The “Now Don’t Be Too Loud” School Of Activism

You might-a heard
I run with a dangerous crowd
We ain’t too pretty, we ain’t too proud
We might be laughing a bit too loud
Aw, but that never hurt no one

— Only The Good Die Young by Billy Joel

After the massive backlash he received recently, comedian Dave Chappelle has said he’s willing to sit down and talk with “the transgender community,” whatever that is. Transgender journalist and Twitter user Gemma Stone had the perfect reply:

Sure, just come to one of our Netflix specials where we get paid millions to make a bunch of racist jokes and we can chat after Dave.

Either way, if Chappelle is really open to talking with “the transgender community,” and changing his views after declaring himself “team TERF,” that is a good thing.

Meanwhile, even Matt Walsh can’t bring himself to be on team Chappelle this team. On 10/23/2021, Walsh wrote on Twitter:

I finally watched some of the Chappelle special and it really isn’t very good. He makes a few decent points about gender and PC culture but the whole thing feels overly defensive and almost like an apology. Also there aren’t many jokes. And THIS is what everyone is mad about?

For the record, this was not Walsh’s thoughts on Chappelle’s first controversial special. Here’s…