I probably should not talk about Dave Chapelle

[@chriscorsello]

I am a long time fan of Dave Chapelle, so I am biased. The thing that I think is so strange about the backlash on this one, is that he is largely talking about his experiences with backlash from jokes from previous performances. It seemed as though this was sort of him trying to explain and justify his perspective and trying to make peace with this particular group of people. Talking about his trans fan (that he developed a friendship that passed away) I thought was a very personal story. That part of it didn't even seem to be comedic, sure he threw in a couple of jokes, but mostly a lot of it was on a pretty serious note. Strange that this one got the most attention. If he was truly transphobic, he wouldn't have told these stories he would have just been dismissive. Finally, even before he knew the backlash that was coming from this one, at the end he promises to be done with it... and makes a very good point at the very end. Maybe I would see things differently if I was part of that group. I just don't see where he was promoting violence or hate. I thought his message was quite the contrary.