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Dave Chappelle at the 56th NAACP Image Awards held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 22, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)

Some comics love selling out free speech

Melanie McFarland
Dave Chappelle speaks onstage during the Dave Chappelle theatre dedication ceremony at Duke Ellington School of the Arts on June 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Shannon Finney/Getty Images)

Chappelle: "SNL" said don't mention Gaza

Alex Galbraith
Dave Chappelle speaks onstage during the Dave Chappelle theatre dedication ceremony at Duke Ellington School of the Arts on June 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Shannon Finney/Getty Images)

Chappelle pleads with Trump on "SNL"

Alex Galbraith
Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats (Troy Conrad/Netflix)

Platforming misinfo & panic for laughs

Melanie McFarland
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Ricky Gervais and Katt Williams (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Netflix/Matt Crockett)

Katt Williams is right about bad comedy

Melanie McFarland
Dave Chappelle performs during a midnight pop-up show at Radio City Music Hall on October 16, 2022 in New York City. (Jason Mendez/Getty Images for ABA)

Chappelle Israel comments spark walkout

Joy Saha
John Mulaney: Baby J (Netflix)

John Mulaney's cancellation comedy

Jacques Berlinerblau
Tesla head Elon Musk (Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

Elon blows up the "free speech" lie

Amanda Marcotte
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Elon Musk and Dave Chapelle (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Elon Musk booed at Dave Chappelle show

Samaa Khullar
Saturday Night Live host Dave Chappelle during the monologue on Saturday, November 12, 2022 (Will Heath/NBC)

Experts on the "Black antisemitism" loop

Jacques Berlinerblau, Terrence L. Johnson
Drawings by Kevin Nealon from his book "I Exaggerate: My Brushes with Fame" (Abrams Books)

How Kevin Nealon mastered visual comedy

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Ellen DeGeneres arrives at the Golden Globe Awards on January 5, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California (Steve Granitz/WireImage)

As "Ellen" ends, she can say gay now

Melanie McFarland
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2018 Netflix comedy special "Ricky Gervais: Humanity" (Ray Burmiston/Netflix)

Gervais' TERFy tirade disguised as jokes

Joy Saha
Dave Chappelle and Howie Mandel (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Howie Mandel "afraid" of attack on stage

Joy Saha
Dave Chappelle speaks onstage during the 36th Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on October 30, 2021 in Cleveland, Ohio (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)

The Slap 2? Chappelle attacked onstage

Joy Saha
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gestures as he speaks during a press conference in Kyiv on March 3, 2022. - Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the West on March 3, 2022, to increase military aid to Ukraine, saying Russia would advance on the rest of Europe otherwise. "If you do not have the power to close the skies, then give me planes!" Zelenskyy said at a press conference. "If we are no more then, God forbid, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia will be next," he said, adding: "Believe me." (SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Zelenskyy's nailing the role of his life

Melanie McFarland
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Elon Musk and Joe Rogan (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

No "free thinkers," just lazy whiners

Amanda Marcotte
Patton Oswalt attends the World Premiere of Disney and Pixar's "Incredibles 2" on June 5, 2018 in Los Angeles (Getty Images/JB Lacroix/WireImage)

Oswalt praises Chappelle despite TERFdom

Joy Saha
Philip Roth and Dave Chapelle (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Netflix)

Fuel for our endless cancel culture war

Jacques Berlinerblau
Dave Chappelle: The Closer (Netflix)

Chappelle willing to meet trans critics

Kylie Cheung
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The VIPs in "Squid Game" (Noh Juhan/Netflix)

Netflix execs are the "Squid Game" VIPs

Kylie Cheung, Hanh Nguyen
Tucker Carlson, Joe Rogan and the Proud Boys (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Beware the rise of the fragile male ego

Amanda Marcotte
A Netflix billboard above Hollywood Blvd promoting Dave Chappelle's controversial comedy special "The Closer." (AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

Netflix fires organizer of trans walkout

Brett Bachman
Dave Chappelle: The Closer (Netflix)

Chappelle & transphobes' self-victimhood

Kylie Cheung
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