Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival

[Votto]

Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival

"It’s easier to talk here than it is in America," the comedian told an audience at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

www.yahoo.com

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

The comedian was one of more than 50 performers participating in the event, which has come under fire for being held in a country which has been accused of human rights violations and an oppressive regime.

“Right now in America, they say that if you talk about Charlie Kirk, that you’ll get canceled,” Chappelle told an audience of 6,000, according to The New York Times. “I don’t know if that’s true, but I’m gonna find out.” He then added, “It’s easier to talk here than it is in America.”

Chappelle later noted he feared returning to the United States because “they’re going to do something to me so that I can’t say what I want to say.”

One local audience member — referencing ABC’s brief suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! — reportedly marveled that it was “surprising to hear [Chappelle] talk about [Charlie Kirk] in Riyadh, when just recently America canceled Jimmy Kimmel doing the same.”

Given Chappelle is, obviously, a comedian, anything he says on stage can arguably fall under the rubric of, “well, he was just kidding.” But his comments are, at the very least, rather ironic. In Saudi Arabia, media outlets are licensed by the government and there is a long list of prohibited speech — from anything that inflames public opinion against the state, to promoting any non-Islamic religious expression or speech that supports activist causes. (For instance: In 2022, student Salma al-Shehab was sentenced to 34 years in prison for retweeting women’s rights activists on X; she was later given a reduced sentence amid global outcry).

Even the comedy festival had purported speech restrictions, with comedian Atsuko Okatsuka posting a list of deal terms for appearing at the event which included forbidding any criticism of religion or the Saudi royals.

Is Dave for real? He whines about freedom of speech in America just because Jimmy was taken off ABC for a week because he made jokes about a man who had just gotten assassinated and somehow it is Trump's fault?

And to do it in a place where there is zero freedom of speech or they will simply behead you?

Dave must be hitting the bong a little too hard is all I can think.

 

[Moonglow]

It was Trump's fault.

 

[pknopp]

Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival

"It’s easier to talk here than it is in America," the comedian told an audience at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

www.yahoo.com

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

The comedian was one of more than 50 performers participating in the event, which has come under fire for being held in a country which has been accused of human rights violations and an oppressive regime.

“Right now in America, they say that if you talk about Charlie Kirk, that you’ll get canceled,” Chappelle told an audience of 6,000, according to The New York Times. “I don’t know if that’s true, but I’m gonna find out.” He then added, “It’s easier to talk here than it is in America.”

Chappelle later noted he feared returning to the United States because “they’re going to do something to me so that I can’t say what I want to say.”

One local audience member — referencing ABC’s brief suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! — reportedly marveled that it was “surprising to hear [Chappelle] talk about [Charlie Kirk] in Riyadh, when just recently America canceled Jimmy Kimmel doing the same.”

Given Chappelle is, obviously, a comedian, anything he says on stage can arguably fall under the rubric of, “well, he was just kidding.” But his comments are, at the very least, rather ironic. In Saudi Arabia, media outlets are licensed by the government and there is a long list of prohibited speech — from anything that inflames public opinion against the state, to promoting any non-Islamic religious expression or speech that supports activist causes. (For instance: In 2022, student Salma al-Shehab was sentenced to 34 years in prison for retweeting women’s rights activists on X; she was later given a reduced sentence amid global outcry).

Even the comedy festival had purported speech restrictions, with comedian Atsuko Okatsuka posting a list of deal terms for appearing at the event which included forbidding any criticism of religion or the Saudi royals.

Is Dave for real? He whines about freedom of speech in America just because Jimmy was taken off ABC for a week because he made jokes about a man who had just gotten assassinated and somehow it is Trump's fault?

And to do it in a place where there is zero freedom of speech or they will simply behead you?

Dave must be hitting the bong a little too hard is all I can think.

No, it's not just because Kimmel was removed.

 

[hadit]

It was Trump's fault.

Well, of course. Orange Man Bad requires that he is responsible for everything. Investigators are even now preparing to make the case that he was directly responsible for the flu outbreak of 1918 and personally benefitted to the tune of $300 billion, which he promptly stashed away in offshore bank accounts to avoid paying taxes, the cad. The blamemainstreet media is prepared to trumpet their findings far and wide and the usual suspects here on this board are prepared to line up and clap their flippers and honk their horns in unison to show their support.

 

[Auld Phart]

Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival

"It’s easier to talk here than it is in America," the comedian told an audience at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

www.yahoo.com

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

The comedian was one of more than 50 performers participating in the event, which has come under fire for being held in a country which has been accused of human rights violations and an oppressive regime.

“Right now in America, they say that if you talk about Charlie Kirk, that you’ll get canceled,” Chappelle told an audience of 6,000, according to The New York Times. “I don’t know if that’s true, but I’m gonna find out.” He then added, “It’s easier to talk here than it is in America.”

Chappelle later noted he feared returning to the United States because “they’re going to do something to me so that I can’t say what I want to say.”

One local audience member — referencing ABC’s brief suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! — reportedly marveled that it was “surprising to hear [Chappelle] talk about [Charlie Kirk] in Riyadh, when just recently America canceled Jimmy Kimmel doing the same.”

Given Chappelle is, obviously, a comedian, anything he says on stage can arguably fall under the rubric of, “well, he was just kidding.” But his comments are, at the very least, rather ironic. In Saudi Arabia, media outlets are licensed by the government and there is a long list of prohibited speech — from anything that inflames public opinion against the state, to promoting any non-Islamic religious expression or speech that supports activist causes. (For instance: In 2022, student Salma al-Shehab was sentenced to 34 years in prison for retweeting women’s rights activists on X; she was later given a reduced sentence amid global outcry).

Even the comedy festival had purported speech restrictions, with comedian Atsuko Okatsuka posting a list of deal terms for appearing at the event which included forbidding any criticism of religion or the Saudi royals.

Is Dave for real? He whines about freedom of speech in America just because Jimmy was taken off ABC for a week because he made jokes about a man who had just gotten assassinated and somehow it is Trump's fault?

And to do it in a place where there is zero freedom of speech or they will simply behead you?

Dave must be hitting the bong a little too hard is all I can think.

maybe he should stay there.

 

[drudge X]

That's a glaring oxymoron. Comedy in Saudi Arabia.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival

"It’s easier to talk here than it is in America," the comedian told an audience at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

www.yahoo.com

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

The comedian was one of more than 50 performers participating in the event, which has come under fire for being held in a country which has been accused of human rights violations and an oppressive regime.

“Right now in America, they say that if you talk about Charlie Kirk, that you’ll get canceled,” Chappelle told an audience of 6,000, according to The New York Times. “I don’t know if that’s true, but I’m gonna find out.” He then added, “It’s easier to talk here than it is in America.”

Chappelle later noted he feared returning to the United States because “they’re going to do something to me so that I can’t say what I want to say.”

One local audience member — referencing ABC’s brief suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! — reportedly marveled that it was “surprising to hear [Chappelle] talk about [Charlie Kirk] in Riyadh, when just recently America canceled Jimmy Kimmel doing the same.”

Given Chappelle is, obviously, a comedian, anything he says on stage can arguably fall under the rubric of, “well, he was just kidding.” But his comments are, at the very least, rather ironic. In Saudi Arabia, media outlets are licensed by the government and there is a long list of prohibited speech — from anything that inflames public opinion against the state, to promoting any non-Islamic religious expression or speech that supports activist causes. (For instance: In 2022, student Salma al-Shehab was sentenced to 34 years in prison for retweeting women’s rights activists on X; she was later given a reduced sentence amid global outcry).

Even the comedy festival had purported speech restrictions, with comedian Atsuko Okatsuka posting a list of deal terms for appearing at the event which included forbidding any criticism of religion or the Saudi royals.

Is Dave for real? He whines about freedom of speech in America just because Jimmy was taken off ABC for a week because he made jokes about a man who had just gotten assassinated and somehow it is Trump's fault?

And to do it in a place where there is zero freedom of speech or they will simply behead you?

Dave must be hitting the bong a little too hard is all I can think.

Just for the sake of accuracy, where is Trump mentioned in the article? How do you come to that conclusion?

Otherwise, I think you have a very good point.

 

[Manonthestreet]

Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival

"It’s easier to talk here than it is in America," the comedian told an audience at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

www.yahoo.com

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

The comedian was one of more than 50 performers participating in the event, which has come under fire for being held in a country which has been accused of human rights violations and an oppressive regime.

“Right now in America, they say that if you talk about Charlie Kirk, that you’ll get canceled,” Chappelle told an audience of 6,000, according to The New York Times. “I don’t know if that’s true, but I’m gonna find out.” He then added, “It’s easier to talk here than it is in America.”

Chappelle later noted he feared returning to the United States because “they’re going to do something to me so that I can’t say what I want to say.”

One local audience member — referencing ABC’s brief suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! — reportedly marveled that it was “surprising to hear [Chappelle] talk about [Charlie Kirk] in Riyadh, when just recently America canceled Jimmy Kimmel doing the same.”

Given Chappelle is, obviously, a comedian, anything he says on stage can arguably fall under the rubric of, “well, he was just kidding.” But his comments are, at the very least, rather ironic. In Saudi Arabia, media outlets are licensed by the government and there is a long list of prohibited speech — from anything that inflames public opinion against the state, to promoting any non-Islamic religious expression or speech that supports activist causes. (For instance: In 2022, student Salma al-Shehab was sentenced to 34 years in prison for retweeting women’s rights activists on X; she was later given a reduced sentence amid global outcry).

Even the comedy festival had purported speech restrictions, with comedian Atsuko Okatsuka posting a list of deal terms for appearing at the event which included forbidding any criticism of religion or the Saudi royals.

Is Dave for real? He whines about freedom of speech in America just because Jimmy was taken off ABC for a week because he made jokes about a man who had just gotten assassinated and somehow it is Trump's fault?

And to do it in a place where there is zero freedom of speech or they will simply behead you?

Dave must be hitting the bong a little too hard is all I can think.

Think he protests too much. One of the few comedians who is truly funny

 

[Hellokitty]

Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival

"It’s easier to talk here than it is in America," the comedian told an audience at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

www.yahoo.com

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

The comedian was one of more than 50 performers participating in the event, which has come under fire for being held in a country which has been accused of human rights violations and an oppressive regime.

“Right now in America, they say that if you talk about Charlie Kirk, that you’ll get canceled,” Chappelle told an audience of 6,000, according to The New York Times. “I don’t know if that’s true, but I’m gonna find out.” He then added, “It’s easier to talk here than it is in America.”

Chappelle later noted he feared returning to the United States because “they’re going to do something to me so that I can’t say what I want to say.”

One local audience member — referencing ABC’s brief suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! — reportedly marveled that it was “surprising to hear [Chappelle] talk about [Charlie Kirk] in Riyadh, when just recently America canceled Jimmy Kimmel doing the same.”

Given Chappelle is, obviously, a comedian, anything he says on stage can arguably fall under the rubric of, “well, he was just kidding.” But his comments are, at the very least, rather ironic. In Saudi Arabia, media outlets are licensed by the government and there is a long list of prohibited speech — from anything that inflames public opinion against the state, to promoting any non-Islamic religious expression or speech that supports activist causes. (For instance: In 2022, student Salma al-Shehab was sentenced to 34 years in prison for retweeting women’s rights activists on X; she was later given a reduced sentence amid global outcry).

Even the comedy festival had purported speech restrictions, with comedian Atsuko Okatsuka posting a list of deal terms for appearing at the event which included forbidding any criticism of religion or the Saudi royals.

Is Dave for real? He whines about freedom of speech in America just because Jimmy was taken off ABC for a week because he made jokes about a man who had just gotten assassinated and somehow it is Trump's fault?

And to do it in a place where there is zero freedom of speech or they will simply behead you?

Dave must be hitting the bong a little too hard is all I can think.

Wonder why Chappelle brought up Kimmel having been canceled when Chapelle was canceled a few years back over Trans jokes.