But that's what satire is. When Jonathan Swift suggested the lords eat the poor, he was not simultaneously mocking the poor and making the lords feel like assholes. In the piece he calls the poor beggars, bastards, breeders, thieves, savages and more. Would it make sense to call that classism? Or couldn't you just see…

"Is Dave chappelle responsible for having an awesome show that appealed to frat boys for the wrongs reasons?"

It wasn't being racist. It was showing that "redskin" is just as offensive as "ching chong." You can't make that comparison without using the term. Just like how if someone said "tranny," I would say "that term is just as offensive as 'faggot' or 'dyke' and you really shouldn't be using it." Just because I used those…

But Stephen Colbert did not send out that out-of-context tweet. His handle is @StephenAtHome. The tweet came from @ColbertReport which is probably owned by Viacom or Comedy Central, and managed by some intern. Yes, the tweet was out of context and bad, and even Stephen Colbert himself said that he agreed with the…

But do people have to apologize every time a joke with good intentions gets laughed at for the wrong reasons? Is Dave chappelle responsible for having an awesome show that appealed to frat boys for the wrongs reasons?

I agree that the tweet was a mess. I think Colbert might actually find a way to apologize for it on Monday. I guarantee he will address it.

Actually, the joke did work, and it was brilliant satire. I don't even like Colbert but this was a brilliant segment.

First of all, I think to "whiteslain" you have to be white, which I am not. Secondly, again he is not making fun of Asian people. He is pointing out that we wouldn't stand for an obvious racist organization name if it were targeted at most other cultures/ethnicities. Yet, we stand idly by when that racism and ethnic…

I did see several of the tweets, and it struck me that no, they were not following the joke. For instance, the first tweet on the linked article says that Asian ethnicity was the "punchline." It certainly wasn't—Snyder's racism was the punchline. I guess I can understand how reproducing a racist stereotype as part of…

If you actually read some of the tweets, you'll find that isn't true of all or even most of the angry tweeters. The Gloss posted the best ones in their oped.

Not to mention, it's HIS fans that are blowing up the hashtag with more racist drivel, as well as rape and death threats. At the VERY least, he needs to publicly say that that's not okay.

Here's the thing, what colbert is pointing out (quite effectively due the outrage) is that as a general culture Americans don't get offended by certain racism or slurs over others even though they are JUST as offensive. People passively allow a team to be called the redskins. I mean HONESTLY-can you imagine a team…

But Asian people aren't the butt of the joke. Colbert himself is. The whole joke is that he's an insensitive moron. Nothing negative about actual Asian people is said or implied.

The joke worked on the show, the stand alone tweet did not.

The point is that the oppressed people weren't the butt of the joke. Snyder was the butt of the joke. As far as rape goes: http://jezebel.com/5925186/how-to…

Agreed. I'm just confused at what some people are expecting.

I really don't think "a minority group" was the butt of his joke, unless you're counting 'People who own NFL teams' as the minority in question. And the fact that Colbert is a privileged white male is part of the joke - most of the jokes are that he is the most privileged of all people.

Which joke, the show segment or the tweet? Because, as was explained pretty clearly, he didn't send the tweet, which was largely devoid of the context of the joke.

I'm confused. Is the tweet the problem, or are you saying the entire sketch was indefensible and appalling?

That's just shifting the blame. No one has an obligation to like you, and if a woman isn't interested in you, it's not necessarily because she's shallow or "entitled to the studly men." I'm a fat, depressed man who writes openly about being fat and depressed and I do just fine. You're the one that sounds entitled.