There are few clearer illustrations of the yawning void between the left elite and the hoi polloi than Rotten Tomatoes.
For those unfamiliar with it, Rotten Tomatoes is a ‘review aggregator’ site which provides averages of movie critics ratings, alongside an audience score. The divide between the two is often as stark as the disparity between the tiny cluster of American coastal, big-city “blue states” and the vast swathe of “red states”. For instance, critics swooned over Star Wars: The Last Jedi, rating it at 90%. Audiences gave it a big, fat “meh”, at 48%. Critics hated silly-but-hilarious comedy We’re the Millers, but audiences loved it.
But the most stark disagreements mirror precisely the elite-deplorable political divide. Knock Down the House is a fawning hagiography of the Democrat “squad”. Naturally, critics are ga-ga, rating it 100%. Audiences are voting solidly Republican, giving it a measly 35%. On the other hand, critics are clutching their pearls over Dave Chappelle’s Sticks and Stones, rating it 29%. Audiences are giving the finger to political correctness, with a 99% rating.
More than just a squabble over a comedy show, this is emblematic of the Culture War for liberal democracy’s soul.
The Joke Police are looking to strip Dave Chappelle of his speech rights, which once again proves we are coming to a decision point in this country.
[…]As a country we have to decide if we’re going to cave to the Woke Gestapo, allow them to restrict our speech, and to create an America where some people can be criticized and satirized, and others cannot.
Already, the ‘liberal’ elite are mustering forces against Chappelle, crying and whining about jokes that hurt their feelings. Apparently the blunt message of Chappelle’s title went right over their heads.
Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me.
Remember that?
Let’s try it again…
Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me.
Do you have any idea how liberating that expression is?
I cannot imagine what it’s to live a life where you allow other people’s words to control your feelings.
What a sad and pathetic life that must be, a life where other people’s ideas and beliefs get to control how you feel.
And the worst thing about these pathetic people is that too many of them grow into unforgiving, sanctimonious, fascist bullies.
Speaking of pathetic, sanctimonious, fascist bullies, as The BFD has reported, Raybon Kan thinks it’s OK to tell lies and strip away people’s rights, just because you don’t like what they say.
They want to control our thoughts by controlling our words […] And how do they go about this […]? Lies on top of emotional blackmail on top of lies on top of threats on top of lies […]
Which is exactly the modus operandi of Kan’s anti-free-speech drivel. But, unlike Kan, Dave Chappelle is a comedy legend as well as a free-speech warrior. Kan might want to take a few pointers from one of the greats, not just in comedy, but free speech. Including this most fundamental lesson:
If you don’t like it, don’t watch it.
If you disagree with it, make your case with words, not lies on top of emotional blackmail on top of lies on top of threats on top of lies.
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