{"id":238384,"date":"2020-03-09T12:27:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T16:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=238384"},"modified":"2021-09-26T18:51:42","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T22:51:42","slug":"yes-its-okay-to-make-coronavirus-jokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/sq\/yes-its-okay-to-make-coronavirus-jokes\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, it\u2019s okay to make coronavirus jokes"},"content":{"rendered":"
RAEL\u2019S COMMENT: <\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
It\u2019s not only \u201cOkay\u201d: it\u2019s strongly recommended!<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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With the recent panic over the new coronavirus, you see different reactions come about. Fear and worry are common, but should jokes and laughter be allowed? Yes. Yes they should.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s been some recent outcry about coronavirus outside of the obvious sickness and death angle. People are unhappy about coronavirus humor, of all things. Public figures cracking jokes, such as the Serbian president and Prince William, have angered many. Emma Grey Ellis of Wired recently opined on whether or not it\u2019s okay to make fun of the virus. Now why, exactly, is this sort of joke suddenly not kosher?<\/p>\n

One particular argument has been that it perpetuates \u201charmful Asian stereotypes.\u201d The mayor of Boston even\u00a0invoked that\u00a0when Sony announced they wouldn\u2019t be present at the Penny Arcade Expo this year. This presents a question in response. How exactly is saying \u201cdon\u2019t eat bats\u201d racist? If I make an Ozzy Osborne bat-eating joke, am I suddenly racist towards the people of China?<\/p>\n

Another invocation is the \u201ctoo soon\u201d argument \u2013 that the situation is still too terrible, indecisive and raw to joke about. But where exactly are the time limits? Can I crack a joke about the panic level of it, but not make fun of it being lethal? Who does this rule apply to? Who is writing the \u201ctoo soon\u201d rule? Do I need to write them an official request to tell the jokes?<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.rt.com\/op-ed\/482519-coronavirus-jokes-humor-too-soon\/?fbclid=IwAR1XkWlUUkqy_-p_cjdYEQau-Vi9IKl5SDkGZbdiAJjKJcjOKwlbJCvOEQs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RAEL\u2019S COMMENT: It\u2019s not only \u201cOkay\u201d: it\u2019s strongly recommended!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":337438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}