Original sentence: He uses racial epithets or terms such as “retarded” rather than “disabled” or “mentally handicapped”, and otherwise sustains a generally high level of raunchiness in his material.Like many comedians, Mencia focuses on issues of race, sexual orientation, politics, religion, class and society, intentionally violating rules of what is politically correct
Edited sentence: Like many comedians, he focuses on race, sexual orientation, politics, religion, class and society, but in a style which intentionally violates rules of what is politically correct by, for example, making a point to use racial epithets or terms such as “retarded” rather than “disabled” or “mentally handicapped” and otherwise going out of his way to offend liberal sensibilities, such as by advocating capital punishment and sustaining a generally high level of raunchiness in his material.Some consider his jokes to be intentionally provocative and racist, focusing on stereotypes for the sake of publicity or easy laughs (an example is his use of the word "beaner" to refer to Mexicans).With this style Mencia is able to tell a fairly benign joke, and while the audience laughs he creates an illusion that he must hold back their laughter by raising an open-faced hand and yelling "wait" or "hold on", leaving the air open for the continuation