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The Great Republican Political Strategy of Insult Puerto Rico for Some Reason (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months ago by usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 35 points 8 months ago (11 children)

I think it'd be subverting expectations. From the start you might think it's about the Pacific trash island that has collected there, but then it turns the other way and calls Puerto Rico a trash island. A decently funny joke imo, even if rude. I've seen the same joke being done about the UK and it did get a proper chuckle out of me.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 79 points 8 months ago (10 children)

The main difference is that the UK used to be powerful and did a lot of bad things to a lot of countries around the world. Puerto Rico on the other hand has always been weak so it feels weird for someone in a much more powerful area of the world to pick on them.

[–] cpw@lemmy.ca 68 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Good comedy can punch up, but very rarely works when punching down. Punching down is generally just bullying in disguise.

[–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 11 points 8 months ago

When punching up it's funny, punching down is called bullying

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