You might remember that Frankie Boyle had more than a little pushback when he made a 'joke' about Downs syndrome.
I do like offensive humour when its well done, and the 'victims' of the humour are being targeted for their choices - including religion. Humour should offend when necessary. But if the humour is reliant totally on someone's unchosen condition (e.g. illness, disability), victimhood (e.g. rape, domestic violence etc), or race etc., then I'm not going to find it funny. Call it woke if you like. Or you might call it empathy.
It's a different matter if the joke/humour is told by someone who comes from one of those types of categories, and we're effectively laughing with them, rather than at them. I think laughing at the possibility of our own dementia comes under this category - it's a way of dealing with the terrifying prospect. Making jokes *about* people with dementia... nope sirree.
