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Originally Posted by RyZ
You could probably dig into any comedians back catalogue and find something thats offensive to someone. If not, they probably arent a very good comedian. How far are we from having a bunch of Hannah Gadsby carbon copy's putting everybody to sleep?
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I think this is the problem with “cancel culture” going after anyone and everyone. You end up with people defending “offenders” regardless of context because they’ve been criticised, again, regardless of context.
I’m a big fan of Chapelle’s latest special, and while I don’t really like Burr, I had zero problem with his more offensive stuff. But this isn’t that. This is a comedian just because ignorant and racist, not for the sake of a bit but just because. Worse even, it wasn’t remotely funny.
This wasn’t part of his back catalogue. This is Gillis going on a podcast and being a racist or at least purposefully offensive past the point of ignorance, and without any comedy or commentary to justify it. That ain’t worth your time defending.