Comedian Sam Tripoli says cancel culture was never real

Comedian Sam Tripoli says that until governments start thinking about what’s best for their own people, there’s no reason to think about what’s best for governments.

Not only has his longstanding skepticism towards government won him supporters, but that support has gained even more credibility as time has proven that the world of politics is not all sunshine and roses. I raised it. See COVID-19 lockdowns, presidential elections, and social media censorship.

Fans of both comedy and podcasts will recognize Tripoli from his work that dates back literally to the early days of podcasting itself. In the early days of The Joe Rogan Experience, Tripoli worked with podcasting pioneers like Rogan, Ari Shaffer and Brian Redbun.

Now, many podcasts, there aren’t many topics Tripoli doesn’t want to talk about. In fact, it’s that very attitude that has led to the comedian’s consistent social media shadowbanning and recent series of walkouts at his shows.

Tripoli says that even though the likes of Shane Gillis and Dave Chappelle are constantly pushing the boundaries on the big stage and free speech has made great strides, there are still some topics that are prohibited. .

“There’s ‘danger’ and there’s ‘danger, danger,'” Tripoli told Blaze News. “That’s why YouTube and even Twitter get censored…and a lot of it is real American history.”

“Foreign influence on our politicians, threats, these kinds of topics. The situation is not getting worse, it’s becoming more obvious. These are dangerous conversations that people are afraid to have. Most That’s my answer: the real history of where we are now. ”

In a similar vein, as the ban on TikTok looms, it is important to remember that allowing the government to set a precedent for banning any speech or group will come back to haunt Americans. That’s important, Tripoli said.

“In 2024, we honestly shouldn’t be answering like *** about what’s best for the government or what the government thinks is best. That’s my opinion. If you… If you start getting comfortable with the government doing things to people you don’t like, violating the law, the amendments, the social contract… know that it will be used against you. ” Tripoli warned.

“We’re at a point where people are going to take to the streets because they don’t like what their government is doing, and because they’ve set a precedent that it’s okay for the government to do things to people they don’t like. It’ll come. Good then. [those things] It will be used against you,” he added.

The California resident said he has become very selective about whether to side with the government because he is “very aware” of how hypocritical positions are directed against him.

As an example of how hypocritical the public is, Tripoli cited defenders of the phrase “my body, my choice.”

“People who have the right to choose, how do they believe in bodily autonomy except when it comes to vaccinations…well, they have no basis to stand on now and no one listens to what they say. I don’t take it seriously, because they completely kicked out the people who didn’t, “I don’t want to get vaccinated under the bus,” he recalled.

This means you need to be very thoughtful when deciding what constitutes your moral and constitutional law, Tripoli said.

“Cancel culture was never real”

Tripoli said “nobody in Hollywood has a ball” against cancel culture. In California, comedians are still afraid to color outside the lines, the comic explained. That’s because one wrong move or an idea of ​​their own can cause a comedy club to cancel a set.

“It’s so hard to find gigs in L.A. that you need 10 green lights to get a gig, and one red light and you don’t get a gig.”

“Are the comics still canceled?” he asked rhetorically. It’s not that simple. The comedian explained that the cancellation was a mirage of sorts, an idea meant to make it seem like there was widespread public anger that needed to be addressed.

“What we always hear from the left is that cancel culture wasn’t real. In a weird way, it’s true. It was just an astroturf movement by big corporations through fascism with governments to control speech. So what did they do?” They created two blue-haired bots on Twitter and Instagram that were like, “This person is saying something mean.” And before they could even discuss it, a company stepped in and stopped them. If we canceled the people and gave the illusion that these people had blue hair, the hair was very, very powerful. ”

“Cancel culture was never a reality, but its real impact is a social contagion where everyone fears being canceled, and what we’ve done is weaponized stupid people. That is,” Tripoli elaborated.

This “war on fools” means comedians are no longer allowed to be provocative, Tripoli said, because “stupid people cannot digest sarcasm.” He added that people can no longer laugh at themselves and filmmakers are no longer allowed to promote provocative art.

It wasn’t until the turn of the century that there was a real movement of producers and directors trying to force certain themes in front of audiences, and Hollywood was trying to teach a new generation by “getting rid of all the outlaws and trying to get rid of all the rich people. It’s been since “I brought all my children with me.” To be safe. ”

“Is cancel culture dead?” he asked. Dead, he replied, in the sense that companies are spending so much money that they realize that even “funny money” can’t solve it.

At the same time, a “social contagion” has hit Tripoli, which is currently in the midst of a battle over the viral joke.

“For two weeks in a row…people were offended by the words I used and left,” the comedian recalled. A video of the joke that went viral showed Tripoli asking the audience for their pronouns and a man responding “they/them.”

Tripoli then said that one must respect and abide by one’s pronouns, which he described as “real/impossible.”

“If you’re going to play pretend, let’s play pretend” Comedian Added.