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Dave Chappelle Says ‘I Resent the Republican Party’ Because They ‘Weaponized’ Transgender Jokes: ‘That’s Not What I Was Doing’ (variety.com)

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[–] cenariodantesco@lemmy.world 20 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

well as a black man I say Dave is weaponizing being black. he's trying hard to deflect the Saudi money and avoiding responsibility for the trans jokes. If he made one show, just one where he would express being sorry for the enablement of aggression he provided, sure i would look at him at a different light. claiming that people are being hard on him for being black, kneega please

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 hour ago

Listening to him say essentially " I can't be racist I have a trans friend" was wild.

I watched part of the special after that where he followed it up with more unfunny takes and tapped out.

He is also one of the comedians who would get on stage and complain about "being cancelled" because 10 people on Twitter told him his jokes sucked and that is such hack and unfunny.