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    Jokesters slap back at the PC police

    by LEWIS BEALE Jul 23, 2016 2 minutes
    WHEN FREE SPEECH STOPS BEING FUNNY A dozen top comics appear in Can We Take a Joke?, including, Adam Carolla (“There’s a lot of people out there whose job it is to be offended for other people”).

    IT’S NO FUN BEING FUNNY these days. The outrage mob is waving its PC pitchforks at stand-up comedy, particularly on college campuses. Don’t like jokes about race, religion, sexual orientation? Make it known how offended you are. And try to drown out or shut up what you don’t like. Chris Rock has said he no longer plays

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