This makes everthying so completely painless.

Yeah, risking Boba fett seems foolish. +1

I'm certainly not advocating that you bottle yourself up, 'go along to get along.' Instead, either simply change the channel (99% of QS articles are refreshingly Nazi-free), or if the spirit moves you leave something more than a simple "I'm offended" remark. I'd have looked much more favourably on your response if you'd perhaps satisfied your need to object by providing a link to the Holocaust Museum and said "see if you can still laugh after visiting this."

Having myself visited Oswiecim/Auschwitz, I can say that there really isn't anything funny about it. But I don't think that's what was being lampooned here.

That said, we live in a diverse world, and not everyone has the same humour. If we're going to ask for tolerance in one direction, it needs to be extended the other way as well. Simply saying "I'm offended" and expecting the world to alter its trajectory just doesn't cut it anymore. Jeebus does no favours by his incendiary replies, but that's Jeebus. I'm sorry you didn't like the article, Stu. I think you and I both can at least agree that holding up racists as a cartoonish caricature to mock and ridicule is far preferable to allowing their views to pass as the mainstream.

Last Thursday, I woke up to a Facebook message from one of my mates in Scotland, a Rangers fan of the usual bigoted stripe.
"How many potatoes does it take to kill an Irishman?

None.

Happy St Patrick's Day!"

Insensitive? Obviously. Crass? Sure. But I chuckled (somewhat guiltily) all the same, and to be fair I know many who wouldn't have laughed at all. Whether it be An Gorta Mor or the Shoah, some topics are off-limits for some people, an object of sorrow and anger and not of mirth. I respect that.

Kelly, it came off as making fun of the Holocaust, not Hitler.

Are you joking? You made references to cleansing and inferior creatures, all examples of his Holocaust. I think you are just a stone idiot and can't understand what you wrote.

also, a jew, i actually found this pretty funny, and that's the nicest thing i've ever said about anything jeebus has ever done. 🙂

Thanks for the support! And while I know not EVERY article can be you reading the Wall Street Journal aloud, can we do that for my next article? I'll be sure to provide hard hitting, in depth analysis of the articles themselves, as well as on your vocal presence, timbre, and poise.

Sometimes we need a bit of absurdist humor to offset this. Anyone who reads a column by someone named Dr Jeebus and expects…well…anything….should reconsider.

I should also say that, as a Jew, I publicly support anything that makes fun of, or demeans, the trash that are Nazis. I can see that some people might get offended, but frankly, it works for me. It's one thing to say "the holocaust was funny". It's another to write a musical called The Producers, in which Adolf Hitler is openly mocked. Some articles on here are meant to stimulate your brain, pad your wallet, and educate. Others are meant to give you a laugh. Humor is subjective.

The lot of you need to get a grip and realize that this article is silly satire. If nothing else, it gave me something to read between hour-long sessions of staring at spreadsheets and weeping openly. You don't like it? Tough. Don't read it, and get off my lawn.

I never made light of, mentioned, or even alluded to the Holocaust. The closest I came was referencing the leader responsible, but only for the purpose of giving people a baseline understanding of the fictional celebrity. I'm sorry that you read what you wanted (Or apparently didn't want) to read instead of what was there.

That said, I guess I just don't get the point here. A satirical take on the GDS with celebrities is a funny idea, but I don't really get the rest of it. Why these people? Why pick (and misspell the name of) a TV chef from 7-8 years ago? Why a potentially offensive made up Hitler relative? What is the point of making one-note Michael Bay references? He likes explosions – I get it. Heck, he even makes fun of himself for liking explosions in TV commercials.

What are you trying to say here? Are you commenting on the absurdity of the GDS? On celebrities? On Magic? I want to laugh, but I don't get the joke.

I count at least 4.

Oh, you mean Emeril Lagasse.