{"id":1426944,"date":"2022-04-09T14:29:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T18:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1426944"},"modified":"2022-04-09T14:29:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T18:29:47","slug":"maher-its-not-right-wingers-who-cant-take-a-joke-its-people-at-elite-schools-lost-humor-thought-are-invisible-scars-of-cancel-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maher-its-not-right-wingers-who-cant-take-a-joke-its-people-at-elite-schools-lost-humor-thought-are-invisible-scars-of-cancel-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Maher: It&#039;s Not Right-Wingers Who Can&#039;t Take a Joke, It&#039;s People at Elite Schools &#8211; Lost Humor, Thought Are &#039;Invisible Scars of Cancel Culture&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">48<\/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%2Fmaher-its-not-right-wingers-who-cant-take-a-joke-its-people-at-elite-schools-lost-humor-thought-are-invisible-scars-of-cancel-culture%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=1426944&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><\/div>\n<p>On Friday\u2019s broadcast of HBO\u2019s \u201cReal Time,\u201d host Bill Maher argued that \u201cThe people who can\u2019t take a joke now aren\u2019t old ladies in the Bible Belt. They\u2019re Gen Z at elite colleges.\u201d And that losing out on jokes and thoughts over self-censorship \u201care the invisible scars of cancel culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After pointing out that Will Smith initially laughed at Chris Rock\u2019s joke at the Oscars before getting offended because his wife was upset, Maher stated, \u201cI\u2019ve seen the same syndrome happen in comedy clubs, woke hecklers who literally have to wait for the laughter to die down before they yell, \u2018That\u2019s not funny!\u2019 This war on jokes must end. Will Smith didn\u2019t get kicked out of the Oscars for going Ike Turner on Chris, but Kevin Hart got kicked out of hosting it for a joke. Who are these people who say cancel culture isn\u2019t a real thing? Just among comedians who\u2019ve gotten fired and lost gigs for exercising their freedom of expression, the toll is high. Gilbert Gottfried and Kathy Griffin were tasteless. So what? That\u2019s why we like them. Comedians are the ones testing where the line is, we can\u2019t always be perfect any more than Tom Brady will never throw an interception.\u201d<\/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>He later added, \u201cThe people who can\u2019t take a joke now aren\u2019t old ladies in the Bible Belt. They\u2019re Gen Z at elite colleges. Colleges, where comedy goes to die. Kids used to go to college and lose their virginity. Now they go to lose their sense of humor. \u2026 Judd Apatow has an awesome new documentary coming here to HBO about George Carlin, owner of the most famous 180 in comedy history, when he turned his back on a lucrative career in nightclubs in order to let his hair down and be himself in front of a younger crowd who welcomed irreverence. \u2026 Oh George, it\u2019s a good thing you\u2019re dead. Because today, the seven words you can\u2019t say on TV are Jada, can\u2019t wait for \u2018G.I. Jane 2.\u2019 For all those who are constantly demanding an apology for jokes, maybe it\u2019s you who should apologize to us for all the great jokes that we never got to hear, the brilliant thoughts that were never uttered. Those are the invisible scars of cancel culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Ian\u00a0Hanchett on Twitter\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IanHanchett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@IanHanchett<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday\u2019s broadcast of HBO\u2019s \u201cReal Time,\u201d host Bill Maher argued that \u201cThe people who can\u2019t take a joke now aren\u2019t old ladies in the Bible Belt. 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