It was just basic human stuff.

The first bit I ever heard was him talking about his dog eating chocolate and trying to gag it and running with it to the vet and he saved the dog's life and the dog hated him after.

I like comedy that punches up at the power structure.

Mocking people that have already been horribly wounded is the at of a cowardly bully.

I think if Bill Burr made the same jokes nobody would be up in arms but Louis is under the microscope with one or two strikes against him.

@Unimatrix907 Right on! I think this is more to do with who said it than what was said. Comedy is all about context. You can even joke about rape (as George Carlin, Jim Jefferies and others have done it) without being a rape apologist. I've heard far more "offensive" jokes, without anyone batting an eye. Jimmy Carr once said: “If only Africa had more mosquito nets, then every year we could have saved millions of mosquitoes dying needlessly of AIDS.” Did he actually mean that? Of course not! I think Jim Jefferies explains the whole thing brilliantly in the following clip:

So...Your mother would like being called a cum catcher?

George Carlin threw in lines like that every now and then.

But he mostly targeted the powerful religious and politically and economically powerful.

He did NOT punch down at the afflicted.

@BufftonBeotch If my mother understands comedy, she shouldn't mind being called a cum-catcher. And I certainly don't give a fuck if a comedian calls my mother that in a way that makes other people laugh.

He did target the religious and political zealots, but most of all, he didn't give any group a pass. NOTHING was beyond criticism or ridicule to Carlin. That's how comedy worked for him. He hated the politically correct culture just as right-wing conservatism.

"Everything’s been sanitized now and cleaned up. First with these fucking Christians. Let's just start with them. You know. I’m so, wait a minute now. Yeah, you know. Let’s not leave out these PC campus liberal assholes. I mean they’re just as fucking bad from a different direction."

@Darius77 Part of my point was that your mother obviously wasn't a feminist.

Carlin could have used that term with any female.

He played with language and how some words were taboo and others not in saying the same thing.

@BufftonBeotch I think you're reading too much into comedy. When Carlin talks about "feminists" in the example above, he's basically using the symbol of feminine power in conjunction with something that many would consider degrading (cum-catching) to achieve a comic effect. It has nothing to do with feminists or how valid Carlin thinks feminism is. It is merely used as a "tool" to bring about laughter in the audience by showing a marked contrast between two things.

@Darius77 Isn't that what I just said?

I don't think Carlin was degrading feminists..

He really liked to play with language and that some words were considered taboo and other words saying the exact thing were Okey-doke.

@BufftonBeotch So, I don't know what the opposition is here, really. I mean if you're willing to grant that to Carlin despite what he said on the surface, shouldn't you also apply the same standards to other comedians? That not everything that comes out of their mouths reflects their actual opinion or should be taken at face value? That's all I've been arguing from the beginning.

@Darius77 You will never understand the subtle shit.

There is a difference between the mocking of the people that mock people and mocking people.

You don't understand that. Do you?

You just threw rocks at that chained dog and thought that was funny. Didn't you?

Yeah. That was funny.

You voted for The rump?

@BufftonBeotch There is no difference between the two if mocking is simply a figment of your imagination. You just don't understand what comedy is all about, simple as that.

The dog and Trump references were just childish, I'm sorry. The least you can do is not assume that everyone on this website is from the US.

@Darius77 I think he is with your trumpster crowd now and you can have him.

@BufftonBeotch Yeah yeah yeah! If only you bothered to check out my recent posts on Trump...

I think he still wants his career back... However, like someone else said, it seems he had decided to court the Angry Orange ? Clown supporters now.

@Dmej114 I don't know what he's doing. I wish he'd stop. He used to be funny. Now he's just sad.