Dave Chappelle has released another Netflix special, and people are angry. Well, some people are angry, and others are defensive (read: angry, but more smug).Why Netflix continues to platform an unapologetic bigot is a valid question, but also why there is such a large appetite for a barrage of hateful vitriol from an unfunny moron presented as “comedy” says a lot about the state of our society.
Another thing that says a lot about the state of our society is the bipartisan silence or celebration of Chappelle’s flagrantly antisemitic remarks in his standup. There has been a very understandable and appropriate outcry in response to the heinously transphobic and homophobic remarks Chappelle made in his special, but his commentary about Jews received no such outcry.