{"id":1183370,"date":"2022-01-03T12:49:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T17:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1183370"},"modified":"2022-01-03T12:49:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T17:49:48","slug":"patton-oswalt-defends-performing-with-dave-chappelle-after-woke-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/patton-oswalt-defends-performing-with-dave-chappelle-after-woke-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Patton Oswalt Defends Performing with Dave Chappelle After Woke Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpatton-oswalt-defends-performing-with-dave-chappelle-after-woke-backlash%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1183370&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Davechappelleoswalt1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Patton Oswalt has defended performing with fellow comedian Dave Chappelle in Seattle on New Year\u2019s Eve, calling him a long-time friend and the \u201cfunniest [comedian] I\u2019ve ever met.\u201d But Oswalt also issued a caveat, assuaging triggered fans by saying he disagrees \u201c100 percent\u201d with Chappelle on the transgender controversy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m an LGBTQ ally. I\u2019m a loyal friend,\u201d the left-wing comedian said in a recent series on Instagram posts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Oswalt implied he came under social mediaa criticism for praising Chappelle and posting a series of photos with him backstage. \u201cI ended the year with a real friend and a deep laugh. Can\u2019t ask for much more,\u201d Oswalt wrote on Saturday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CYLfUrXrhod\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The following day, however, Oswalt posted a follow-up message in which he both defended Chappelle but also noted he diverges with his friend on the transgender debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also 100% disagree about transgender rights &amp; representation,\u201d Oswalt wrote. \u201cI support trans peoples\u2019 rights \u2014 ANYONE\u2019S rights \u2014 to live safely in the world as their fullest selves. For all the things he\u2019s helped ME evolve on, I\u2019ll always disagree with where he stands NOW on transgender issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Chappelle has never said he believes transgender people shouldn\u2019t live safely. In his shows, the comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/10\/06\/nolte-dave-chappelle-blisters-fascist-gay-power-in-netflixs-the-closer\/\">has made jokes<\/a> about transgender genitalia and the antagonism between him and increasingly authoritarian LGBTQ activists. For that, the mainstream media have branded him as being anti-trans, even though he has repeatedly said he has transgender friends.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CYN3w4iL4qc\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Patton Oswalt also expressed remorse for cutting off friends over politics, though he also implied that he is on the right side of the argument by saying those friends are ignorant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been carrying a LOT of guilt about friends I\u2019ve cut off, who had views with which I couldn\u2019t agree, or changed in ways I couldn\u2019t live with,\u201d he wrote. \u201cSometimes I wonder \u2014 did I and others cutting them off make them dig their heels in deeper, fuel their ignorance with a nitro-boost of resentment and spite?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oswalt has taken a series of far-left radical positions in recent years. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2020\/05\/31\/patton-oswalt-compares-antifa-rioters-to-u-s-troops-who-landed-at-normandy\/\">has publicly defended the violent Antifa<\/a>, comparing the left-wing group that physically assaults conservatives to U.S. troops landing in Normandy in World War II.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow David Ng on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@HeyItsDavidNg<\/a>. Have a tip? Contact me at&nbsp;<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"mailto:dng@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dng@breitbart.com<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patton Oswalt has defended performing with fellow comedian Dave Chappelle in Seattle on New Year\u2019s Eve, calling him a long-time friend and the \u201cfunniest [comedian] I\u2019ve ever met.\u201d But Oswalt &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1183370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1183370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1183370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1183370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1183370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}