Ah, an Irish comedian has said something stupid and distasteful that has garnered massive media attention. Whodda thunk? This time quintessential Navan man Tommy Tiernan chose to make an ill-considered joke about efficiency and the Holocaust at Electric Picnic. Yep. As you can imagine – this being the country that now has an anti-blasphemy law – everyone has jumped all over it, and they’re right to. In fairness, most commentaries have been fairly reasoned, but I still roll my eyes when people talk about how we should have laws to stop these sorts of things. Yes, he shouldn’t have said what he said. But he should be able to.
Up to his neck in it...
Filed under: Opinion | Tagged: electric picnic, free speech, freedom of speech, holocaust, holocaust denial, self-censorship, stand-up, stand-up comedy, tommy tiernan | 2 Comments »
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