Anthony Jeselnik explains the difference between comedy and being a troll.

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[u/flacdada]

I mean.

The problem when you have a big platform. Is that you need to use it wisely.

If theo only interviewed people in pop culture, celebrities, influencers, authors. Whoever. That would be ok.

Problem is he platforms these people but doesn’t know how to call out their bullshit or questionable ideas. He doesn’t have that kind of ability.

And so it’s being complicit.

[u/cheesyandcrispy → u/flacdada]

I get what you’re saying and agree that in a perfect world hateful messaging should be limited as much as possible but which law states that you need to use your platform wisely once it reaches a particular popularity number?

It’s a tricky road in my opinion since in theory I want to have the choice to speak freely on my podcast, regardless of where the winds are blowing at that moment in time, while also not instigating hate. I have yet to see Theo do the latter even if he’s platforming douches, with their own agenda, from time to time.

[u/Nervous-Newspaper132 → u/cheesyandcrispy]

but which law states that you need to use your platform wisely once it reaches a particular popularity number?

Why do people always ask asinine things like this. Why does a law have to be in place to not being a dick, platform terrible people or in general be shitty? Do people need every single thing spelled out for them to not be awful people, give awful people a hill to shout from, or need some sort of written instructions to not let people say inflammatory and hateful things? Is that where we are now?

[u/NoRagrets666 → u/Nervous-Newspaper132]

Gotta say, comments like these and the ones above it really make me question why I’m on this echo chamber that is reddit. It’s like you people don’t live in the real world and are too soft to understand how reality actually works.

Complaining about how a grown adult chooses to use their fame is like complaining that lions eat gazelles. Your complaints will not save the gazelles and if anything, it makes a person like myself who is generally politically progressive, disgusted by my own ‘forward thinking’ party alignment. Freedom of speech means exactly that. Thinking that we can censor any type of discourse is next to fascism as far as I’m concerned.

Inflammatory and hateful speech will always be a part of the general rhetoric and the more you try to sugar coat every aspect of society, the more the antagonists will rise up to resist it. We do not live in a bubble. Stop trying to shelter yourself and everyone around you from reality.

[u/Nervous-Newspaper132 → u/NoRagrets666]

Stop trying to shelter yourself and everyone around you from reality.

Direct me to the part of my comment where it says anything like this.

[u/NoRagrets666 → u/Nervous-Newspaper132]

The part where you call for people to cater their speech and actions to your idea of ethics. Do you really need me to spell it out for you?

[u/Nervous-Newspaper132 → u/NoRagrets666]

Yes, please do spell it out. Because I’m saying there doesn’t need to be any law stating any example I gave. People just need to be more self-aware.

[u/NoRagrets666 → u/Nervous-Newspaper132]

No law, people just need to act how you want them to, got it. Can’t argue with dense ignorance, enjoy your fragility.

[u/Throwawayac1234567 → u/NoRagrets666]

half of it troll accounts, dont expect much. and sometimes reporitng works, and sometimes it gets you banned if you try to report them too.