Then why did you use that as an argument?

Ah yes, the Democrats did start the civil war. They were big believers in states’ rights.
While the party of Lincoln(the Republicans) did not believe in states’ rights and essentially passed an amendment to the Constitution to undermine the power of the states and intensely strengthen the federal government.
Then,…

sigh. No, I have not seen that sketch, and no, it does not make me stupid or totally ignorant of comedy. You did not give necessary context in your original post, which would have taken you just a few words: “... a sketch written by Pryor.” You say that you left it out because you could not fathom that anyone had…

If he said all that thinking “oh, she’s familiar with my whole persona and will instinctively know that I’m an ally and that I’m mocking racists who might talk like this unironically”, with no explanation whatsoever... yeah, that would be bad.

That Richard Pryor helped write and knew what was coming beforehand. That is not the same as meeting your boyfriend’s friend for the first time.

No, I referenced a FAMOUS comedy sketch. An insanely famous comedy sketch of Richard Pryor’s.(where Chevy Chase played a racist white interviewer). The fact that you have never seen it and are completely unfamiliar with the sketch is astounding.

There was no trap. Only someone totally ignorant of comedy would say…

Thank you for reminding us of Chevy Chase’s racist comedy routine.

The problem, I think, is beyond his inarticulate nature.
Read this:

To be fair, no one needs to be commenting on this story at all.

I guess I am not making my point clear.
I said I was playing “Devil’s advocate”.
“Devil’s advocate” means that I am taking a position that I don’t necessarily agree with and that is outside the normal view. I am not attempting to “mansplain” this term, but you honestly don’t seem familiar with the concept.

My argument…

Except that skit was SNL skit was written by Paul Mooney not Chevy Chase

My “context” is explaining why David Cross may have made a racist comment(without necessarily having racist intent). He may have been trying to make a joke.

While a racist joke is totally unacceptable from your boss, it at least sorta makes sense in a gathering of comedians(depending on the exact phrasing and sarcasm…

Pretty sure saying “ching chong, ching chong” to any Asian person is considered unfunny and racist, no matter “your context.”

Important note: Texas has Almond Joy as #3. Texans love coconut.
Oklahoma/Kansas probably doesn’t have Almond Joy on the radar. Oklahoma kids will actually avoid houses giving out Almond Joys.

This is a fact: about 40% of Oklahomans hate coconut.
No idea why.
If someone brings coconut-covered donuts to an office, they…

I’m not even sure what I am giving up?
I was just offering a statement of context, while still acknowledging that Cross was wrong because Yi was offended.

You seem to be wanting to put words in my mouth.

1) I didn’t say they were equivalent
2) I didn’t say Cross was justified
3) I didn’t say that Yi wasn’t right to be offended.(double negative=she is fully right to be offended)

I simply explained that Cross may have believed that he was making a valid joke. The context that they are both professional comedians skews the…

1) The eating dead body thing was troubling. However, I wasn’t clear on if it was ritualistic cannabalism, survival cannablism, or simply a lack of respect for other sentient species. They didn’t seem to clarify, but they did point out that everyone was starving, so I chalked it up to survival cannibalism.

2) On the…

I mean...do you understand the concept of a script...

To play devil’s advocate:
They are both comedians, and he could have been trying to make a purposefully offensive statement as part of a joke.(e.g. “The Aristocrats” and similar) Offensiveness is determined by the listener, but he might have felt the line was pushed back because she was another comedian.
If she was too…

That said, I’m going to be shocked if anything turns around my hatred of the redesigned Klingons.