If you're going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can't be politically correct when you do that.
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You can't be satirical and not be offensive to somebody.
By the very nature of satire or parody, you have to love and respect your target and respect it enough to understand every aspect of it, so you can more effectively make fun of it.
The idea of what's acceptable and what's shocking, that's where I investigate. I mean, you can't be on 'Top Gear,' where your only argument is that it's all just a joke and anyone who takes offence is an example of political correctness gone mad, and then not accept the counterbalance to that.
Satire is, by definition, offensive. It is meant to make us feel uncomfortable. It is meant to make us scratch our heads, think, do a double-take, and then think again.
You can't debate satire. Either you get it or you don't.
What's politically correct a lot of times is not funny.
It's great that I get accused of not being politically correct. People need to take themselves less seriously. This world is so screwed up as it is, we've all got to relax a bit more.
I've never really been one to try to be politically correct. I just feel truth is truth, and sometimes I probably offend some people.
Political correctness is one of the engines of nannyism. Allowing and even encouraging 'offensive' ideas is vital for the intellectually health of a free society.
Satire is a weapon, and it can be quite cruel.
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