That anyone, much less a
respected law professor, would consider citing to an Ann Coulter column in discussions of bigotry and prejudice literally dumbfounds me. She does not "joke", she is not "over the top". She is a monster, albeit one whose poison is limited thankfully to columns and speeches. Coulter is a brutal, vicious bigot who long ago deserved to be run out of polite conversation. It astounds me that some folks on the right who consider themselves to be respectable thinkers haven't grasped that yet.
joke
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1. something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act
2. something that is amusing or ridiculous, esp. because of being ludicrously inadequate or a sham; a thing, situation, or person laughed at rather than taken seriously; farce
I would direct your attention particularly to 2.
I used joke as a verb, not a noun -- the definition doesn't apply to the verb form.
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