• Hatshepsut@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    The lineup features Dave Chappelle, Louis CK, Bill Burr, Kevin Hart, Whitney Cummings, Pete Davidson, Aziz Ansari and Jo Koy, among many others who are all taking their fees directly from the Saudi government.

    Burr being on that list surprises me, but it said he’s also been to UAE. Davidson is pissing on his father’s grave.

    They have also taken flak from their peers. “The same guy that’s gonna pay them is the same guy that paid that guy to bone-saw Jamal Khashoggi and put him in a fucking suitcase,” said Marc Maron in a standup clip posted on his Facebook.

    Exactly.

    Greedy fucks, all of them.

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        23 hours ago

        Dave Chappelle, Louie CK, and Aziz Ansari were all on the list of comedians.

        Cancelling isn’t really a thing.

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          Well, it is a thing but it’s also an integral part of being human rather than a “culture” that’s somehow new. The difference is that it’s a power wielded by the people now rather than tastemakers putting people on a blacklist.

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            Another thing that’s happening with people that are “cancelled” is that they immediately get offered to join a group of “cancelled” public figures who bond over being disgusting pariahs and rebuild their careers by grifting to the right. Andrew Callaghan of channel 5 news (also All Gas No Brakes) talks about getting a job offer from InfoWars just a week after the sexual assault allegations against him went public. They anticipated he would respond by rebranding as “anti cancel culture” like so many others rather than admit fault and make a genuine effort to improve.

            For those unaware of what happened with Andrew Callaghan, he had a habit of getting drunk and then pressuring/coercing women into having sex. His response was not perfect IMO, but he did confess that he had a problem and sobered up, which is more than can be said of most “victims of cancel culture.”

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      21 hours ago

      Out of all of the comedians asked only TWO had enough integrity to turn the offer down.

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          18 hours ago

          Shane Gillis and Stavros Halkias were the only two that turned it down as far as I know.

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            4 hours ago

            Do you know if they turned it down for moral or ethical reasons or if they only turned it down because they already had a schedule conflict?

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              56 minutes ago

              Well I guess I don’t know for sure but based on their general reactions to other people doing the show it sure seems like they turned it down for moral or ethical reasons.