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Originally Posted by jwb
As for the legacy of comedy... It's not about Dave saving us or being any sort of martyr it's just that's the standard response to backlash against edgy comedy is to point out that it has always had that element sorta built into it .. that doesn't mean the edgy material is something that i would advocate for seriously....
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Framing edgy comedy (not that Chapelle is as edgy as he's attempting to be) as social commentary and as something not worth criticizing due to its permanence might as well be advocacy. Sophist intention won't undo that.