Time to stop censoring comedy with manufactured and over stated outrage

The clitoris has 8,000 nerve endings — twice as many as the penis — yet remains significantly less sensitive than angry right-wingers when someone makes a joke about them.

Time to stop censoring comedy with manufactured and over stated outrage

The clitoris has 8,000 nerve endings — twice as many as the penis — yet remains significantly less sensitive than angry right-wingers when someone makes a joke about them.

You may have noticed how comedian Jo Brand’s milkshake joke brought all the triggered snowflakes to the yard: referring to members of the public throwing liquid dairy over UK neo-fascists like Nigel Farage and the one who calls himself ‘Tommy Robinson’, Brand quipped: “Why bother with a milkshake when you could get some battery acid?”.

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