That being said....
When I saw the name Daniel Tosh trending on twitter this week I decided to click on his name to find out who he was and what he did wrong or what he did right. As we all know you only become a trending topic if you either a. offended someone, b. died, or c, had a sex tape released to the public or d) saved a child from a burning building. I pretty much had a good idea that choice c was not the case here.
Needless to say when I found out what this man said to a "heckler" ( I prefer to call her a brave woman) I was disgusted and very disturbed. I honestly wanted to write a letter to this guy and explain to him what a joke is. A joke is something that is funny. There is NOTHING funny about a women who is being forced against her will to engage in an intimate act such as sex. If I had it my way all rapists would not even be sent to jail, they would be tortured and then killed. Especially those that rape children and virgins or child virgins (teens) . No one deserves to have their virginity taken away from them by some sick fuck! It is often hard for people to empathize of course because in order to empathize one must have had gone through the same exact situation. But honestly someone in the crowd besides this woman should have stood up to this stupid fuck for making rape jokes! People should be more sympathetic towards each other. I mean I am sure there was probably someone in the crowd that had been sexually assaulted and possibly raped. You can't just go around saying things like this when you are a public figure! . Especially one who's fan base consists of mostly males. I have a few "famous" friends and acquaintances and I can tell you first hand that their are some crazy fucking fans out there in this world that will act on things that they hear their "heroes" say and even mimic some of the things they do. I do not think people really understand that. Daniel Tosh is a immature and irresponsible person if you ask me. The following statement came directly from Tosh's victim.
“Tosh then starts making some very generalizing, declarative statements about rape jokes always being funny… I yelled out, “Actually, rape jokes are never funny!” … After I called out to him, Tosh paused for a moment. Then, he says, “Wouldn’t it be funny if that girl got raped by like, 5 guys right now? Like right now? What if a bunch of guys just raped her…” and I, completely stunned and finding it hard to process what was happening but knowing i needed to get out of there, immediately nudged my friend, who was also completely stunned, and we high-tailed it out of there.”
I am sorry but you have to be a completely ignorant person to think that this is ok to say. What he said was NOT a joke it was a provoking statement if you ask me. Of course there are tons of people supporting Tosh (not really shocking to me since this world is filled with people who are desperate for attention online so they decide to support the bad guys in order to get a rise out of people). I have seen several people online pull out the freedom of speech card. These people honestly have no clue about what sorts of speech the first amendment covers. So here is a little fiy for all of you who feel asleep in government class or were too busy doodling pictures of perverted cartoons in your notebook. THE FIRST AMENDMENT STATES THAT FREEDOM OF SPEECH DOES NOT INCLUDE ADVOCACY OF ILLEGAL ACTIONS, FIGHTING WORDS, OBSCENITY OR COMMERCIAL SPEECH! Tosh is guilty of three of these things. In my opinion he was provoking violence against this young woman. What if one of the members of the crowd would have taken his "joke" (if you can even call it that) literally that night and raped her? Like I said Daniel Tosh is not a man. He is a irresponsible little boy trapped inside a 37 year old mans body.
Another stupid statement I have seen on Tumblr blogs and twitter alike is "It's ok he makes fun of everyone." Saying that it would be funny if a girl got raped is not "making fun" of her. Making fun of her would have included a personal insult such as "oh my god that girl looks like a beaver her teeth are FUCKING HUGE". Remember when Michael Richards called one of his hecklers a nigger? Remember how EVERYONE was boycotting him and making a big fucking scandal over that? Why are people not making a big deal over this whole Daniel Tosh thing? The only people who are making a big deal of it are women from what I have seen so far. Actually, I know a few women who are supporting him! I don't understand that at all! Kramer actually had to apologize to people like Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton on television! Has Tosh make a highly publicized apology over the airwaves yet to women? I know he has apologized for the incident via twitter and has ordered that all of the rape jokes are to be taken out of the pilot of some shitty show of his that is going to air sometime soon, but to me that is not enough. If he had any sense of self decency he would resign from being a comedian and go live in a hole for a few years until he realizes how fucked up he is. If you ask me his apology does not even seem sincere. Which leads me to another question entirely, is hateful and violent speech against women more excepted in society today than racial slurs? How long does it take for certain things to all of a sudden become unacceptable in society?
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