Ben Bankas

They got into the city council meeting.

They raised this concern.

The mayor of Nanaimo said that

well, we don't want to be part of censorship, even though his material is disgusting and horrific and awful.

But we don't want to take part in censorship.

So they basically said, we're not going to pressure the venue to shut it down, but we will make a statement.

This is the new thing.

Something bad happens, we make a statement reaffirming our commitment to diversity, inclusion.

What does that even mean?

It means nothing.

And so they sent that statement to the venue.

Of course, there's somebody woke working at the venue who goes, finally, there's a statement.

This means we can cancel.

And then they get some woke lawyer to look at it.

And the woke lawyer goes, well, with the statement, you just say that we didn't feel safe.

The staff didn't feel safe.

This whole idea that you don't feel safe because somebody is making jokes is so dangerous for society.

The idea that it's like safety has to do with words is not, it's just not true.

It's a lie and it's being peddled.

And that venue is getting bombarded by my fans, of course.