What am I oversimplifying? In 2020 (or in 2015 when this sketch aired) no one needs a comedy sketch to understand that blackface is bad. This serves zero educational value. It is about getting laughs. That is the primary goal. And, in fact, the humor value of the sketch is premised on everyone who watches it already…

How would the police sources cited in that article know? That is speculation, not evidence. Meanwhile, according to Shake Shack there is no evidence there was any contaminant in the shakes.

Who is doing that?

There is no criticism there accusing Dems of having done nothing.

oh wow you’re triggered huh?

Going after who for that?  I don’t see anything here accusing Dems of that?

There is nothing in the world that requires a subpoena to testify, and nothing in the world that requires a formal setting to tell what you know. He didn’t testify because he didn’t want to spoil his book. 

Ah, yes, I keep forgetting, the only way to actually know or understand the fraught history of blackface and realize it is bad is to watch comedians perform in it, in the present, for laughs. You know, the same way that, to use your example, we can only know that genocide is bad and become anti-genocide is if we see…

The Hashtag Resistance has embraced a number of questionable heroes during Trump’s term...waiting on Robert Mueller (former FBI director! the FBI is bad) to save us, lining up for James Comey (who just absolutely fucking sucks) to sign copies of his self-serving book, cheering on Michael Avenatti as he ripped off one…

You know what is the most effective anti-blackface message?  Not doing blackface!

There is, but that difference doesn’t excuse everything purporting to be done in service of the latter.

Oh wow, I didn’t think I’d see “This is why Trump will win!” this early, on a story this much not about Trump or politics.  Very impressive.

Indeed.  Very weird for writers to have a point of view.

You’re right. It is impossible to demonstrate that blackface is shitty without comedians and actors donning blackface. How would we have ever have known that blackface is bad without *checks notes* Tropic Thunder.

Thank you!  We all get that blackface is being used “ironically” here.  But even so, the entire point is to use blackface to shock a laugh out of people.  It is not making some deep meaningful indispensable point.  It is “HAHAHA, BLACKFACE CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!!!”

It absolutely does.  There are competing contexts.  One is the context of the sketch itself, and that, without a doubt, it wasn’t attempting to be harmful and was actually making a decent (if rather obvious and well-worn) point.  The other context is that it’s fucking blackface!  And that blackface has a lengthy…

The point of the sketch was to get a laugh.

Post any evidence that the cops were poisoned, even accidentally?

People, even racists, don’t want to think they are racists. So him claiming he is the best president for black Americans ever is a salve so people who support him can convince themselves they aren’t supporting him because they like racism. 

Well, there isn’t actually any evidence that is the case, so probably irresponsible to report it.