is 9/11 taboo for jokes?

[karyn]

from yahoo

Gibbs on Sykes: 9/11 is not 'comedy'
Politico

Alexander Burns – Mon May 11, 3:01 pm ET

In his daily briefing Monday, Robert Gibbs distanced the president from comedian Wanda Sykes’ joke comparing Rush Limbaugh to a 9/11 hijacker at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.

"I don't know how the guests get booked,” Gibbs said, adding that he hadn’t “talked specifically” with Obama about Sykes’ crack.

“I think there are a lot of topics that are better left for serious reflection rather than comedy. I think there's no doubt 9/11 is part of that,” Gibbs continued.

At the correspondents’ dinner, which Obama attended Saturday, Sykes blasted Limbaugh for saying he hoped Obama’s administration would fail, joking: “I think Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker, but he was just so strung out on Oxycontin he missed his flight.”

Obama appeared to smile at the remark.

Sykes on Limbaugh as 20th hijacker:

[Morning Glory]

9/11 is funny

Wanda Sykes isn't

[LeilaHazlett]

9/11 is funny

Wanda Sykes isn't

Very true.

[Rockwulf]

One of my favorite jokes:


Knock knock.


Who's there?


September 11th 2001.


September 11th 2001 w---

YOU SAID YOU'D NEVER FORGET!!!!!!

[FedorasBox]

hahahaha! yeah. that's a good one, Rockwulf.

[Ajax Knucklebones]

When it comes to jokes, I think anything should be fodder. I hate people who say, "Too early?" Fuck that. If people laugh, then it's fuckin' funny. Case closed.

[Vix]

I dont find those kinda jokes funny.

[nathanmbailey]

She wasn't even making 9/11 jokes, it was a Rush joke and the fucker is a douche bag anyway.

What's funnier is is how much of a big deal people (especially Fox news) is making out of it.

[Ajax Knucklebones]

She wasn't even making 9/11 jokes, it was a Rush joke and the fucker is a douche bag anyway.

What's funnier is is how much of a big deal people (especially Fox news) is making out of it.

Well...It really comes down to Republicans making a big deal out of it...Hence Fox news jumping all over that shit. I happened to be switching channels and I saw Bill O'Reilly interviewing Karl Rove about it and talking how it was in bad taste. That's like Joseph McCarthy interviewing Adolf Hitler about how Jewish people wanting to be recognized as humans is in bad taste.

[Raza]

Obviously; that's what makes them funny.

[Toe Cutter]

I think she's can be funny. I thought THAT was funny. I have a 9/11 joke

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