Emily Jashinsky
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But on the other hand, is he justifying
Saudi Arabia by saying his critics are hypocrites, because that may be true, but it is not in and of itself a justification.
Do I think he just pointed out correctly a bit of hypocrisy with Bill Maher?
Yes.
I don't know what Bill Maher, maybe we'll find out soon what his rebuttal would be to that point.
There are certainly ways that you could address it.
I don't know how Bill Maher is going to do it.
Do I think that Chappelle just found a weak spot of vulnerability among his critics?
Yes, absolutely.
But that's not a justification in and of itself.
So he's not getting an A plus here on the moral scorecard, but he's also not asking to.
And so I wanted to just I wanted to address that because even when Dave Chappelle is saying things that I don't agree with, it's
What matters is if it's funny.
And, you know, there are a lot of people on the left who thought Dave Chappelle was woefully misinforming people about biology.
I know it's hilarious to think about for many years and that he was actively causing harm and potentially even committing acts of violence with his jokes and his words.
So, like...
Even when Dave Chappelle is in uncomfortable territory for the right, maybe especially when he's in uncomfortable territory for the right, Chappelle is still doing what comedians should, which is transgressing all of the appropriate boundaries.
But that doesn't mean you have to give them an A-plus on the...
moral scorecard you can give him a plus for how he wants to be judged which is saying whatever the hell he wants and that's a perfectly acceptable way for a comedian to ask to be judged all right speaking of moral scorecards i went through all of the new pictures that the department of justice
has dropped so far in the Jeffrey Epstein case that was in the document dump that was compelled by the bill passed through Congress just about over a month ago.