Here’s why offensive comedians should be canceled. Follow Jezebel’s Cancel Tournament to see what ultimately gets canceled
I remember when I thought Dave Chappelle was funny, groundbreaking even. It was 2003, andFast forward to today, and while the times as well as the tastes of many comedy fans have changed in the past two decades to reflect new norms of what I would describe as basic human decency and consideration, Chappelle’s posture to his art has remained largely static, a proud throwback who still delights in making jokes about trans people and the survivors of Michael Jackson’s alleged sexual abuse.
Gillis’s firing, in particular, was the subject of a lot of fretting by mediocre men who are mistaking criticism and reasonable consequences for bad behavior with some sort of actual firing squad. We are living in an “era of culture unforgiveness where comedic misfires are subject to the intolerable inquisition of those who never risked bombing on stage themselves,” according to Rob Schneider. “This is just cancel culture, the guy shouldn’t have been fired,” Jim Jefferies said.
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