{"id":963657,"date":"2021-11-03T17:29:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T21:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=963657"},"modified":"2021-11-03T17:29:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T21:29:33","slug":"six-comedians-standing-by-dave-chappelle-and-two-attacking-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-comedians-standing-by-dave-chappelle-and-two-attacking-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Comedians Standing By Dave Chappelle (And Two Attacking Him)"},"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\">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%2Fsix-comedians-standing-by-dave-chappelle-and-two-attacking-him%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=963657&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--><p>When the news that a handful of trans employees (aided and abetted by a transfixed media) would be protesting Netflix over Dave Chappelle\u2019s latest special, \u201cThe Closer,\u201d it was noteworthy how many of his colleagues stayed silent. In 2019, A-list stand-up names like <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tv\/jim-gaffigan-defends-dave-chappelles-right-to-test-the-waters-amid-stand-up-controversy\/\">Jim Gaffigan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/andrewhusband\/2019\/09\/10\/bill-burr-on-dave-chappelle-and-the-charged-climate-of-stand-up-comedy\/?sh=2eba64fc3ed1\">Bill Burr<\/a> defended Chappelle against similar claims that he\u2019s transphobic, with Gaffigan, in particular, calling his colleague \u201cbrilliant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This time out, however, few comics have been willing to voice support for the man many feel is the most talented comedian of his generation. Their silence has not gone unnoticed. Conor Friedersdorf, staff writer at The Atlantic spoke for many when he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/conor64\/status\/1451278946515906576?s=20\">tweeted<\/a>, \u201cJust 5 years ago I would\u2019ve expected the online debate about the Chappelle special to include many comedians out there who are opinionated about their craft. Has anyone else noticed how many of those voices are missing, now that the costs of conversation have increased?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But while there are fewer comedians willing to stick their necks out for the sake of Chappelle and free comedic speech in general, some brave stand-up acts have bucked the trend. Here are six funnymen who have had Chappelle\u2019s back in this latest controversy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Damon Wayans<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2021\/10\/11\/damon-wayans-dave-chappelle-netflix-special-free-slaves-lgbt-trans\/\">TMZ<\/a> reporter asked the man who found stardom on <em>both<\/em> \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d and Fox\u2019s \u201cIn Living Color\u201d what he thought of Chappell\u2019s latest special, Wayans minced no words. \u201cI feel like Dave freed the slaves,\u201d Wayans stated bluntly. \u201cComedians, we were slaves to PC culture. As an artist, he\u2019s Van Gogh. He cut his ear off. He\u2019s trying to tell us it\u2019s OK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wayans pointed out that Chappelle\u2019s fearlessness against left-wing special interest groups like transgenders protects free speech for all. \u201cI think [Chappelle\u2019s] saying \u2018With all that I have, I\u2019m not afraid to lose it for the sake of freeness of speech. You can\u2019t edit yourself,\u2019\u201d Wayans added, concluding, \u201cSomebody needs to look us in the eye and go \u2018You\u2019re no longer free in this country. You\u2019re not free to say what you want, you say what we want you to say. Otherwise, we will cancel you.\u2019 That\u2019s the discussion we need to have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joe Rogan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He may be the biggest podcaster in the world now, but Rogan got his start in the gritty comedy clubs of Boston and New York. Never a slouch when it comes to championing free expression and debate, Rogan has especially stepped up to back Chappelle, a long-time friend.<\/p>\n<p>Rogan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the news that a handful of trans employees (aided and abetted by a transfixed media) would be protesting Netflix over Dave Chappelle\u2019s latest special, \u201cThe Closer,\u201d it was noteworthy how many of his colleagues stayed silent. In 2019, A-list stand-up names like Jim Gaffigan and Bill Burr defended Chappelle against similar claims that he\u2019s transphobic, with Gaffigan, in particular, calling his colleague \u201cbrilliant.\u201dThis time out, however, few comics have been willing to voice support for the man many feel is the most talented comedian of his generation. Their silence has not gone unnoticed. Conor Friedersdorf, staff writer at The Atlantic spoke for many when he tweeted, \u201cJust 5 years ago I would\u2019ve expected the online debate about the Chappelle special to include many comedians out there who are opinionated about their craft. Has anyone else noticed how many of those voices are missing, now that the costs of conversation have increased?\u201dBut while there are fewer comedians willing to stick their necks out for the sake of Chappelle and free comedic speech in general, some brave stand-up acts have bucked the trend. Here are six funnymen who have had Chappelle\u2019s back in this latest controversy.Damon WayansWhen a TMZ reporter asked the man who found stardom on both \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d and Fox\u2019s \u201cIn Living Color\u201d what he thought of Chappell\u2019s latest special, Wayans minced no words. \u201cI feel like Dave freed the slaves,\u201d Wayans stated bluntly. \u201cComedians, we were slaves to PC culture. As an artist, he\u2019s Van Gogh. He cut his ear off. He\u2019s trying to tell us it\u2019s OK.\u201dWayans pointed out that Chappelle\u2019s fearlessness against left-wing special interest groups like transgenders protects free speech for all. \u201cI think [Chappelle\u2019s] saying \u2018With all that I have, I\u2019m not afraid to lose it for the sake of freeness of speech. You can\u2019t edit yourself,\u2019\u201d Wayans added, concluding, \u201cSomebody needs to look us in the eye and go \u2018You\u2019re no longer free in this country. You\u2019re not free to say what you want, you say what we want you to say. Otherwise, we will cancel you.\u2019 That\u2019s the discussion we need to have.\u201dJoe RoganHe may be the biggest podcaster in the world now, but Rogan got his start in the gritty comedy clubs of Boston and New York. Never a slouch when it comes to championing free expression and debate, Rogan has especially stepped up to back Chappelle, a long-time friend.Rogan shared on a recent episode of his show that he was in communication with Chappelle from the beginning of the Netflix blowup and said the 48-year-old legend was \u201criding out the storm.\u201dCalling Chappelle \u201ca lovely person\u201d and \u201cone of the nicest people [he\u2019s] ever met in my life,\u201d the MMA commentator said, \u201c[Chappelle loves everybody, He\u2019s not a hateful soul. He\u2019s just a guy who loves this artful called stand-up comedy and he tries his best to navigate this world of talking sh** about things and saying outrageous things that get huge laughs or placating really sensitive groups that feel like they are in a protected class.\u201dRogan then said that cancel culture mobs \u201cpile on\u201d and \u201cequate any jokes\u201d against protected classes like LGBT groups with hate. \u201cThis is when they\u2019re wrong,\u201d Rogan said. \u201cI\u2019m telling you, Dave Chappelle does not hate anyone or anything. His jokes are just that. They\u2019re just jokes.\u201d Rogan added of \u201cThe Closer\u201d overall, \u201cJust pay attention to the overall message. It is in no way transphobic. It\u2019s just not.\u201dRogan has also put his money where his mouth is. In the midst of the controversy, he and Chappelle have embarked on a sold-out comedy tour.Bill MaherThe host of \u201cReal Time\u201d on HBO has been on a tear lately, speaking up for the cause of free speech. But he reserved some especially fiery words for the trans Netflix employees attacking Chappelle.\u201cEveryone needs to Netflix and chill the f\u2014 out on this one,\u201d he said during an opening monologue at the height of the hubbub. \u201cReally? Dave\u2019s special is offensive but not the show [\u201cSquid Game\u201d] where the Koreans murder each other for money?\u201dMaher went on, \u201c\u201dI think people jump to conclusions, people haven\u2019t seen it. Just because people call Dave \u2018transphobic\u2019 doesn\u2019t mean that he is. Also, Larry? Not a real cable guy.\u201dWhen his audience seemed nervous to applaud or agree, Maher hung tough. \u201cWell, get used to this,\u201d he told them, \u201cbecause we\u2019re going to be talking about it a lot here. We can\u2019t be afraid to speak in America.\u201dJon ReepThe red-headed stand-up with the Southern drawl may be as famous for his roles in shows like \u201cEast Bound and Down\u201d as he is for his numerous comedy specials, but Reep wasn\u2019t afraid to show Chappelle love when he spoke with The Daily Wire.Dissecting the special with an expert\u2019s eye, Reep told me Chappelle \u201cprobably could have cooked [his new act] a little longer, made it a little bit funnier here and there.\u201d But, overall, he said he enjoyed the show and has \u201calways been a fan of Dave Chappelle.\u201dOn the subject of comedy and speech suppression, Reep shared that as a comedy professional, he hates where the world is today. \u201cComedians should be able to take risks and say anything we want without any sort of canceled culture coming after us,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you don\u2019t like it, then just leave or say \u2018I don\u2019t like it.\u2019 There\u2019s no need to get guys fired or dropped by their sponsors. I don\u2019t like that as an American who believes in free speech. I feel like we should be able to say anything we want.\u201dRob SchneiderAfter creating some of \u201cSaturday Night Live\u2019s\u201d most iconic characters, starring in movies like \u201cDeuce Bigelow\u201d and \u201c50 First Dates,\u201d and spending decades performing stand-up, perhaps nobody knows the risk speech suppression poses to comedy than Rob Schneider. He kept his support for Chappelle simple and to the point, tweeting on October 15, \u201cThank you, Dave Chappelle! Thank you for your incredible humanity. May God bless you and your family. Love, Rob.\u201dGarrett MorrisAs an original cast member on Saturday Night Live, Morris knows what it means to break comedy barriers and blaze new trails. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, he called Chappelle a \u201ccomic genius\u201d and his special \u201cbrilliant.\u201dWhen interviewer Seth Abramovitch, tried to claim that Chappelle was \u201creally going after trans people,\u201d Morris wasn\u2019t shy about setting the record straight.\u201cThey were going after him,\u201d he countered. \u201c\u2019The Closer\u2019 was a response to something.\u201dMorris then said that trans groups and individuals shouldn\u2019t expect to be treated with kid gloves in a free country. Rather they should expect to sometimes be the target of jokes like everyone else.\u201cEverybody can be the butt of a joke,\u201d Morris said, \u201cAnd why should it be that if we joke about you, it\u2019s sacrilege? You sit in the audience and laugh at jokes about everybody else. If we make a joke about trans [people] or gays, suddenly it\u2019s sacrilege. And that\u2019s what I got from that.\u201dHe concluded, \u201cI don\u2019t see what\u2019s wrong with that, with all due respect. I see [Chappelle\u2019s special] as nothing but a man saying publicly, \u2018This is what I do.\u2019 And if you can\u2019t understand that this is comedy coming at you, then don\u2019t live in a society that\u2019s multicultural.\u201dAnd Two Who Have Joined The Mob\u2026Not every comedy professional has chosen to stay silent or support Chappelle, however. Some big comedy names (not nearly as big as Chappelle, of course) decided to join the cancel culture mob. Here are two of the biggest:Michael Ian BlackAt the height of the outcry (which, reminder, according to media reports amounted to \u201cdozens\u201d of protestors) Black tweeted, \u201cOne of the things Chappelle could have chosen to not do is everything he\u2019s doing right now.But given that Netflix has never offered Black a comedy special for millions of dollars, perhaps we can chalk this one up to professional jealousy.Hannah GadsbyNetflix has given Gadsby, whose work is often described more as spoken word than stand up, a special, but there\u2019s no question its only drawn a fraction of the audience as Chappelle\u2019s offerings.When Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos defended his platform\u2019s decision to air \u201cThe Closer\u201d by pointing out that the company has also given a voice to LGBT comedians like Gadsby, she unleashed a barrage of resentment.In a statement posted to Instagram, she said to Sarandos, \u201cJust a quick note to let you know that I would prefer if you didn\u2019t drag my name into your mess. Now I have to deal with even more of the hate and anger that Dave Chapelle\u2019s fans like to unleash on me every time Dave gets 20 million dollars to process his emotionally stunted partial world view.\u201dChappelle quickly struck back, saying in a live Nashville performance shortly after \u201cThe Closer\u201d controversy blew up that he\u2019s happy to speak to trans Netflix employees. But first, they have to admit that Gadsby \u201cisn\u2019t funny.\u201dThe views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"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-963657","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\/963657","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\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=963657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963657\/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=963657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=963657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=963657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}