Netflix co-CEO defends Dave Chappelle special

I wonder how much of the outrage around this is caused by standup becoming available to a mainstream audience in a way it never has before.<p>Stand up has always been edgy, raw and, in many cases, intentionally offensive.<p>Stand up that had made it to the general public previously was censored and filtered and now you have an unfiltered routines out there that never would have been given the greenlight to be on tv.

It&#x27;s nice to see a company stand by their content and decision instead of simply fake apologizing which no one believes or cares about<p>Plus no one is cancelling their Netflix over it

Good, even if you disagree, other people&#x27;s opinions don&#x27;t hurt you.

A welcome respite of sanity from the perpetual torrent of selective outrage. I hope Chappelle inspires others to speak truth to power.

&gt; While some employees disagree, we have a strong belief that content on screen doesn’t directly translate to real-world harm<p>I think it&#x27;s pretty ludicrous for the CEO of a film business to say this. Film has been used to make people do harmful things in the real world for a century.

I would like to share a Twitter thread that I think encapsulates why people are upset with Netflix’s decision to platform Chappelle’s hate speech.<p>It is not about offense. Hate speech evokes and normalizes hate in the real world, including violence, rape, and murder.<p>This isn’t about special snowflakes getting their feelings hurt, it’s about people justifiably feeling like they are not safe to walk down the street without being harassed, assaulted, or killed.<p>Think about what has happened to many Asian Americans in the past months after hateful remarks received air time. When hate is normalized in media, hate is normalized in life.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;rainofterra&#x2F;status&#x2F;1445914236668895236" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;rainofterra&#x2F;status&#x2F;1445914236668895236</a>

dupe: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=28835703" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=28835703</a>

Chappell&#x27;s not getting any funnier or smarter at his age and expecting him to understand sex, gender, and the differences between them would be like expecting Trump to understand government.