What Andy Frisella has said about Cancel culture

Frisella argues that comedy serves as a vehicle for uncomfortable truths.

“Comedy is a Trojan horse for the uncomfortable truth that people don't want to hear”

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Frisella attributes current provocative behavior to a backlash against 15 years of cancel culture.

“a backlash of the result of the last 15 years of cancel culture and speech restrictions”

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Frisella explains, without condoning it, that Chud's behavior results from white people being harassed for years.

“that's the result of white people being fucking harassed on the fucking street for years and years”

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Frisella argues Shane Gillis cannot be blackballed because the culture supports him.

“No, because Shane Gillis owns the culture, bro. The culture's with him”

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Frisella argues speech is censored only when it is true.

“The only reason that free speech would be censored or certain things would be illegal is because they are true”

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Frisella says the black-white divide is the country's biggest handicap but is narrowing.

“Our biggest handicap in this country right now is the division between black and white. And it's closing”

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