Is this joke racist?

[Ecthy]

KH

[MrFun]

Can I express my opinion without being trolled by Cal, GP, or SuperSneak??



I am not sure if this was a racist joke, or a joke about racism.

In either case, I do not find it funny --- even though I understand the joke, with the car's driver going in reverse to make sure the "n**ger" was dead.

[Ecthy]

Why should GP or SS troll you for that? especially since GP actually has a sense of humour, in contrast to Sneak. And then, they already troll you for other stuff, so fear not to post about this

[General Ludd]

You could change the focus of the joke so it's not so rascist.

As it stands, the joke is about hating blacks, but you could change the focus of the joke. For example, if you change it so that instead of just another car aproaching the black man, he has the misfortune of encountering a pick up truck full of yokels on their way to a KKK meating, then the joke would be more about rascism then simply "running that ****** over". And, in my opinoin, it would also make this joke aproach being funny.

[Mihai]

Other romanian joke:
An old man want to drink from a well. On the well is written in romanian "water undrinkable". Funar (romanian nationalist mayor of Cluj) is walking by : "Hey, old man, don't drink from there, the water is not good". The old man "Nemtodom (I don't know/I don't understand - in hungarian). Funar : "Old man, drink slow and calmly, the water is cold"

[Juggler]

Other romanian joke:
An old man want to drink from a well. On the well is written in romanian "water undrinkable". Funar (romanian nationalist mayor of Cluj) is walking by : "Hey, old man, don't drink from there, the water is not good". The old man "Nemtodom (I don't know/I don't understand - in hungarian). Funar : "Old man, drink slow and calmly, the water is cold"

Heard the same joke (about a Serb and an Albanian in kosovo).
Perhaps I'll find some other versions.

[Combat Ingrid]

I think this pic fits well to this thread
Edit: I edited the thought pattern of the guy, maybe you are not allowed to think the "s-word" here

[MrFun]

Combat, now that was FUNNY.

[Combat Ingrid]

Yes, often jokes about racists are more fun than just racist jokes

[Provost Harrison]

[Ecthy]

As long as I can laugh about it, it must be funny.

And I'm not a racist. Also I won't even start wondering "Hooooo, I laugh aout that joke so maybe I'm racist?" because that is just plain PC bullsh!t. The joke is funny, and so are many others that belong into that kind of jokes!

[Chowlett]

That pic is well funny - although it took me a while to locate St. Peter's eyes...

[Mihai]

IMO to enjoy a racist joke you must be a little racist. The more you enjoy this kind of jokes, the more racist you are. OTOH if you enjoy racist jokes a little AND enjoy the jokes about racists more (like this picture) that make you just human.
At least I like to belive that because I realise that I a just a little racist, misogin etc. But as long I can equally enjoy a good joke about blonde and a good feminist joke I think is OK.

[TCO]

Re: Is this joke racist?

Originally posted by Stefu
I've just been wondering.

I think it depends on how the joke is told. Either way the joke is a joke about racist attitudes. But depending on how it's told it could be tacitly endorsing this kind of behavior. If Chris Rock is telling it, I think it's more a joke ON the racism. If some redneck tells it, I assume that there is a least a little oidentification with the racism.

[TCO]

Originally posted by Ecthelion
Why should GP or SS troll you for that? especially since GP actually has a sense of humour, in contrast to Sneak. And then, they already troll you for other stuff, so fear not to post about this

I got you paranoid! Bow before me!

Oops, scratch that idea!!!

P.s. I don't troll you, Fun. I just encourage you in a tough love manner. DM understands this...