Interview · moment 12 of 13
The N-Word, Censorship, and Lampooning Racism
from Episode 153 - Gavin McInnes · #153
3 min
Guest
Gavin discusses a retired Sarah Silverman joke about a slur, arguing that censorship prevents comedy from lampooning racism and thus gives bigotry more power, tying it to stories of laughing at abusers to strip their authority.
- Tim asks if he can say the N-word on the show, then explains he's about to discuss it.
- Californica's joke about Arabs and the term 'sand nigger' — a parody of racism that mocks segregation and whites-only beaches that never existed.
- By preventing comedians from lampooning racism, censorship actually gives bigotry more authority and strength rather than undermining it.
- Tim argues that when people could joke around freely, racist ideologies didn't have power, unlike now when they're suppressed and fester.
Gavin McInnesLaurel UmarcensorshipMilo Yiannopoulos