If you look at any newsfeed these days you will see that the news world has latched on to the Dave Chappelle "Closer" controversy like flies to poo poo. They keep talking about how Dave is facing backlash and how the internet is cancelling him but that is just one massive pack of lies. There is no meaningful movement to silence Dave Chappelle: It is just a tiny group of very loud people. A vast majority of people are in a spectrum of indifferent to on Dave's side.
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This is just what the media does. The find a very small group of loud people and then take selective photos to make the "movement" appear bigger than it is. You may recall that the same media would do this whenever a politician that they prefer has a rally with less-than-impressive attendance numbers. Then they just lie about the numbers and use camera tricks.
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The fact of the matter is that the staged Netflix walkout and various protests that took place consisted of a very small number of people and the media is just attempting to do what they always do.... that is, stir the pot and make this all a much bigger deal than it really is. The media is the enemy and thankfully I believe that most people are aware of the fact that if the media tells them almost anything, there is a good chance that it is a lie.
In the meantime, Dave Chappelle continues to do shows with huge numbers and he quipped at a recent one at the Smoothie King Center
“In the middle of me being cancelled, we broke the attendance record"
He's referring to the fact that this arena has never held an event with this many people in attendance before. Does this sound to you like someone who is in the middle of being cancelled?
The media did the same thing with J.K. Rowling. They claimed that the best-selling author and billionaire was now cancelled because of comments she made about gender. Sure thing guys... if J.K. was to spit out another book you can be guaranteed that it would skyrocket to the top of the sales charts immediately. This is not someone that is cancelled.
They media does this with anyone that goes against their very bizarre world-view. Personally, I don't see how Dave's comments about the transgender community can be seen as offensive. I think that this group of people are simply looking for reasons to get more attention or maybe they just love rallies.
The fact of the matter is that if Dave Chappelle goes away, it will be because he wants to go away. He did this before and it wouldn't surprise me if he does it again just to get away from the constant badgering by the media. It's not like he needs any more money. This is a guy that walked away from a $50 million one-year contract. Suffice to say, he isn't at all concerned about his financial future.
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laughing all the way to the bank!
If anything, the only thing that Dave needs to be concerned about right now is that there are probably some political nutjobs out there that want to kill him for his comments - which were hilarious by the way and continue to be. Therefore Dave has had to step up his security detail at events.... which are all sold out by the way.
The media is dragging this out much more than is necessary and it really isn't an issue to anyone outside of a couple hundred mostly Californian crazies.
