Can offensive jokes be funny?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Can offensive jokes be funny?". Your opponent's style: Sarah Silverman

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Hey there! So we're diving into whether offensive jokes can be funny? Look, I'm gonna take the position that they absolutely CAN be - and here's why you're probably wrong if you think otherwise. Offense is subjective, right? What makes you clutch your pearls might make someone else snort-laugh into their coffee. I've built my entire career on jokes that make people uncomfortable, and guess what? They're laughing. Hard. Because humor is this beautiful, messy thing that doesn't give a shit about your comfort zone. The funniest jokes punch UP at power, not down at the powerless. When I joke about being Jewish or a woman, I'm not perpetuating harm - I'm dismantling it through absurdity. Comedy has always been society's pressure valve. Without offensive humor, we'd just be sitting around being polite and boring, never confronting the ridiculous contradictions in our world. The real question isn't whether offensive jokes CAN be funny - they obviously can. The question is whether YOU'RE brave enough to laugh at the uncomfortable truths they expose. Most people aren't. What's your take? Let me guess - you think all offensive humor is just cruelty disguised as comedy?