“It was fun watching people like Maggie Haberman and Mika Brzezinski
publicly announce how appalled they were after Wolf told some jokes
about their industry, and her routine was obviously the best White House
Correspondents’ Dinner since Stephen Colbert’s infamous appearance.
It’s a gross event, and it’s only ever good when the attendees get
mercilessly roasted. But there is an even more important conclusion to
draw from Michelle Wolf’s comedy. It helps us see through the lie about
political correctness, this idea that feminists are trying to kill
humor. They’re not trying to kill it. They’re trying to turn it against
the people who deserve to be its targets: the Trumps and Weinsteins and
Cosbys and Moores of the world. And those people aren’t upset because
they value edgy humor, but because they want humor that bullies the
powerless rather than exposing the grotesque immorality of the powerful.
The cult of “civility” is the real “political correctness,” the
stifling consensus that prevents us from telling the truth about the
people in charge.”It helps us see through the lie about political correctness, this idea that feminists are trying to kill humor. They’re not trying to kill it. They’re trying to turn it against the people who deserve to be its targets: the Trumps and Weinsteins and Cosbys and Moores of the world. And those people aren’t upset because they value edgy humor, but because they want humor that bullies the powerless rather than exposing the grotesque immorality of the powerful.
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