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Do  not  accept “Just Joking” as an excuse for racist bulls**t disguised as “humor” - it is a tool used to assimilate the idea of racism, and to send the message - to your in-group - that racism is acceptable, it's OK. And no, this isn’t being Politically Correct, it is a fundamental misunderstanding of the purpose of humor, viz. it being part and parcel of how we interact with each other, and form groups. Jason Steed breaks it down explicitly in tweets  (that i’ve condensed below). The next time you feel compelled to make a sexist “joke”, do recall this article, and consider what in-group you are about to become a part of. 1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here’s the thing about “just joking.” 2. You’re never “just joking.” Nobody is ever “just joking.” Humor is a social act that performs a social function (always). 3. To say humor is social act is to say it is always in social context; we don’t j...

From Roger Stone - Trump's advisor, comes this gem on teh twitters Mr. Khan more than an aggrieved father of a Muslim son- he's Muslim Brotherhood agent helping Hillary https://t.co/mJuUYw60nK — Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) August 1, 2016 Note that while Stone left the Trump campaign last year, he is still deeply connected to Trump , and his business-partner of 30 years (Paul Manafort) is now Trump's campaign manager. At this stage, most political handbooks would say "Distance yourself from Stone", "Disavow his words", etc., but this is  Trump we are talking about.  As Ben Mathis-Lilly puts it maybe Trump  won't  try to distance himself from Stone. Maybe this is the response to Khizr Khan that Trump has decided to go with. At this point, would that really be all that surprising? (tweet, screen-capped below for posterity, in case it vanishes)