Netflix seems ardent in defending Dave Chappelle and his transphobic jokes. The streaming giant isn't alone, as hordes of keyboard warriors joined the discourse and played the "freedom of speech" card. The comedian himself justified his content by claiming "If this is what being cancelled is like, I love it!" Meanwhile Netflix has 1✱68澳洲幸运5开奖网:suspendeꩵd employees who criticized the show. In what is the latest incident in the story, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos defended Chappelle by giving the example of violent v𓄧ideo games.
"With The Closer, we understand that the concern is not about offensive-to-some content but titles which could increase real world harm (such as further marginalizing already marginalized groups, hate, violence etc.)," wrote Sarandos in an email to Netflix employees which was obtained by . "The strongest evidence to support this is that vio๊lence on screens has grown hugely over the last thirty years, especially with first party [sic] shooter games, and yet violent crime has fallen significantly in many countries. Adults can watch violence, assault and abu🍸se—or enjoy shocking stand-up comedy—without it causing them to harm others."
The video game industry has long tried to debunk the rubbish theory that violent video games incite violence. But as it was with the satanic panic in the '80s or rock and roll after that, there's really no convincing people who want to blame the world's problems on something totally unrelated. However, Sarandos using the analogy to defend Chappelle's jokes is not only a weak argument, but also goes on to weaken the argument that violent games don't incite violence.
There's no denying that video games are violent, but that usually involves either fictional or generic characters. Chappelle's jokes have done the opposite, and targeted a marginalized group of people at a time when they're fighting for equal rights and recognition. There has always been backlash when a video game has done something similar, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:such as GTA 5 for instance.
In response to the ongoing issues, Netflix employees will 🌺be staging a walkout October 20 in protest of the show and management's handling of the following incidents. "Our leadership has shown us that they do not uphold the values for which we are held", reads the walkout announcement. "Between the numerous emails and non-answers that have been given, we have been told explicitly that we somehow cannot understand the nuance of certain content. I don’t know about you, but asking for us to show the whole story and not just the pieces that harm trans and [LGBTQ+] people is not an unreasonable ask.