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[–] Coreidan 25 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

I assure you no one was saying that about Dave Chappelle. That dude has always been a racist jackass. He just happened to be funny for a short while.

[–] SirSamuel 1 points 2 hours ago

I assure you people did say that, particularly on Reddit, after his 8:46 set. Just because you don't like him doesn't mean he wasn't pretty popular at one time. The Chappelle Show could have kept going, it had strong viewership. When Dave returned to comedy after his hiatus he was mostly liked. And when he did his 8:46 set about George Floyd, his popularity hit an all-time high with everyone but the alt-right.

You're not wrong about him being a jackass, and I would say bigoted more than racist, since his hate is broader than racism. But yes, people did laude him, for a brief time

[–] aesthelete 9 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I honestly thought Louis CK was going to take up the Carlin mantle. But instead he invited people up to his hotel room to watch him wank onto a mantle.

[–] FlyingSquid 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

From what we know so far, Bill Burr is in a stable relationship and is a good parent. I want to believe that's true.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

Even if they didn't know it.

[–] Delphia 13 points 22 hours ago

Dave is an absolutely world class comedian, but I believe (and I'm pretty sure most of Lemmy would agree) his personal politics are trash.

Bill Burr is also a world class comedian, but I like most of his personal politics.

The problem is that unlike writing, music and movies unless you are on stage doing a "character" your personal politics IS your act and its very hard to separate the art and the artist.