W. Kamau Bell
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But I would say like somebody think about somebody like Maria Bamford, who has really sort of absurdist.
like sort of lyrical, ridiculous characters that she does, but it's also, we're going to wait to address mental health.
She's very, it's very clear which side of political aisle she's on.
She's not thinking of somebody like Margaret Cho, who just would just as soon tell a dirty joke than anything else, but also has a clear, so you don't have, you know, you don't have to be on stage, you know,
raging against the machine in your jokes to actually let people know which side of this spectrum you're on.
Are you fascist or anti-fascist?
That's the main question.
And if you can answer that question, yeah.
I don't need you to write a joke about fascism to prove that to me, but certainly you can use your platforms to spread those messages.
I don't because I got three kids at home.
I go out and go back.