Jerry Seinfeld must have a philosopher’s soul to be getting into the nature of humour in a world of PC. In an article titled, No Jokes for You, Harry Stein discusses the boundaries Seinfeld has just discovered. This is the conclusion. There is much food for thought along the way.

Many of us should feel better knowing Seinfeld is in this fight. Might he eventually go all in, and connect the dots? Might he come to realize that this issue also bears on the proliferating trigger warnings at colleges—the kinds his children will soon be attending—and the treatment of people like Condoleezza Rice and Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and so much more?

Probably not. But for now, let’s settle for a steady push for the freedom to make light of anything, across the ideological spectrum—including, for the next month or so, Rachel Dolezal and her amazing quick-switch from white to black.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.