Jimmy Jokes about Genociding Gypsies

I’d like to look at why Jimmy’s gypsy joke worked. If the audience don’t find the idea of genocide gypsies any funnier than they find pedophilia, why did they laugh?

TRIGGER WARNING: the contents of this episode are frankly obscene.

Article on the British Government’s anti-traveller laws:
https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/news/2021/03/new-anti-traveller-laws-set-criminalise-nomadic-way-life

Music: Crossing Over. Curtesy of Neutrin05
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1M18G5Lo3k