarah Silverman makes rape joke same night as Tosh and everyone laughs.

YHWH_The_Lord · 2012-07-13T04:48:04+00:00

Both versions of the story about Tosh say that the audience laughed at his jokes too.

MaunaLoona · 2012-07-13T03:31:21+00:00

Ok, I found it funny. Am I going to hell for this?

malagrond · 2012-07-13T04:54:58+00:00

"The most heinous crime imaginable."

Obviously. Murder is at least 3 notches lower.

/s

WilhelmEngel · 2012-07-13T05:05:02+00:00

Was anyone seriously expecting sensitivity and class from Daniel Tosh? His entire bit is based on being as rude and racist as possible. He seems like a douchebag, but he is still hilarious.

Arxl · 2012-07-13T09:27:54+00:00

Both comedians go for shock and distasteful comedy because, well, we laugh at the shit we think but never say.

funnyfaceking · 2012-07-13T18:58:59+00:00

Actually, Tosh didn't just tell a rape joke, he told the audience that he wished a specific person in it would get gang raped. Sarah Silverman didn't do that.

allansteiner · 2012-07-14T04:33:32+00:00

SEE? This is what a well written rape joke should sound like. Completely Victimless. Making fun of the stigma regarding rape instead of it's victims, and actually attempting to do something positive.

Important thing to note however is that this is a joke that we can discus because we have a recording of it. I feel like it's pretty heinous to accuse Daniel Tosh of anything if we can't hear what he said for ourselves or at least see an actual transcript that's not from memory. Even though it's possible that he did in fact say a really terrible thing. I know from personal experience that it's really difficult to retell a joke from memory; so I don't understand where the credibility in regards this woman's account of the night comes from.

It seems that every eyewitness I've seen come forward claims the women's account of the joke is WAY off. (Club owner testimony; Attendent; as well as Tosh's apology itself...)

I suppose I just don't understand why we're discussing the merit of the comment mentioned in the tumblr blog as opposed to whether on not he said the comment in the first place.

Thoughts?

hardwarequestions · 2012-07-13T03:30:22+00:00

any tumblr experts here willing to post this there and point out the disparity in reaction to Tosh's bit?

Or perhaps to /2xc? Headline maybe being "can only women make rape jokes without incurring the public's wrath?"

Darkling5499 · 2012-07-13T08:18:22+00:00

http://www.buzzfeed.com/whitneyjefferson/twitter-divides-in-response-to-daniel-toshs-rape

a good amount of twitter comments regarding the "issue" with tosh. no surprise, the only people butthurt about it are feminists, and basically every big-name comedian out there is defending tosh.

WIDE_420lbs · 2012-07-13T06:45:53+00:00

Feminists, yours sons are dying in wars and all you care about are rape jokes

RawrCola · 2012-07-13T11:24:19+00:00

You can tell that everyone near the camera/recording device have the fake-awkward laughs. Just to be nice.

funnyfaceking · 2012-07-13T18:07:31+00:00

Tosh wasn't in the Aristocrats.

http://youtu.be/BKPCOAlL5KE

HolyCounsel · 2012-07-13T04:48:55+00:00

Tosh has done rape jokes before, too, and did not get into trouble for it. This time he directed it a female heckler and there was no humour in it - why exactly would it be funny for that heckler to immediately gangraped? No punchline...

Omnominable · 2012-07-13T04:34:27+00:00

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FOADSASCUM · 2012-07-13T05:38:08+00:00

"most heinous crime imaginable.."

Yes, because chemical warfare and genocide aren't actual things.

Maybe I'm just reading too much into that.

ThePigman · 2012-07-13T06:09:05+00:00

"Rape is the most heinous crime imaginable"

Fuck you, madam. And she's a Jew! Any Jew with even half a brain would, as soon as such a moronic idea crossed their mind, think "Oh, wait, there's genocide..." Not to mention murder, child molesting, wearing red socks with a green suit and, of course, laughing at this moronic woman who probably owes her career solely to her political statements rather than to any real comedic talent.

otter111a · 2012-07-13T13:30:09+00:00

"everyone laughs?" Not so much. I hear a few chuckles here and there but never the laughter from a crowd hearing a well delivered punchline. But I don't think it was the subject matter keeping them from laughing. There was just no real joke there.

MockingDead · 2012-07-13T14:23:27+00:00

You want a more heinous crime, how about the "Sarah Silverman Show."

Sarah need not have to apologize, nor should Tosh. They are comedians.

You can dislike what they say, you can dislike their style (I'd but Sarah at 50% funny and Tosh at 85-90% funny m'self). But you can't really get butthurt over it and demand an apology.

Lohengren · 2012-07-13T15:40:32+00:00

It's okay because she is a brave, strong woman who is taking the issue head on.

/s

Hach8 · 2012-07-13T17:24:33+00:00

The most interesting part about this is that Tosh's joke is taken out of context and everyone is quick to label him as a rape apologist / rape culture... person.

When this Silverman joke is actually making fun of rape VICTIMS, not rapists. Not rape culture. The victims are the fucking but of the joke. This is even basically a contradiction of the recent Jezebel article slamming tosh... It's such a joke and such a ridiculous double standard.

Fact is the story only got this far because "anonymous lady was a woman, and women need to be treated like victims and not questioned."

ThePigman · 2012-07-13T06:19:24+00:00

Oh, yeah i was so pissed at her idiocy i forgot what the post was about. Fact is, though she is obviously an unfunny feminist twat, she is mocking people who make rape jokes so it is okay. Also, unlike the male jackass, she isn't saying how funny it would be if someone in her audience got pack raped, so yes it's excusable.

2012-07-13T11:59:51+00:00

A terrible 'joke' from a truly terrible 'comic'.

adubjose · 2012-07-13T06:36:15+00:00

Sarah = funny

Tosh = not funny

Simple.

2012-07-13T10:23:57+00:00

Wasn't funny. Perhaps could be if it centered around the rape is about power theories. Is a rapist just a really lousy politician? How can you feel powerful doing something that's hardly a step up from leashing a dog. If it's about power it reveals a severe lack of ambition. Perhaps we should have posters with a rapist ready rip apart a lady's clothes, but she cleverly appeals to him with "if you're so powerful, why don't you try a coup d'état?" and you see him with a look of mindful contemplation. I'd laugh at some of that.

Title	Sarah Silverman makes rape joke same night as Tosh and everyone laughs.
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Date	July 13, 2012 3:23 AM UTC (14 years ago)
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