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Can comedians use dark humor about current events in the news?

For

Humor helps people process difficult reality.

Against

It can be disrespectful or hurtful to victims.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • We use dark humor to deal with the bad things that happen to us.
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  • Dark humour or gallows humour generally has an overarching purpose, like satire.
    RedditOriginal language: English

Against

  • don't use someone else's misery as a way to feel better
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  • I don't think joking about victims of any kind of trauma is fine at all.
    RedditOriginal language: English
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