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Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
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[–] 61 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

So what did he actually say?

“Right now in America, they say that if you talk about Charlie Kirk, that you’ll get canceled,” Chappelle told an audience of 6,000, according to The New York Times. “I don’t know if that’s true, but I’m gonna find out.” He then added, “It’s easier to talk here than it is in America.”

Well, that sounds... accurate. Doesn't excuse the other things he's said, but... yea.

Edit: I stand by the first part of my comment. I was not paying enough attention to the second half ("it's easier to talk here..."). That part, not so much.

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  • [–] 64 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I mean, not really. If he really thinks it's easier to talk there than here, he should make a bonesaw joke on stage in Riyadh.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    SA gave rules to the court jesters that went there, you cant criticize SA, or MSB, or islam in anyway, even inneundos or implying.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    No they don't give a fuxk about insulting Islam. Many forign performers shitted on Islam so hard on stage there, and they doubled their pay for it and reinvited them agaim. They just shove it alongside because it'd look bad if they only said can't criticize the government

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  • [–] 47 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Did you see the contract he signed? “Easier to talk here” is just factually incorrect.

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  • [–] 21 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    If you're looking for a factually correct comic, Carlin's dead.

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  • [+] -8 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Sorry to tell you but Carlin was also part of “the club” He was way too rich to be one of us, even if he made money pretending to be.

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  • [+] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)
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  • [–] -1 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    Hes the one who created the concept, the hard right line was on him to define.

    But if you’re asking for my own opinion, when you’re a double digit millionaire (much richer with inflation) whose job it is to perform for sold out audiences, you’re no longer one of the little people

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  • [+] -7 points 10 months ago*

    Say what you will about repression of free speech in Saudi Arabia (and there is a lot that can be said), at least with a contract you know where the line is. The royal family knows they're not proponents of free speech.

    America is in that awkward teenage phase of not knowing who they are right now, leaving a lot of ambiguity around free speech.

    I appreciate Saudi Arabia's clarity. Even if they are objectively wrong. America just seems self-righteously confused, if such a state even exists.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I wonder how that went over. It’s obviously criticizing America, but really at the expense of SA by saying their free speech is shit. (Which if you think about it violates the terms of the contract someone else posted in this thread.)

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