"Sure, humor can hurt, even alienate, but the risk is better than the alternative. A steady diet of innocuous, childproof, flavorless mush. Demand to be challenged, To be offended, To be treated like thinking, reasoning adults. And raise your children to be the same. Don't let a comedian, a network, a congressional committee, or an evil genius take away your freedom to laugh at whatever you want."
@P.G. Ferret then that's fine. Listen to whatever makes you laugh. Just know that any and every joke ever made, was making fun of something or someone. The day you tell me a joke that doesn't insult something, minor or major, is the day I tell you that it isn't funny. Like any jokes you like, but that doesn't mean that we should ban offensive humor just because it hurt someone or because someone doesn't like dark humor
@P.G. Ferret groups are the worst part,you should be offended,be treated like an individual,like you're something more than a part of something,like a thinking individual,should I just copy and paste the speech already?
@P.G. Ferret then you're nothing more than a cow,that just consumes product and live to feed the system...we have a name for people who like to stay in their comfort zone and never be challenged,we call them mediocre
@P.G. Ferret "Unless you say something that can attack a certain group, then it's wrong." You're free to think that of the person who said it if you wish, just as that person who said it is free to continue saying it. Are there assholes in the world with some phenomenally fucked up opinions about all kinds of stuff? You bet your ass there are. Do they have any power over you or anyone else with their opinions? Not at all. If you allow speech to be censored and controlled because sometimes people are assholes, then where does it end? Where is the line drawn? You start censoring free speech whenever an uncomfortable idea is brought to the table, and whose to say that the next thing to be censored due to the discomfort it brings others isn't your very own beliefs?
TheJustin4848 Given the oversensitivity of people who have "preferred gender pronouns", I can't imagine how Duckman making jokes about aggressive feminists would get past an executive meeting. South Park probably wouldn't be on today if it were pitched now.
I love how he even says its okay to be offended, because acknowledging emotions is better than just saying you shouldn't have them like SOME "edgy" comedians.
Remember bland is worse than good or bad. Bland is the emotional plain oatmeal of society that people like. People will consume. But they will get no thrill out of. Only substances
You should never feel ashamed or "immature" for enjoying simple, honest, wholesome, "childish and inoffensive" stuff. There's absolutely nothing wrong with enjoying something that doesn't push any boundaries or break any bubbles. The only problem is when you're too intimidated to leave that comfort zone, when you never want to grow and experience other things. There's a world of fascinating stuff out there to enjoy. Take a look at horror movies: especially back in the day, it was easy for straight-laced, puritanical critics to complain about the sex and the violence and the myopic messages. But those people are just _afraid_ of seeing something outside their own reality. Not because it's strange and alien, but because their reality is too narrow.
Its truly something when a show from 1994 neatly points out everything that is wrong with today's politically correct society. The millennials who were born around the time this show aired grew up to be the the very same people who are being criticized in this speech.
+Miles Prower the individual has every right to criticize another's opinion, but when the criticism becomes an advocation for society to ostracize said for their opinion, it becomes censorship.
+zangetsu9196 Because we live in a society that is controlled by the media who says, "whatever I say goes. Anyone who says otherwise is a bigot because they have a different view. Scream at them when they are wrong, because YOU are open-minded when you do that!"
I can only speak for myself here, but Duckman and The Critic were my jam during my teenage years, and I am absolutely *not* the kind of person Duckman criticizes, on the contrary. I'm doing my part and gonna pass down the torch of anti-postmodernist vacuous crap to the next generation. If anything, I'm ashamed of being in the same age range of those cunty millennials, but I'm more than happy to call them out on their bullshit. :)
Actually millennials are less politically correct than baby boomers. Supposedly it has to do with millennials valuing authenticity and being more direct. While baby boomers value politeness and being politically correct.
*"Comedy should provoke! It should blast through prejudices! Challenge preconceptions! Comedy should always leave different then when it found you!"* I find it interesting (and a little telling) that a lot of the comments here aren't addressing this key moment of the rant. I feel like this is the writers saying that if you're going be offensive with your comedy, you should be smart about it and not just be some edgelord trying to own people you don't like.
I find it more interesting how people on *both sides* of the argument seem to be equally ignoring it. Whether they're the edgelords who think that shouting slurs at top volume counts as comedy, or the fake-progressive performative Twitter snowflakes who don't know (or care) what dark humor means. And yet somehow both of them are unintentionally fighting for the exact same status quo.
@@OwlEye2010 I left the site a year and a half ago so I should have figured. I was mostly pulling from my personal experience, I saw equal parts of both groups on there last time I checked.
@@OwlEye2010 The hell are you talking about? Twitter was the most cesspool of them all before Musk took over and it became a website full of leftwing weirdos and people thinking they're a million genders lol. Now Twitter is more of an even playground of edgelords lol. I wonder why you didn't complain about it being edgy before Musk? Methinks someone is a lefty/groomer.
Yep. This is why Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor were great comedians and not just "edgy" comedians. For that matter, this is why _Blazing Saddles_ is great comedy and most comedies aren't great.
Despite what some people may think, I don't think he's arguing against or for either extreme side of making "dark humor" jokes, rather, that he's saying that humor is a tool of communication that's just as important as documentation or talking. Not that he thinks that everyone should just take in whatever somebody that claims what they say is a joke, but rather that they should appreciate dark humor for what it is to learn new views on the world and laugh.
Dude…he literally says what he’s saying. He outright says you should demand to be challenged and offended bc it strains prejudices and beliefs and encourages open mindedness. You can’t get that by only absorbing what does not provoke thought
Honestly, 'safe' humor on it's own isnt bad, it's when it's overused that it becomes bad. When all you have is bland jokes designed not to offend anyone, well, you really limit yourself since that means you have precious little material since that, by default, means you can't even joke about yourself.
The same can be said of offensive humor. When its all the comedian can offer, or cares to offer, it becomes really hard to take what their saying as humour and more like they're using their job as their personal soapbox to rant and rave about things that bother them. Alternatively you have those who've learned that they can appeal to an easily appeased audience who've gotten it in their head that slurs and mean spirited slights are funny so they don't have to bother adapting their material beyond cheap shock humour. Which is sorta even worse because it means their acting that way soley for fame not because they want to challenge anything like Duckman said.
@Lord Typh Duckman's quote and your comment also related in French Baguette Intelligence's video: Dark Humor vs "Dark Humor" about proper usage of dark humour and it's meanings, i recommended it!
It depends on how you offend? If you are a comedian you shouldn't offend at someone expense. Here is a good joke "politicians are scummy you always wonder why they live long it's because they drink the voters blood". Contrast this to a joke about an ethnic group. "Muslims they are all terrorists if you ever see one at a grocery call bomb squad". One joke is not rooted in bigotry and the other is making fun of a group of person and now has the consequences of people going after Muslims." Frankly the Muslim joke would rightfully get jeers
We treat good comedies like we treat characters that are well-written and start off unlikable. But the fan base of any kind of media will always judge characters or judge any type of Comedy before they get to know them. To me there's nothing more heartless than a politically correct, hypocritical, generic, and toxic society that tells you you should hate this character or not to laugh at whatever comedy no matter what it is, because it's offensive. This is the kind of world we're living in today people, and even though the 90s was a time where political correctness was Raising its ugly head, at least it's more bearable to live in than today's world. We need Duckman more than ever.
I think you're missing the underlying message of the video in favor of applying your personal bias. It's obvious you're taking a jab against college campuses because you perceive them to have a liberal bias and perceive liberals as overly politically correct, but one's political affiliation is irrelevant, as there exist both conservatives and liberals which have pushed for increased censorship because they found themselves personally offended by something. Sure, I have seen left-leaning individuals push to try and censor something because they felt it was racially insensitive or gender discriminatory, but I've witnessed just as many conservatives try to censor shows like Family Guy or Southpark because they found it offensive to their Judeo-Christian values or because they found it inappropriate to children. I mean, surely you remember the 90's, when there were tons of Conservative Fundamentalist parent groups trying to ban video games like DOOM or Mortal Kombat because they found the amount of violence in the games to be inappropriate? I'm not necessarily saying that liberals don't make up a greater percentage of academia than conservatives, as this is statistically true, but I think you're making an unfounded generalization. It's true that there have been some universities which have instituted concepts like "safe spaces," but their intention has generally not been to censor but merely to provide a space where people can freely share their thoughts and opinions without fear of discrimination. I attend a university myself, and I don't always agree with some of the procedures they take. I do think that there is sometimes unnecessary censorship, and I personally feel that we should take the bear minimum precautions and only ever take action when someone is being blatantly harassed. Even so, my university and most others don't go out of their way to censor others. There are just particular situations where they make sure that certain areas and events have some semblance of order (like in a classroom, as you can't have people blatantly insulting each other, as it's not productive to an adequate learning environment). Besides that, however, you're free to go pretty much anywhere else on a campus and do and say what you want. I mean, I can't tell you the number of insane fundamentalist preachers I've seen come to my university and stand outside yelling horrendously discriminatory things. I don't really care, however, as it's not in a place that needs any kind of order to maintain functionality. The university doesn't do anything about it, and I'm glad, because what instead happens is that the students do what you'd expect: We try to have a conversation with them and even make fun of them. In my experience, they're the ones that tend to be unable to handle criticism or humor, rather than the reverse.
Dr Gammaray So well said sir. Comedy should blast through social norms to make the world a better place by highlighting the needless suffering of way too many people. Like Sean Rouse RIP ua-cam.com/video/d3jNtM1kuqI/v-deo.html
Dr Grammary college campuses need to see this, not necessarily because of their predominant political situation, but because they are censoring for the sake of not being offensive at an educational facility- a place were censoring is the doom of its existence. he didn't say anything about "sensitive crybabies" or "betas" or "special snowflakes"- he specifically called out colleges. now, that of course doesn't mean that he DIDN'T mean to take a jab specifically at left-wingers, but there was no point in making an accusation of bias whilst making a comment based on a completely biased assumption.
And this is why whenever I'll laugh at something and someone says "that's not funny," I just say, "Really? I'm laughing!" Laugh at whatever you think is funny.
@@Stinkydo0d I love women, I think all women should be worshipped as Godesses How do we know all women are Godesses? They Bleed for Four Days and Don't Die - they MUST be Goddesses🤷🏼♀️
What a lovely charity event. I suppose you're all feeling pretty good about yourselves, hm? What have you done? You've raised $300 by spending half a million on filet mignon and crystal glasses. Look at you, Vin Dipshit. You think fat-shaming is wrong, so in response you show off your abs. You're the one fat-shaming, idiot! What's the matter with you people?! You're saaad that people are meeean? Well I'm sorry, the world isn't one big liberal arts college campus! We eat too much; we take our spoiled lives for granted, feel a little bad about it sometimes! No, you wanna put up all your shit on the Internet and have every single person say "Hooray for you!" Fuck you. You're all pricks.
Although Duckman can get very irritated at times about certain things, the things he rants about can easily show that he's a good person. He just wants the world to be a better place.
I personally don't think that comedy should be offensive for the sake of being offensive, but Duckman does has a very good point on how political correctness can be damaging to society.
Burlats de Montaigne he meant like the shitty type of offensive like you know the edgelord 13 yr old dank memers that are trying way too hard to be funny by using suicide, 9/11, and school shooting memes and kept excusing themselves for the unfunny or crossed the line jokes and just being an asshole by saying “humor is subjective” and “it’s a joke, you goddamn pussy ass snowflake” while people are criticizing the things like some family guy writer that is just appealing to those type of kids rather than being actually funny in the first place. while instead of being *ACTUALLY* funny, they just come off as annoying, stupid, and just plain bad type of offensive
@@an4rk135 comedy comes from a dark place. If a joke is funny, who cares if the material is in poor taste. If the joke isnt funny, then you have to make the conscious effort to say that it isnt funny. That being said, jokes have a very basic blueprint. A joke, no matter what it is, was said for the purpose of creating laughter.
@@burlatsdemontaigne6147 You can be offensive to make a point and that's funny. If you just spew random strings of offensiveness that's just being offensive, not humorously so.
This explains why Gilbert Gottfried is such a comedy genius. Never been PC, and never apologizes for it. Edit: 4/12/22 Rest easy now, sweet Gilbert. You left us too soon, but never without a smile. In Memory of Gilbert Jeremy Gottfried Born: February 28, 1955 Died: April 12, 2022
To quote Joker: "Comedy is subjective, Murray. Isn't that what they say?...All of you--the system that knows so much--you decide what's right or wrong, the SAME WAY that you decide what's FUNNY or NOT!" Same vibes
Except Joker's following actions make him stoop to everyone else's level. Duckman didn't stoop to the level of everyone else. While what Joker said was relatable, it's important not to take his lines out of context, since he immediately denotes his point by becoming just as bad as society.
@@generationless6942 Chapelle's sticks and stones just proved he and everyone who thinks he's funny have shitty sense's of humor. Letting people tell stupid jokes doesn't mean they're free from critique.
@@jazzdaddycriticisms7049 that's true, but society wont be prosecuted, that's for certain. He cant be as bad as society though. But if he is, will society look at itself? No....
Damn, Jazz, that hits hard. Yeah its true, but then again the character of Joker kinda was a bastard, etc. Duckman is -more of a comedy- about a beaten down father.
Shame the intent of Family Guy is downright nihilistic and loaded with mean-spirited cruelty and fails on every aspect that made Duckman and South Park great making them look like the worst cheap imitators of all time, and even worse, it's more like Simpsons is ripping off Family Guy in recent seasons(A complete reversal)...There's a reason why Bob's Burgers is still on the air
+Xavior TheLycan (The Black Hood) Family Guy does shock humor just for the sake of shock humor, it has no deeper meaning to it, no subtext, it thinks it's "rebellious" and "courageous", but it's really just as run-of-the-mill as any other show, it's cheap and stupid, it wants to be South Park, it wants to challenge something, it wants to prove a point, but it fails in every category because, let's face it, Seth McFarlane lacks the ability to make something that is both smart, yet hilariously mean-spirited at the same time.
+VideogameDemocracy well . . . . . I'm not sure if that's ALWAYS true. Just hear me out: I don't claim to be a fan of the show. In fact, the last full episode I've ever watched is the simpsons crossover (because let's face it, we all watched it) but even with the little I know about it I know it can occasionally have a thought provoking episode addressing stupid things that happen in the world and the way to combat it. Here's an example: I remember an episode where Stewie has a playdate over at his house. It's later revealed that his playdate has a severe medical illness that needs to be treated as soon as possible. Except his parents don't WANT him to be treated in a hospital, they want to cope with his sickness in their own way . . . by praying to God in hopes that he will heal them. This outrages Lois because she can't just sit idly by while a child could die any second, even if her intervention is illegal. She kidnaps the child and tries to rush him to the hospital in the middle of the night. She's later caught up to by the cops and she says "I'll go to jail without fuss, just PLEASE give this child treatment!" The parents catch up with Lois and Lois makes a speech to them. the basics of this speech are "Look, I'm a churchgoer to, and I know you think that God will save your son because God always provides an answer to the faithful. But what if modern day medicine and well trained doctors IS God's answer to your sons illness??" this is a fine example of Family Guy actually succeeding. They address an issue, explain why it's stupid, throw in a few good laughs here and there and bring it all full circle with a heartwarming speech provoking thought to parents who would actually resort to that type of answer. And don't get me wrong, I'm FULLY AWARE of just how stupid Family Guy can get. . . .but the gems can't be ignored.
TomboTime I never said Family Guy couldn't be smart and funny at the same time, actually, I love Blue Harvest and its sequels, I think they're hilarious affectionate parodies of the Star Wars trilogy, it's just that sometimes it's just shock for shock's sake with no underlying value to it.
+Xavior TheLycan (The Black Hood) oh come on this statement is why family guy is alright ohh they make fun of christians, they make fun of everything so at least people would be treated equal yes it may be all of shock value so isn't that what cartoons have always been about shock value
Duckman wasn't crazy. He just traveled 20 years into the future and saw everything. In the way back, he lost his memories, but the body and the mind held to the message and it lingered. We just didn't listen.
Duckman was written in the times it was written in, in response to the experiences of those times. It was specifically aimed at people like George Bush Sr. talking about how The Simpsons was rotting America's morals and similar moral panics driven by people afraid of the new reality. Trying to remove it from its context and apply it to a different one misses that. People *did* listen to Duckman. And The Simpsons. And South Park. And Family Guy. They *won* the cultural contest and redefined the zeitgeist, away from performative politesse and towards an increasingly open and honest discussion. As a result, we don't really have the same discussions about "protecting the children" anymore that we did back then. Or, at least, we didn't until this latest wave of Republican lunacy based around whipping up fears about LGBTQ+ people.
i vaguely remember this but man watching the nostalgia critic talk about this and to me remembering this show to myself this was deafinitely a very good comedy and was way ahead of it's time
Miles Prower of course, everyone is offended by something in their lives, I never stated otherwise so no need to call me a hypocrite. but there is a difference how you react to being offended. here I stated "someone being offended by a joke" and I mean that. of course there are bad jokes (or bad timings and audiences) and people are free to use their freedom of speech to say they disliked the joke, but I'm sick and tired of hearing the one reasoning "I'm offended"... boo-hoo. that's just whining. every time someone says that I reply "well I'm offended by your face, see? the world isn't a nice and fair place". the thing is, there are too many people out there with mindsets that they don't even try to learn to laugh at themselves and they are over-sensitive. I know those people because I used to be one younger, until I learned not to take everything seriously and when I encountered things that offended me I learned to ignore them. Learning not to be offended by everything around you is a very important skill that should be taught in schools. I used to have an awful habit when I was younger, and when people joked about my habit and made fun of people like me, I was offended. but there was a truth in their jokes. what I was doing was wrong, and those jokes condemned me. it felt awful to be attacked but I now look back and agree with those jokes. they were right. those jokes had a little bit of truth in them. not every joking subject is like that, the art of comedy is enormous but that's just my own experience about being offended and getting over it. of course there are more occasions when I "should" be offended. I was abandoned after all and all those "you're adopted" jokes should be offensive to me, but I laugh at them, because in a sad way those jokes are funny, because they are true, they turn something sad into something funny. jokes can be a weird way to approach a difficult subject. I won't go more in depth about jokes and what is funny and what is not. watch nostalgia critics video about the subject if you're interested. with internet and social media there is a whole new generation of children learning to deal with rejection and being offended. it has resulted into pretty ugly witch hunts when a lot of these "offended people" band together and swear to destroy the lives of certain people, instead of learning to accept that there are people with different opinions and that there are jokes about ever damn subject in the universe. yes, I'm saying they should get over it. of course there are matters and subjects that should be addressed but on the otherhand if censorship happens then it might be impossible to even address those things. people have the right to be offended and I have the right to not care about them and their feelings. just because you're offended that doesn't mean you're right/correct about something. a lot of people use the "offended" card nowadays way too easily when they don't know how to cope with their own emotions. offended-card gives a free pass to act like they are somehow right and entitled to special treatment. there are people out there who are trying to make everything so politically correct that it sucks the life out everything. jokes are supposed to offend someone, otherwise they wouldn't be funny, they scrap the surface of the truth. jokes often show light to subjects that should be addressed. I don't want anything censored. if you can't handle things the way they are that's your problem, maybe you should try to avoid those offending subjects, instead of trying to make them disappear for everyone. censorship is not the right way. how do you define what is "not offensive"? learn to process insults, jokes and other "bad stuff". don't make it someone else's job. I've read enough Orwell to know what censorship can do, and we have a real example in north korea. there is no system that would make censorship work objectively and without cutting away some important truth. and yeah... now I've wrote enough and I probably addressed my opinion well enough so I don't have to write anything anymore... I don't think I want to have a discussion about this topic even though I replied to you. my original purpose was never to start some discussion about what is offensive and what is not and what is a joke, I simply made a comment about how this video should be shared with people who are "offended", since it seems a lot of people are offended nowadays. I decided to reply to you since you replied to me. you seem to have a different opinion about this subject and that is the reason I don't want to continue the discussion, because I have no interest in debating on the internet about subject like this. internet debates are garbage to begin with. now I hope you have a nice day (and I mean it, that wasn't sarcasm). bye!
I get it that so many people came here from Doug Walker, but for me I got here from Rebel Taxi, and quite honestly, Rebel Taxi comment makes more sense than Doug's video. Yes comedy can be challenged, but its also subjective. Whatever you and possibly the majority don't find funny, those small minorities will and that's all that matters to them, while what you and the majority will find funny, again those small minorities won't find it funny. To put it simpler, whenever the large masses cheers and laughs at the comedian who mocks feminism, SJWs, and left leaning liberals, there will be a crowd that mocks mens right group, anti SJW, and right leaning conservatives. This video and message is a outstanding message that talks about how comedy should be crude and mostly politically incorrect, but at the same time, this video and message can also be turned against your favor.
Its scary how this is honestly the most relatable thing in terms of comedy and political crap, really reflects as if it predicted on what it'll be like in the late 2010's
And this is why I am heavily against censorship. Because no matter how dumb or horrible an opinion is, it is best to let it out and challenge it instead of letting It brew thanks to all those soft skinned pc people.
why dangerous opinions and ideologies such as "K0m muÑi$m" and "Isleman" are not censored but instead it is censored to give your opinion about those ideologies?
+Mily Wolfheart Me too! Sure, there might be some comedy out there that might turn me off, or get me riled up, but just because I don't like it, that doesn't mean that I think it should be silenced.
It was made well after Lenny Bruce and George Carlin were arrested. And even though the critics got pissed off, Dave Chapelle's "Sticks and Stones" proved its what the people want!
This is A real adult cartoon. not senseless violence and gore (seth McFarland) but something that gives adult messages to people who dont know them. Messages that people can tell their kids and be proud that they did. knowing that they gave them a real thought worth thinking about. something that they can look back on and say. im happy i was told this.
Cioda but senseless violence (and occasionally gore) is what makes cartoons fun. I mean the powerpuff girls had plenty of both and people loved them, should we only give adults boring, unflavored mush too? Because cartoons arent cartoons without violence.
Every so often i come back to re watch this video, its just that good, and sometimes it keeps me sane when the rest of the world seems like its going to shit with its stupidness
A Cartoon Duck voiced by Jason Alexander just said one of the most important things ever....that's why comedy is fantastic! - Doug Walker - The Nostalgia Critic
I hate the new CN. It started out as a sort of "VH1" for Hanna-Barbera cartoons, and it was totally open towards adult viewers, not nec'ly naughty violent stupid viewing like we have today, but not pandering to toddlers all day long, either; they behaved like adults were watching. Cartoons were meant for everybody, and they knew. NOW, it's just another Nickelodeon, just like Disney Channel. These new figureheads for these networks just DON'T GET IT.
@@Johnlindsey289 Yeah, it had a decade of good content and ended with a bang. R&M is just nihilist stoner "comedy" for redditors. Thankfully the producers stopped beating the dead horse.
Comedy that tries to be inoffensive is just as bad as comedy that tries only to be offensive. Comedy should always have a point, a message it's trying to get across. A push for change, a critique of accepted social norms, or even just pointing out the sh*tty things in life. If comdey doesn't make you think about the world in some way, is it really comedy?
The idea of people expressing a dislike of someone or some company with both their voices and their wallet is nothing new. It just seems that way because social media and it's algorithms has allowed us to be a lot better at it, and has made it a lot more visible when it happens.
Miles Prower She'd be relevant anyway because she'd MAKE herself relevant and sucker people into buying her fakeass ideology. People tried to ignore her before, and that's how she got the amount of influence she has now. And if you want to be an idiot and ignore what a blatant con artist she is and how she's done everything from stealing art and lets play footage to faking a good portion of the harassment she constantly cries about, be my guest. If you want to be a complete dumbass and insist she's right even when she constantly moves goalposts so that everything is "misogynist" no matter what a developer does, go right the fuck ahead. Just don't expect me to respect you or your dumbshit opinions. Also, I don't hand my money out to fucking EA or Activision, if that's what you're implying because I'm well aware of what shitheads they are.
I like how they just take the masks off at the end, not ending with thunderous applause, merely people questioning their beliefs based on his speech. That shows some self awareness because otherwise it would look preachy or contradictory- it just shows that they don't know what to think, which was the point of his speech.
"And that's why I should be allowed to say the N wo-" And let's hear it for Missing the Point! Give him a round of applause, ladies and gentlemen! Missing the Point, whatta guy!
You can laugh at the N Word, but you can't expect an audience to laugh at it, you can't treat the mere act of saying the N Word like its a joke deserving of respect.
Duckman Creators: It will all make sense in 20 years.
Can I get the full pic pls?
nah it made sense back then as well,SJW's have always existed the only reason you see more them now is because the internet is after today
"you may not like it now,but your kids are gonna love it"
Nah, these problems are still 90's though... and why do i have the feeling you chosse that pony for that statement XD
and when it does it so damn good.
"Sure, humor can hurt, even alienate, but the risk is better than the alternative. A steady diet of innocuous, childproof, flavorless mush. Demand to be challenged, To be offended, To be treated like thinking, reasoning adults. And raise your children to be the same. Don't let a comedian, a network, a congressional committee, or an evil genius take away your freedom to laugh at whatever you want."
@P.G. Ferret then that's fine. Listen to whatever makes you laugh. Just know that any and every joke ever made, was making fun of something or someone. The day you tell me a joke that doesn't insult something, minor or major, is the day I tell you that it isn't funny. Like any jokes you like, but that doesn't mean that we should ban offensive humor just because it hurt someone or because someone doesn't like dark humor
@P.G. Ferret groups are the worst part,you should be offended,be treated like an individual,like you're something more than a part of something,like a thinking individual,should I just copy and paste the speech already?
@P.G. Ferret then you're nothing more than a cow,that just consumes product and live to feed the system...we have a name for people who like to stay in their comfort zone and never be challenged,we call them mediocre
You are shill and furry therefore you a degenerate. Your comments are invalid by default.
@P.G. Ferret "Unless you say something that can attack a certain group, then it's wrong." You're free to think that of the person who said it if you wish, just as that person who said it is free to continue saying it. Are there assholes in the world with some phenomenally fucked up opinions about all kinds of stuff? You bet your ass there are. Do they have any power over you or anyone else with their opinions? Not at all. If you allow speech to be censored and controlled because sometimes people are assholes, then where does it end? Where is the line drawn? You start censoring free speech whenever an uncomfortable idea is brought to the table, and whose to say that the next thing to be censored due to the discomfort it brings others isn't your very own beliefs?
This show is really ahead of its time.
And there's no way in hell it would have made it beyond a pitch meeting today.
@Ricardo, how the heck do you know that? A Disney show had a villain say they want to make children into corpses. This was on a *Disney* show.
TheJustin4848 Given the oversensitivity of people who have "preferred gender pronouns", I can't imagine how Duckman making jokes about aggressive feminists would get past an executive meeting. South Park probably wouldn't be on today if it were pitched now.
Ricardo Cantoral Well Family guy is still on the air today, and it's arguably more offensive and vulgar than Duckman.
TheJustin4848 I apply the same to FG. It came out when the SJW movement wasn't in full swing I think people are just used to these kinds of the shows.
This has never been more relevant than it is now.
Onderonable boy oh boy... I might correct you on this(
It was as relevant back then as it is now.
@@steelgriffin7716 And even more so now.
Same here.
It keeps getting worse everyday
The more time goes on, the more relevant it becomes.
That's what makes good satire
Hi. I'm here from 2019, and holy moly you're right!
2020 says hi. You thought everyone got offended before? ;)
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2019 disliked that
Ive seen a lot of comments like this. I feel as if people mean to say,
"As I get older this is more relevant it is to Me and my own life experiences"
Duckman: defending the 1st amendment since 1994
Thats not what the first amendment is but I agree with the sentiment.
He's at 666 likes; NO ONE ELSE LIKE THIS COMMENT
@KGK Skull
agree
...and pissing on the 2A by putting words in Jefferson's mouth as a poor excuse for a joke.
-Sigh- I guess nobody's perfect.
@@Waaagh40KRed I'm guessing you don't really know what the 1st Amendment actually entails.
Nostalgia Critic DIDN'T bring me here, and I'm happy
+Trent's Bored Corner C.R. did for me when I rediscovered this show again on his top 11 Fluffy and Uranus Eviscerations.
Same here I used to watch this show back when it came on at 3 am on comedy central. It also came on USA for a while, but I didn't watch it then
UnlimitedProduction1 So how'd you see the show without getting insomnia? Did you have TiVo or something?
+MacK Davidson I actually do have insomnia. I worked a night shift at a hospital for YEARS until 2014
+MacK Davidson so at work or my nights off this was one of the shows I watched
Apparently Will Smith missed this episode.
I love how he even says its okay to be offended, because acknowledging emotions is better than just saying you shouldn't have them like SOME "edgy" comedians.
Difference between acknowledging your emotions and acting out on them
Show emotion . yes
Cancel anything that hurts your feelings . No
I don't think he says that
Remember bland is worse than good or bad. Bland is the emotional plain oatmeal of society that people like. People will consume. But they will get no thrill out of. Only substances
Right, but doesn't say you should censor and ban people who make you feel that way.
You should never feel ashamed or "immature" for enjoying simple, honest, wholesome, "childish and inoffensive" stuff. There's absolutely nothing wrong with enjoying something that doesn't push any boundaries or break any bubbles.
The only problem is when you're too intimidated to leave that comfort zone, when you never want to grow and experience other things. There's a world of fascinating stuff out there to enjoy.
Take a look at horror movies: especially back in the day, it was easy for straight-laced, puritanical critics to complain about the sex and the violence and the myopic messages. But those people are just _afraid_ of seeing something outside their own reality. Not because it's strange and alien, but because their reality is too narrow.
Never wanting to leave your comfortable bubble is fine. Demanding other people never do either, that's a problem.
@Gab Salta I literally agreed with him.
@Gab Salta Yes.
You completely missed the point
@@8x13WolfIt's not. Leaving your "safe" bubble is how we grow as people
This rant becomes even more relevant as the years go on.
Its truly something when a show from 1994 neatly points out everything that is wrong with today's politically correct society. The millennials who were born around the time this show aired grew up to be the the very same people who are being criticized in this speech.
+Miles Prower the individual has every right to criticize another's opinion, but when the criticism becomes an advocation for society to ostracize said for their opinion, it becomes censorship.
+zangetsu9196 Because we live in a society that is controlled by the media who says, "whatever I say goes. Anyone who says otherwise is a bigot because they have a different view. Scream at them when they are wrong, because YOU are open-minded when you do that!"
I can only speak for myself here, but Duckman and The Critic were my jam during my teenage years, and I am absolutely *not* the kind of person Duckman criticizes, on the contrary. I'm doing my part and gonna pass down the torch of anti-postmodernist vacuous crap to the next generation. If anything, I'm ashamed of being in the same age range of those cunty millennials, but I'm more than happy to call them out on their bullshit. :)
Actually millennials are less politically correct than baby boomers. Supposedly it has to do with millennials valuing authenticity and being more direct. While baby boomers value politeness and being politically correct.
Flrs91 looks like no one "raised their children to be the same"
This aged like fine wine.
UA-cam, this is why we don't need that "user friendly" bullshit you're peddling.
*"Comedy should provoke! It should blast through prejudices! Challenge preconceptions! Comedy should always leave different then when it found you!"*
I find it interesting (and a little telling) that a lot of the comments here aren't addressing this key moment of the rant. I feel like this is the writers saying that if you're going be offensive with your comedy, you should be smart about it and not just be some edgelord trying to own people you don't like.
I find it more interesting how people on *both sides* of the argument seem to be equally ignoring it. Whether they're the edgelords who think that shouting slurs at top volume counts as comedy, or the fake-progressive performative Twitter snowflakes who don't know (or care) what dark humor means. And yet somehow both of them are unintentionally fighting for the exact same status quo.
@@LegacyOfGi The Twitter one's dated now considering how Musky Musk turned it into a cesspool for those edgelords and whatnot.
@@OwlEye2010 I left the site a year and a half ago so I should have figured. I was mostly pulling from my personal experience, I saw equal parts of both groups on there last time I checked.
@@OwlEye2010 The hell are you talking about? Twitter was the most cesspool of them all before Musk took over and it became a website full of leftwing weirdos and people thinking they're a million genders lol. Now Twitter is more of an even playground of edgelords lol. I wonder why you didn't complain about it being edgy before Musk? Methinks someone is a lefty/groomer.
Yep. This is why Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor were great comedians and not just "edgy" comedians. For that matter, this is why _Blazing Saddles_ is great comedy and most comedies aren't great.
This is so relevant even today. It's ironic that a cartoon duck from the 90's can be right about comedy in 2017.
And even though the critics got pissed off, Dave Chapelle's "Sticks and Stones" proved its what the people wanted in 2019!
It's always been like this. Don't be fooled.
That's not ironic. I would totally expect a cartoon duck to be right about comedy in any era.
Comedy in 2022 really sucks, twitter check marks and chicks with dicks
@@styx84 Except for memes, you have a 60% chance at getting quality comedy from it.
literally every single person on the internet needs to see this. seriously.
"And raise your children to be the same"
Ah they did not.
2021 and this is still relevant as all hell
2023 now and holy crap, this REALLY needs to be heard
Duckman after hearing about life today: For crying out loud, didn't you numb nuts hear a single thing I said?
Despite what some people may think, I don't think he's arguing against or for either extreme side of making "dark humor" jokes, rather, that he's saying that humor is a tool of communication that's just as important as documentation or talking. Not that he thinks that everyone should just take in whatever somebody that claims what they say is a joke, but rather that they should appreciate dark humor for what it is to learn new views on the world and laugh.
Very accurate
Dude…he literally says what he’s saying. He outright says you should demand to be challenged and offended bc it strains prejudices and beliefs and encourages open mindedness. You can’t get that by only absorbing what does not provoke thought
You completely missed the point
@@hen-nt1cloh my god can you shut up, I've seen you on every comment on this video, get a life
truer words have never been spoken
The nostalgia critic sent me here
+DieGross Ditto, i had to hear it for myself
+DieGross Same here, and I'm glad he did.
+DieGross same!
same
hell yeah! same here bro
Honestly, 'safe' humor on it's own isnt bad, it's when it's overused that it becomes bad. When all you have is bland jokes designed not to offend anyone, well, you really limit yourself since that means you have precious little material since that, by default, means you can't even joke about yourself.
You know what? You voiced my opinion on the matter quite eloquently.
Safe humor has its place, but so does offensive humor.
The same can be said of offensive humor. When its all the comedian can offer, or cares to offer, it becomes really hard to take what their saying as humour and more like they're using their job as their personal soapbox to rant and rave about things that bother them.
Alternatively you have those who've learned that they can appeal to an easily appeased audience who've gotten it in their head that slurs and mean spirited slights are funny so they don't have to bother adapting their material beyond cheap shock humour. Which is sorta even worse because it means their acting that way soley for fame not because they want to challenge anything like Duckman said.
@@Avenger85438 Well put.
@Lord Typh Duckman's quote and your comment also related in French Baguette Intelligence's video: Dark Humor vs "Dark Humor" about proper usage of dark humour and it's meanings, i recommended it!
It depends on how you offend? If you are a comedian you shouldn't offend at someone expense. Here is a good joke "politicians are scummy you always wonder why they live long it's because they drink the voters blood". Contrast this to a joke about an ethnic group. "Muslims they are all terrorists if you ever see one at a grocery call bomb squad". One joke is not rooted in bigotry and the other is making fun of a group of person and now has the consequences of people going after Muslims." Frankly the Muslim joke would rightfully get jeers
That was beautiful, Duckman.
A true hero
A true hero
very powerful
Duckman, the show we needed but not the one we deserved
And Bojack is the relative
We treat good comedies like we treat characters that are well-written and start off unlikable. But the fan base of any kind of media will always judge characters or judge any type of Comedy before they get to know them. To me there's nothing more heartless than a politically correct, hypocritical, generic, and toxic society that tells you you should hate this character or not to laugh at whatever comedy no matter what it is, because it's offensive. This is the kind of world we're living in today people, and even though the 90s was a time where political correctness was Raising its ugly head, at least it's more bearable to live in than today's world. We need Duckman more than ever.
Sounds like you're not giving present day enough credit. If that were true, then I sincerely doubt we'd've had something like BoJack Horseman.
@@OwlEye2010that’s more of the 2010’s than the present day
This aged very well.
This age better and better as times go on :)
This duck loves freedom of speech.
TLDR: Have the balls to be who YOU want to be.
Every college campus in the USA needs to see this
I think you're missing the underlying message of the video in favor of applying your personal bias. It's obvious you're taking a jab against college campuses because you perceive them to have a liberal bias and perceive liberals as overly politically correct, but one's political affiliation is irrelevant, as there exist both conservatives and liberals which have pushed for increased censorship because they found themselves personally offended by something. Sure, I have seen left-leaning individuals push to try and censor something because they felt it was racially insensitive or gender discriminatory, but I've witnessed just as many conservatives try to censor shows like Family Guy or Southpark because they found it offensive to their Judeo-Christian values or because they found it inappropriate to children. I mean, surely you remember the 90's, when there were tons of Conservative Fundamentalist parent groups trying to ban video games like DOOM or Mortal Kombat because they found the amount of violence in the games to be inappropriate?
I'm not necessarily saying that liberals don't make up a greater percentage of academia than conservatives, as this is statistically true, but I think you're making an unfounded generalization. It's true that there have been some universities which have instituted concepts like "safe spaces," but their intention has generally not been to censor but merely to provide a space where people can freely share their thoughts and opinions without fear of discrimination. I attend a university myself, and I don't always agree with some of the procedures they take. I do think that there is sometimes unnecessary censorship, and I personally feel that we should take the bear minimum precautions and only ever take action when someone is being blatantly harassed. Even so, my university and most others don't go out of their way to censor others. There are just particular situations where they make sure that certain areas and events have some semblance of order (like in a classroom, as you can't have people blatantly insulting each other, as it's not productive to an adequate learning environment). Besides that, however, you're free to go pretty much anywhere else on a campus and do and say what you want. I mean, I can't tell you the number of insane fundamentalist preachers I've seen come to my university and stand outside yelling horrendously discriminatory things. I don't really care, however, as it's not in a place that needs any kind of order to maintain functionality. The university doesn't do anything about it, and I'm glad, because what instead happens is that the students do what you'd expect: We try to have a conversation with them and even make fun of them. In my experience, they're the ones that tend to be unable to handle criticism or humor, rather than the reverse.
What was the point of this? You wrote a fucking wall of text because the guy took a jab at college campuses? Get a life man.
Dr Gammaray So well said sir. Comedy should blast through social norms to make the world a better place by highlighting the needless suffering of way too many people. Like Sean Rouse RIP ua-cam.com/video/d3jNtM1kuqI/v-deo.html
Dr Grammary college campuses need to see this, not necessarily because of their predominant political situation, but because they are censoring for the sake of not being offensive at an educational facility- a place were censoring is the doom of its existence. he didn't say anything about "sensitive crybabies" or "betas" or "special snowflakes"- he specifically called out colleges. now, that of course doesn't mean that he DIDN'T mean to take a jab specifically at left-wingers, but there was no point in making an accusation of bias whilst making a comment based on a completely biased assumption.
lmao he never mentioned anything political you brought it up
And this is why whenever I'll laugh at something and someone says "that's not funny," I just say, "Really? I'm laughing!" Laugh at whatever you think is funny.
What do you call a Happy Red Head?
A tampon
@@mrcharisma4bestlife105 LOL
@@Stinkydo0d
I love women, I think all women should be worshipped as Godesses
How do we know all women are Godesses?
They Bleed for Four Days and Don't Die - they MUST be Goddesses🤷🏼♀️
this rant reminds me of Reality from South Park who rants about safe space
What a lovely charity event. I suppose you're all feeling pretty good about yourselves, hm? What have you done? You've raised $300 by spending half a million on filet mignon and crystal glasses.
Look at you, Vin Dipshit. You think fat-shaming is wrong, so in response you show off your abs. You're the one fat-shaming, idiot! What's the matter with you people?! You're saaad that people are meeean? Well I'm sorry, the world isn't one big liberal arts college campus! We eat too much; we take our spoiled lives for granted, feel a little bad about it sometimes! No, you wanna put up all your shit on the Internet and have every single person say "Hooray for you!" Fuck you. You're all pricks.
Ai Enma I’m guessing this is a quote from the episode?
@@Dr.Oofers Yes, i might have left something out... but yes.
The world needs Duckman now more than ever.
Trump was duckman.
Although Duckman can get very irritated at times about certain things, the things he rants about can easily show that he's a good person. He just wants the world to be a better place.
There’s also Bojack Horseman
@@squinteastwood4637 no. He was the opposite. You fkin idiot. Duckman was and is the left. You are voting for a silver spoon turd
I personally don't think that comedy should be offensive for the sake of being offensive, but Duckman does has a very good point on how political correctness can be damaging to society.
LoboGuara5bruxaria _____ The whole point of "being offensive" is to be "offensive" you fucking idiot.
Burlats de Montaigne he meant like the shitty type of offensive like you know the edgelord 13 yr old dank memers that are trying way too hard to be funny by using suicide, 9/11, and school shooting memes and kept excusing themselves for the unfunny or crossed the line jokes and just being an asshole by saying “humor is subjective” and “it’s a joke, you goddamn pussy ass snowflake” while people are criticizing the things like some family guy writer that is just appealing to those type of kids rather than being actually funny in the first place. while instead of being *ACTUALLY* funny, they just come off as annoying, stupid, and just plain bad type of offensive
@@an4rk135 comedy comes from a dark place. If a joke is funny, who cares if the material is in poor taste. If the joke isnt funny, then you have to make the conscious effort to say that it isnt funny. That being said, jokes have a very basic blueprint. A joke, no matter what it is, was said for the purpose of creating laughter.
@@burlatsdemontaigne6147 You can be offensive to make a point and that's funny. If you just spew random strings of offensiveness that's just being offensive, not humorously so.
you shouldn't get your political views from a talking cartoon duck lol
This speech was amazing. Especially the part about how the alternative is worse. Bc it is . Let comedy be free 👍🏽
Nostalgia critic brought me here.
Anyone here because of the Nostalgia Critic, cause he said it would be hard to find here, and here I am finding it easily
yeah i know right?
After I watched the vid it hit my recommendations.😂
No he said he couldn't show the clip because of cucktube
Yes I am.
But I heard this rant in his comedy episode
Lol it just came in my recommendations!
This explains why Gilbert Gottfried is such a comedy genius. Never been PC, and never apologizes for it.
Edit: 4/12/22
Rest easy now, sweet Gilbert. You left us too soon, but never without a smile.
In Memory of
Gilbert Jeremy Gottfried
Born: February 28, 1955
Died: April 12, 2022
we only had to listen
It takes a real man like Duckman to reason with people without hesitation.
Dave Chappelle needs Duckman right now.
This duck really showed up looking just as confused as the audience and then proceeded to drop facts
2017: This is my message to you all
Who's here after Seth Rogen said to feel guilty about what we found funny ten years ago?
he said that?
To quote Joker:
"Comedy is subjective, Murray. Isn't that what they say?...All of you--the system that knows so much--you decide what's right or wrong, the SAME WAY that you decide what's FUNNY or NOT!"
Same vibes
Except Joker's following actions make him stoop to everyone else's level. Duckman didn't stoop to the level of everyone else. While what Joker said was relatable, it's important not to take his lines out of context, since he immediately denotes his point by becoming just as bad as society.
And even though the critics got pissed off, Dave Chapelle's "Sticks and Stones" proved its what the people want!
@@generationless6942 Chapelle's sticks and stones just proved he and everyone who thinks he's funny have shitty sense's of humor. Letting people tell stupid jokes doesn't mean they're free from critique.
@@jazzdaddycriticisms7049 that's true, but society wont be prosecuted, that's for certain. He cant be as bad as society though. But if he is, will society look at itself? No....
Damn, Jazz, that hits hard. Yeah its true, but then again the character of Joker kinda was a bastard, etc.
Duckman is -more of a comedy- about a beaten down father.
Shame the intent of Family Guy is downright nihilistic and loaded with mean-spirited cruelty and fails on every aspect that made Duckman and South Park great making them look like the worst cheap imitators of all time, and even worse, it's more like Simpsons is ripping off Family Guy in recent seasons(A complete reversal)...There's a reason why Bob's Burgers is still on the air
+Xavior TheLycan (The Black Hood) Family Guy does shock humor just for the sake of shock humor, it has no deeper meaning to it, no subtext, it thinks it's "rebellious" and "courageous", but it's really just as run-of-the-mill as any other show, it's cheap and stupid, it wants to be South Park, it wants to challenge something, it wants to prove a point, but it fails in every category because, let's face it, Seth McFarlane lacks the ability to make something that is both smart, yet hilariously mean-spirited at the same time.
VideogameDemocracy someone gets it!!
+VideogameDemocracy well . . . . . I'm not sure if that's ALWAYS true. Just hear me out: I don't claim to be a fan of the show. In fact, the last full episode I've ever watched is the simpsons crossover (because let's face it, we all watched it) but even with the little I know about it I know it can occasionally have a thought provoking episode addressing stupid things that happen in the world and the way to combat it.
Here's an example: I remember an episode where Stewie has a playdate over at his house. It's later revealed that his playdate has a severe medical illness that needs to be treated as soon as possible. Except his parents don't WANT him to be treated in a hospital, they want to cope with his sickness in their own way . . . by praying to God in hopes that he will heal them. This outrages Lois because she can't just sit idly by while a child could die any second, even if her intervention is illegal. She kidnaps the child and tries to rush him to the hospital in the middle of the night. She's later caught up to by the cops and she says "I'll go to jail without fuss, just PLEASE give this child treatment!" The parents catch up with Lois and Lois makes a speech to them. the basics of this speech are "Look, I'm a churchgoer to, and I know you think that God will save your son because God always provides an answer to the faithful. But what if modern day medicine and well trained doctors IS God's answer to your sons illness??"
this is a fine example of Family Guy actually succeeding. They address an issue, explain why it's stupid, throw in a few good laughs here and there and bring it all full circle with a heartwarming speech provoking thought to parents who would actually resort to that type of answer. And don't get me wrong, I'm FULLY AWARE of just how stupid Family Guy can get. . . .but the gems can't be ignored.
TomboTime I never said Family Guy couldn't be smart and funny at the same time, actually, I love Blue Harvest and its sequels, I think they're hilarious affectionate parodies of the Star Wars trilogy, it's just that sometimes it's just shock for shock's sake with no underlying value to it.
+Xavior TheLycan (The Black Hood) oh come on this statement is why family guy is alright ohh they make fun of christians, they make fun of everything so at least people would be treated equal yes it may be all of shock value so isn't that what cartoons have always been about shock value
This should be played on Twitter and every social media account. Seriously people take things way too seriously.
My response to cancel culture in comedy
Duckman wasn't crazy. He just traveled 20 years into the future and saw everything. In the way back, he lost his memories, but the body and the mind held to the message and it lingered.
We just didn't listen.
Duckman was written in the times it was written in, in response to the experiences of those times. It was specifically aimed at people like George Bush Sr. talking about how The Simpsons was rotting America's morals and similar moral panics driven by people afraid of the new reality. Trying to remove it from its context and apply it to a different one misses that.
People *did* listen to Duckman. And The Simpsons. And South Park. And Family Guy. They *won* the cultural contest and redefined the zeitgeist, away from performative politesse and towards an increasingly open and honest discussion. As a result, we don't really have the same discussions about "protecting the children" anymore that we did back then.
Or, at least, we didn't until this latest wave of Republican lunacy based around whipping up fears about LGBTQ+ people.
i vaguely remember this but man watching the nostalgia critic talk about this and to me remembering this show to myself this was deafinitely a very good comedy and was way ahead of it's time
Holy Shit...
Duckman straight up predicted the future.
This is more important now than ever...
True dat
Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it
post this to anyone who ever says to you that they are offended by a joke
Miles Prower of course, everyone is offended by something in their lives, I never stated otherwise so no need to call me a hypocrite. but there is a difference how you react to being offended. here I stated "someone being offended by a joke" and I mean that. of course there are bad jokes (or bad timings and audiences) and people are free to use their freedom of speech to say they disliked the joke, but I'm sick and tired of hearing the one reasoning "I'm offended"... boo-hoo. that's just whining. every time someone says that I reply "well I'm offended by your face, see? the world isn't a nice and fair place".
the thing is, there are too many people out there with mindsets that they don't even try to learn to laugh at themselves and they are over-sensitive. I know those people because I used to be one younger, until I learned not to take everything seriously and when I encountered things that offended me I learned to ignore them.
Learning not to be offended by everything around you is a very important skill that should be taught in schools.
I used to have an awful habit when I was younger, and when people joked about my habit and made fun of people like me, I was offended. but there was a truth in their jokes. what I was doing was wrong, and those jokes condemned me. it felt awful to be attacked but I now look back and agree with those jokes. they were right. those jokes had a little bit of truth in them. not every joking subject is like that, the art of comedy is enormous but that's just my own experience about being offended and getting over it.
of course there are more occasions when I "should" be offended. I was abandoned after all and all those "you're adopted" jokes should be offensive to me, but I laugh at them, because in a sad way those jokes are funny, because they are true, they turn something sad into something funny. jokes can be a weird way to approach a difficult subject.
I won't go more in depth about jokes and what is funny and what is not. watch nostalgia critics video about the subject if you're interested.
with internet and social media there is a whole new generation of children learning to deal with rejection and being offended. it has resulted into pretty ugly witch hunts when a lot of these "offended people" band together and swear to destroy the lives of certain people, instead of learning to accept that there are people with different opinions and that there are jokes about ever damn subject in the universe. yes, I'm saying they should get over it. of course there are matters and subjects that should be addressed but on the otherhand if censorship happens then it might be impossible to even address those things.
people have the right to be offended and I have the right to not care about them and their feelings. just because you're offended that doesn't mean you're right/correct about something. a lot of people use the "offended" card nowadays way too easily when they don't know how to cope with their own emotions. offended-card gives a free pass to act like they are somehow right and entitled to special treatment.
there are people out there who are trying to make everything so politically correct that it sucks the life out everything. jokes are supposed to offend someone, otherwise they wouldn't be funny, they scrap the surface of the truth. jokes often show light to subjects that should be addressed.
I don't want anything censored. if you can't handle things the way they are that's your problem, maybe you should try to avoid those offending subjects, instead of trying to make them disappear for everyone.
censorship is not the right way. how do you define what is "not offensive"?
learn to process insults, jokes and other "bad stuff". don't make it someone else's job. I've read enough Orwell to know what censorship can do, and we have a real example in north korea. there is no system that would make censorship work objectively and without cutting away some important truth.
and yeah... now I've wrote enough and I probably addressed my opinion well enough so I don't have to write anything anymore... I don't think I want to have a discussion about this topic even though I replied to you. my original purpose was never to start some discussion about what is offensive and what is not and what is a joke, I simply made a comment about how this video should be shared with people who are "offended", since it seems a lot of people are offended nowadays. I decided to reply to you since you replied to me. you seem to have a different opinion about this subject and that is the reason I don't want to continue the discussion, because I have no interest in debating on the internet about subject like this. internet debates are garbage to begin with.
now I hope you have a nice day (and I mean it, that wasn't sarcasm).
bye!
+Bag Head well put
There's a difference though between the Right to be offended. . .and the Right to silence the one that offended you.
Espy Lacopa read my previous reply and I've already left this conversation anyways, it's over half a year old lol.
It didn't work, instead they cherry pick on whatever argument they can just insult.
Boy... if it was relevant in 2012, after what just happened tonight (03/27/2022) It's so relevant it hurts...
Then Duckman tells a insulting joke about grandmama and like Will Smith Bernice came up there and punched Duckman!
Someone needs to show Will Smith this xD
Somebody tell modern Simpsons this.
I get it that so many people came here from Doug Walker, but for me I got here from Rebel Taxi, and quite honestly, Rebel Taxi comment makes more sense than Doug's video.
Yes comedy can be challenged, but its also subjective. Whatever you and possibly the majority don't find funny, those small minorities will and that's all that matters to them, while what you and the majority will find funny, again those small minorities won't find it funny. To put it simpler, whenever the large masses cheers and laughs at the comedian who mocks feminism, SJWs, and left leaning liberals, there will be a crowd that mocks mens right group, anti SJW, and right leaning conservatives.
This video and message is a outstanding message that talks about how comedy should be crude and mostly politically incorrect, but at the same time, this video and message can also be turned against your favor.
I think someone should show this to Will Smith and his wife.
The year is 2020
Yep, this rant is aging like fine wine.
1:00 THINK audience THINK
Its scary how this is honestly the most relatable thing in terms of comedy and political crap, really reflects as if it predicted on what it'll be like in the late 2010's
**cough cough** Will Smith **cough**
And this is why I am heavily against censorship. Because no matter how dumb or horrible an opinion is, it is best to let it out and challenge it instead of letting It brew thanks to all those soft skinned pc people.
Many of these people refuse to challenge these ideas, simply because they know they cannot win. And thus, they censor.
why dangerous opinions and ideologies such as "K0m muÑi$m" and "Isleman" are not censored but instead it is censored to give your opinion about those ideologies?
Mily Wolfheart free speech doesn’t mean hate speech
+Mily Wolfheart
Me too! Sure, there might be some comedy out there that might turn me off, or get me riled up, but just because I don't like it, that doesn't mean that I think it should be silenced.
Matthew Moran but when it’s hate speech you need to call it out
And to think this was made before people were getting arrested for jokes!
It was made well after Lenny Bruce and George Carlin were arrested. And even though the critics got pissed off, Dave Chapelle's "Sticks and Stones" proved its what the people want!
Can we put this in all twitters claiming that Hazbin Hotel is offensive?
What's stopping you?
This is A real adult cartoon. not senseless violence and gore (seth McFarland) but something that gives adult messages to people who dont know them. Messages that people can tell their kids and be proud that they did. knowing that they gave them a real thought worth thinking about. something that they can look back on and say. im happy i was told this.
Seth MacFarlane DID work on season 1 of Johnny Bravo, which is a great cartoon.
+Jaymes Shoreman I think he did his best work on Cow and Chicken. After that, it was all down hill.
Seth does his best work when he's kept on a leash, otherwise it's just offensive without being funny to go with it.
But this show has plenty of senseless violence
Cioda but senseless violence (and occasionally gore) is what makes cartoons fun. I mean the powerpuff girls had plenty of both and people loved them, should we only give adults boring, unflavored mush too? Because cartoons arent cartoons without violence.
I want to shove this in the faces of the developers who just censored the shit out of the Sam & Max Save the World remastered game.
Duckman 90% of time: *mindless bafoon*
Duckman the other 10% of time:
Every so often i come back to re watch this video, its just that good, and sometimes it keeps me sane when the rest of the world seems like its going to shit with its stupidness
A Cartoon Duck voiced by Jason Alexander just said one of the most important things ever....that's why comedy is fantastic!
- Doug Walker - The Nostalgia Critic
This hits hard today.
This perfectly sums up Cartoon Network's current direction
Primal, Rick and Morty and Toonami are CN's only saving graces
I hate the new CN. It started out as a sort of "VH1" for Hanna-Barbera cartoons, and it was totally open towards adult viewers, not nec'ly naughty violent stupid viewing like we have today, but not pandering to toddlers all day long, either; they behaved like adults were watching. Cartoons were meant for everybody, and they knew. NOW, it's just another Nickelodeon, just like Disney Channel. These new figureheads for these networks just DON'T GET IT.
@@Johnlindsey289 Rick & Morty is trash.
@@kavky
seen regular show?
@@Johnlindsey289 Yeah, it had a decade of good content and ended with a bang. R&M is just nihilist stoner "comedy" for redditors. Thankfully the producers stopped beating the dead horse.
"A steady diet of innocuous, child-proof, flavorless mush."
All of modern entertainment in a nutshell.
All Mike Schur sitcoms.
i think will smith should have watched this first before going to the oscars
This is why 90's/Early 2000's babies grew up being based.
"Don't let a comedian a network a congressional committee and neither a social group take away the freedom to laugh at whatever you want"
Comedy that tries to be inoffensive is just as bad as comedy that tries only to be offensive. Comedy should always have a point, a message it's trying to get across. A push for change, a critique of accepted social norms, or even just pointing out the sh*tty things in life. If comdey doesn't make you think about the world in some way, is it really comedy?
This is so relevant in our current age of the internet that it hurts so bad
Duckman predicted cancel-culture back in 1994
The idea of people expressing a dislike of someone or some company with both their voices and their wallet is nothing new. It just seems that way because social media and it's algorithms has allowed us to be a lot better at it, and has made it a lot more visible when it happens.
The "controversy" surrounding Dave Chappelle's The Closer reminds me of this scene again.
So, who's here after the thing with Dave Chapelle?
Me
And don't let tumblr or Anita Sarkeesian take it away either.
takashi0100 YES
hell yeah.
Miles Prower
She'd be relevant anyway because she'd MAKE herself relevant and sucker people into buying her fakeass ideology.
People tried to ignore her before, and that's how she got the amount of influence she has now.
And if you want to be an idiot and ignore what a blatant con artist she is and how she's done everything from stealing art and lets play footage to faking a good portion of the harassment she constantly cries about, be my guest.
If you want to be a complete dumbass and insist she's right even when she constantly moves goalposts so that everything is "misogynist" no matter what a developer does, go right the fuck ahead.
Just don't expect me to respect you or your dumbshit opinions.
Also, I don't hand my money out to fucking EA or Activision, if that's what you're implying because I'm well aware of what shitheads they are.
Miles Prower "Jim Sterling"
Oh good, for a second I thought your opinion was worth wasting my time on.
they need piss off
I'm going to be using this clip a lot in the following years.
Nostalgia Critic: I can't post the actual video, I'll get taken down
8 years ago:
We all need this more than ever right now
Nostalgia Critic brought me here!
This message should be etched into a temple wall.
Temple of Duckman...... I would congregate, every sunday.
Hell, I would attend every day.
Aged like fine wine. Look at the way journalists and Twitter users meltdown whenever a comedian makes a mildly edgy joke that’s barely even offensive.
The new Dave CHapelle special in a nutshell
And even though the critics got pissed off, Dave Chapelle's "Sticks and Stones" proved its what the people want!
This video needs to be sent, EVERYWHERE.
The only thing this rant is missing is a mic drop at the end.
I like how they just take the masks off at the end, not ending with thunderous applause, merely people questioning their beliefs based on his speech. That shows some self awareness because otherwise it would look preachy or contradictory- it just shows that they don't know what to think, which was the point of his speech.
Just when the word needed him the most he vanished. 🙁
dave chapelle moment
"And that's why I should be allowed to say the N wo-"
And let's hear it for Missing the Point! Give him a round of applause, ladies and gentlemen! Missing the Point, whatta guy!
You can laugh at the N Word, but you can't expect an audience to laugh at it, you can't treat the mere act of saying the N Word like its a joke deserving of respect.
*Whoever wrote this monolog was a genius!*
karen: i'm offended by this
everyone else: good
The problem is this show represents the audience as reasonable and open to debate
In the 90s that was something that at least somewhat existed still