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It's a start. I remember a few years ago when some more conservative friends of mine asked me, their token liberal friend about the Trans thing, just getting going. My thoughts were and I answered, "it's going to make a few people happy and a lot of people unhappy". I've known since forever how easy it is to manipulate the human mind into believing absurdities. For example, the invisible man in the sky; money is something real; the nation state is real; the rule of law is real and so on but I have to admit that the speed that the Trans agenda has taken over with the dramatic language changes like "assigned" gender? Like the Olympic executive saying.."everyone knows that Trans women are women"? I don't think so. The cancel culture; the self flagellation being imposed on the population like it was/is on the Germans. The fear pervading the workplace and on and on. I didn't believe that in the 21century with all the information available to everyone that this propaganda, indoctrination could take over so fast. I thought it would have to start with the children but no, it started in the bloody ivory tower, breathtaking.

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He seems fairly kind to me, especially after listening to him on Joe Rogan.

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I am living just north of the Vermont border and this seems otherworldly. There is no such thing as trans because there is no such thing as gender. Our local university which provides health, education and welfare in our Canton does not recognize gender, race or religion as identities. We are forbidden to promote any religious (nonempirical) beliefs in our public spaces.

We are thereby a target of liberal North America where the United States of America were once dedicated to what are our virtues. I was taught the preamble explained intent and how the constitution should be interpreted. I know Scalia's interpretation was self evidently bullshit.

I find self evident truths to be indeed self evident.

In Quebec our great taboo is language and we even laugh at language jokes.

We have a comedy festival and can't even find a place to draw a line.

Two of the greatest essays in the English language were A Modest Proposal and the United States of Lyncherdom written by the two greatest satirists in the English language were deemed by their creators unfit for human consumption because the truth is far too painful.

Of course we have a free and independent press where we subscribe to and support with tax dollars. Freedom isn't free. You can sell it to the highest bidder or support it as a democracy.

The social contract of democracy is I am part of society and the society is a part of me. It is my government and your government and we hire it to build the society that we want built.

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I am grateful for Chapelle for shining the light on this war as a cancel culture free speech issue more that a transgender question.

That being said, parents should have some autonomy over their childrens important medical decisions. Period.

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Excellent writing and reporting. Amazing how the truth can sound so elegantly put. Dave is a king in his field. A truthful look is his true comedy genius like so many great comedians. Bring back the humor!! Thanks Matt and Jared.

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OK, what is the "Big L"?

I watched his show and didn't see anything to whine about. There are two issues here, a) the function of comedians as social commentators and (b) "marginalized" groups who want to be on a pedestal. Do we really have to accept the world view of others as "truth" without question? No. Chappelle did his job as social commentator and those who don't like it need to actually listen to him before they start whining.

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Funniest part was when he talked about himself has the goat.

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Matt when do we get some TK News merch? A hat or shirt would be cool…

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