Isn’t that how they stop being able to sell shows? people cancel them?

No, you’re OK with humour that YOU don’t find offensive. There’s a massive difference there and you are intentionally failing to acknowldge it.

“The context is comedy. What “points of view” is Dave Chappelle supposedly spouting? What exactly in his comedy routine are you upset about?”

Fucking amen.

Same, and it’s horrifyingly depressing. So many people who said “I would have voted for her, but no one else will”. Which is a self fulfilling prophecy.

Yes a lot of comedians punch down and all over the place, but it’s about the context here. Im ok with offensive humor as long as it is smartly done from an understanding perspective (it’s always sunny, Curb your enthusiasm, etc.). Hart and Chappelle seemingly believe this shit. These “jokes” are coming from real hate…

That too. And I am down for some offensive humor every now and then. But when it comes from a place of real hate targeted at the people those comedians hate, like it does with Hart and Chappelle, that is no longer a funny joke. Context behind the joke is key here

What context are you referring to here? Because the actual context is that LGBTQ+ people are frequently disowned or attacked (verbally or physically) by their own family who don’t understand them, and have absurdly high suicide rates compared to the general population because of this lack of support. And this isn’t a…

Seconded on everything. This is purely public push back of individuals saying “we don’t like these jokes and won’t pay to support you anymore”. The real career killing boycott movements are almost always saved for the actual rapists, assaulters, and so on (the Kevin Spacey’s). And even those don’t always fully cancel…

Yup, it’s super fucked up because of how frequently it happens, and Hart’s actual stance. His kid could actually be LGBTQ+ and now, hypothetically, that kid (and other kids who like or watch Hart) will suppress that shit for years and years due to his highly public father spouting this, which is incredibly harmful.

No I think you pretty much nailed it here. It’s very much the comedian version of “kids these days” hand wringing. They are bitching because after they said offensive shit, people complained and stopped paying to go see their shows and so on. A comedian’s job literally relies on public perception of them, and if the…

Exactly. It’s such low hanging mediocre fruit, in addition to it’s shitiness. And it especially sucks with Chappelle, since he has some really funny shit in his career and was usually pretty sharp and ahead of the curve

Same, mainly because his show was a lot less shitty from what I had seen and funny at times. And then I saw some of his stand up and realized he was an ass, particularly one “joke” in which he said it was bullshit that society wouldn’t let him use the n-word.

My problem is people think that people’s lives should be ruined because they were offended. If a comic doesn’t entertain people, it will be fixed on its own by not being able to sell shows.

I think it was mainly due to the hosts. Not all of the other comedians.

I have been seeing a lot of shit here, so I am going to go ahead and post this shit for all. This shouldn’t have to be explained, but here it goes:

I mean do you really find it funny when Hart or Chappelle says some homophobic shit and then has a 10 minute monologue on why they should be able to say it? Did you ever find Louis CK’s comedy funny, because he has basically been doing this act for years even before his controversy. I think it’s pretty mediocre…

I am legitimately not sure if you are being sarcastic or not, so I am going to assume you are actually asking.

I know I’m really late here to this comment, but I figured I would throw my two cents in here on what you mention.

Hahaha, yup. As I said before, warren was my first choice, but I’ll take Bernie. And seeing all of the articles about the DNC completely freaking out are entertaining. Trying to get him off the ballot in Florida. Saying they have a plan to stop him winning the nomination, and that they will never let him on the…