Louis C.K. takes part in an FX panel discussion during the...

Louis C.K. takes part in an FX panel discussion during the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Aug. 9, 2017. Credit: AP / Invision / Chris Pizzello

A Louis C.K. comedy set recorded on Long Island has sparked a firestorm of discussion for his jabs at the Parkland shooting survivors, gay and trans people, Asian men and others.

In a newly released audio of the comic's Dec. 16 show at the Levittown comedy club Governor's, C.K., 51, says survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, in February 2018 were uninteresting because "you didn't get shot. You pushed some fat kid in the way. Now I've got to listen to you talking?"

The comic has performed only sporadically since admitting in November 2017 to years of sexual misconduct.

In another bit, about the small minority of people who do not identify as male or female, C.K. puts on a nasal, imperious voice to impersonate one: " 'You should address me as they/them, because I identify with gender-neutral.' Oh, OK. OK," he retorts. "You should address me as ‘there' because I identify as a location," which he then describes with an anatomical vulgarity.

The club audience is widely supportive in the audio, with laughter, hooting and applause. Neither Governor's co-owner James Dolce nor any other club representative responded to Newsday requests for comment. A person answering the phone confirmed the recording was of the Dec. 16 show there. The comedian performed an  unannounced show on Aug. 26 at the club. At the time, Dolce  told Newsday that C.K. "has an open-door policy here" to perform at will.

"I love it here," C.K. says near the end of the 48-minute set. "I do. [Expletive] place will book me, why would I complain?"

The recording was released online Sunday by a right-wing YouTube channel that posted one excerpt under the headline "Louis CK DESTROYS Parkland Shooting Survivors.”

Comedian Louis C.K, seen here in September 2017, has been...

Comedian Louis C.K, seen here in September 2017, has been performing sporadically since admitting to sexual misconduct allegations in November 2017. Credit: Getty Images / Rich Fury

One Parkland-shooting survivor said Monday that he was not offended by C.K.'s routine. "No, it's not my job to police comedy just because I find it offensive. Comedy is supposed to be offensive," tweeted Cameron Kasky, adding that he had been a fan of the comedian's 2010-15 FX series “Louie." "My feelings have no place in it. Yes, Louis is an ass for the jokes he's making which ... [is unfortunate] 'cause he used to be really funny and not just a professional jerk. … Seems now like he's becoming more of a Milo-style provocateur" — a reference to "alt-right" writer Milo Yiannopoulos — "as opposed to just a non-PC comedian."

Movie-comedy hitmaker and Syosset native Judd Apatow, 51, called C. K's set "hacky, unfunny, shallow," tweeting, "You have to look at it in the context of a man with children who mocks kids who are worrying about getting shot. A man who mocks our most vulnerable people. That's because he feels like no one cares about HIS pain. What HE'S been through. He feels like he was wronged so ... [he] attacks."

He later noted, "Discussing the quality of work is not censorship. It's just the debate of art."

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