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As Dave Chappelle fights cancel culture, 3 comedians say free speech will prevail over censorship

Posted on AllSides August 7th, 2022
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Three comics separately said freedom of speech will prevail over a small, but vocal group of cancel culture warriors aiming to censor comedians.

"Comedians just need to stop buying into all the noise, and they need to just start telling jokes how they want," Tyler Fischer, a New York stand-up comic, told Fox News. "You're never going to develop as an artist unless you cross the line."

Comedians, like Dave Chappelle, have been high-profile targets of cancel culture in recent years. Most recently, Minneapolis' First Avenue canceled Chappelle's sold out show hours...

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