I've seen one clip of him on youtube now.

He spent approximately 20 minutes ripping the piss out of one particular ethnic group.

The Irish.

His own.

He threw in a couple of jokes about the English at the start too.


Every single joke he made was a satirical swipe at a cultural stereotype.


His stock in trade is clearly social satire.


Much like the famous Jewish comedian Lenny Bruce who used the word "nigger", but in a context where its use was genuinely funny, but also inclusive and poignant.


Context, as I have said before, is everything.


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By the way, I ccan't help noting that I am very close to Smokey in my assessmen t of this situation and would point out that the only other time we have made contact on here has been on the BNP threads where we have both been noticeably vocal in our condemnation of racism and racist politics.

I am accuse by soome on here of being a witch-hunter because of my anti racist views.

But I am clear about the difference between racism and satire.


Tommy tiernan is a satirist and as I said in an earlier post, satire is a powerful weapon in the fight against racism.