>> ARON: I WAS MUGGED FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST WEEK.

I WAS WALKING HOME AT 3:00 A.M.

BECAUSE -- DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT -- AND OUT OF THE DARKNESS, THIS SHADOWY FIGURE EMERGES.

AND IT'S A YOUNG WOMAN WITH A KNIFE WHO GOES, "GIVE ME EVERYTHING YOU GOT."

SO SEEING AS IT WAS A YOUNG WOMAN, I GAVE HER 70% OF EVERYTHING THAT I HAD.

THAT'S A JOKE ABOUT THE GENDER PAY GAP.

IT'S SILLY, A LITTLE VIOLENT, AND VERY POLITICAL.

AND I TOLD IT BECAUSE WHAT REALLY HAPPENED LAST WEEK WAS AN INDUSTRY LEADER IN STAND-UP COMEDY TOLD ME "PEOPLE DON'T LIKE HEARING POLITICAL COMEDY."

AND I SHOULD FOCUS ON COMEDY THAT A MINISTER AND A FIVE-YEAR-OLD CAN ENJOY.

AND IT GOT ME THINKING ABOUT HOW OFTEN PEOPLE ARE PANDERED TO.

PANDERING IN AND OF ITSELF ISN'T EVIL.

WHEN YOU JINGLE YOUR KEYS FOR A BABY, THAT'S NOT BAD.

THAT'S JUST A GOOD TIME FOR YOU AND THIS KID.

BUT IF THE BABY WERE TO ASK, "HEY, WHY DO YOU HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT CAR KEYS?

WHERE ARE YOU GETTING ALL OF THESE CARS?"

AND YOU REFUSE TO ANSWER, THAT'S BAD.

REFUSING NUANCE AND CURIOSITY FOR THE SAKE OF PANDERING IS PROBLEMATIC.

LIFE IS DETAILED AND COMPLICATED.

SO WHEN PEOPLE SUGGEST THAT I SHOULD BE MAKING THINGS MORE SIMPLISTIC AND PLAIN, I HAVE TO QUESTION THE MOTIVE.

WHY IS FRANK TRANSPARENCY SO BAD?

TO QUOTE MY BUTCHER, THE ONLY ONES WHO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HOW THE SAUSAGE IS MADE ARE VEGANS AND PIGS.

ARE YOU THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO IS OFFENDED AT THE IDEA OF THE GENDER PAY GAP?

OR ARE YOU THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO IS OFFENDED AT THE IDEA OF ME MENTIONING THE GENDER PAY GAP?

WHAT BOTHERS YOU MORE, THE INJUSTICE OR ME REMINDING YOU OF THE INJUSTICE?

BECAUSE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO IS PANDERING.

AND IF YOU'RE OFFENDED BY THE CORE CONCEPT OF THE JOKE, YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO HEAR IT DOESN'T STOP THERE.

BECAUSE AFTER I GAVE THE WOMAN 70% OF EVERYTHING THAT I HAD, SHE CALLED A GROUP OF PEOPLE OVER TO THREATEN ME.

SO I GAVE HER THE OTHER 30%.

AND I ASKED HER, "MADAM, IS THIS YOUR GANG?"

ONLY FOR HER TO REPLY, "EVEN BETTER.

IT'S MY UNION."