In comparison to victims of rape? Undoubtedly.

What's funny about rape? I don't get the joke.

It's completely possible to make jokes that don't trigger individuals with PTSD; the vast majority of jokes are not nasty and mean-spirited. However, today's comedy scene is dominated by assholes who confuse "trying to be as DARK and EDGY as possible, man" for good, well-constructed humour.

Also, as I mentioned…

Indeed, I was wrong to say "there are very good reasons why jokes about death are typically okay." They're not, and I wasn't thinking clearly, and everyone who is upset with me because of that has every right to be. I'm just more concerned with jokes at the expense of rape victims because they're far more prevalent…

There's a big difference, though. Modern military shooters glorify the military and imperialism, they don't make fun of them. While individuals with PTSD can easily avoid playing Battlefield or something that's obviously going to trigger them, they also don't have to deal with being invalidated or mocked about their…

I'm pretty sure that's a nice anecdote.

The point isn't that the families of murder victims don't suffer, but that there suffering cannot be assumed to be PTSD, and PTSD is a particular kind of suffering that needs to be accounted for. My intent wasn't to argue that "murder jokes are okay;" it was to drive home the point that trying to make light of PTSD to…

Yes, but PTSD requires special attention because it's particularly nasty on a subjective level and can force individuals to relive the violence they suffered, whereas other forms of suffering can't quite be triggered in that way.

A+ Straw Man.

Every person who complained about that were simply individuals with brains who realized that making light of rape is tasteless and belittles those suffering from PTSD.

Truthfully speaking, making light of murder is bad, too.

It's insane to suggest that the friends and family of violence victims suffer from PTSD and use that to try to dismiss criticism of rape jokes, however.

You seem to be confused, here. No one is complaining because rape jokes "offend them;" people are complaining because rape jokes force them to experience horrific PTSD.

Openly talking about murder and rape definitely is one of the best weapons against it.

Also, "PTSD is more commonly associated with soldiers who have witnessed fellow soldiers die or had near death experiences" says nothing, so I'm not sure why you're bringing that up, because it doesn't invalidate the fact that rape victims also universally suffer PTSD. PTSD is commonly associated with soldiers because…

No, I'm saying that the families of murder victims don't have PTSD and therefore cannot relive the experience of having been raped.

Also, I never asserted that murder is funny, so I don't see why I should explain how murder is funny.

I'm not sure you're actually replying to what I said, here.

Murder is senseless and awful, but you also don't have to live the rest of your life with horrific PTSD, contemplating on a weekly or even daily basis if you should just end it all, if you're murdered.

So you're saying that the families of rape victims have PTSD and can relive those victims' memories?

Also, can you please explain how rape is funny to begin with?

Except victims of murder aren't around to be triggered into reliving the awful experience of their deaths.

"But death is just as bad/worse than rape!" is incredibly reductionist thinking that flat-out ignores often highly complex social dynamics. As I pointed out, there are very good reasons why jokes about death are…

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