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Comedians are being assaulted in stage.
They stopped playing at colleges long ago. Too dangerous.
Now, they’re being assaulted on TV and in theaters in front of thousands.
Free Speech hasn’t been this dangerous since the Spanish Inquisition in the 15th and 16th Centuries.
Here’s a recent Fire Pit Cell conversation about the persecution of Comedians.
KAITLYN
I don’t get it.
When did Americans lose their sense of humor?
We still had it when I was born.
I remember people laughing.
I know that sounds un-American now. We’ve all supposed to be committed social activists.
But I clearly remember people laughing when I was growing up.
When did we lose it?
How did it happen?
How do we get it back?
OLIVIA
College campuses are getting to be as bad as churches in censoring speech.
Most Comedians stopped touring campuses years ago.
That’s a shame because churches and colleges have different missions.
Most Churches try to teach the one true faith. Everyone sings the same hymns. Everyone’s part of a like minded community that have the same values.
Colleges are supposed to open minds encourage debate and accommodate people with different values.
Our society needs both.
SCOTT
Censorship of comedians has always been with us.
In the olden days, the Government tried to do it directly.
Now, its ideological groups that show up to interfere with performances and phyically intimidate people.
My Mom showed me this clip of how a comedian named George Carlin protested censorship before I was born.
Just Imagine back when there were only seven words we couldn’t say. Now, some group somewhere will get offended by thousands of words.
Allie
I know where Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock can hire guards.
Make the guards parts of their acts.
Now, that would be funny.
NICOLE
Go ahead, make me laugh.
I dare you.
MICHELLE
Laughing is a survival skill.
Protect the people who help us all survive.
Seriously.
LUNA
You know, comedy isn’t just a black thing or Anglo thing.
We all need to protect comedians.
GERALD
Comedians are the point of Freedom’s spear.
They need the rest us to support them.
Time to do our part.
If we don’t, laughing at the “wrong” thing will become a crime.
Then, they’ll come and get you too.
SANJAY
People in India work hard so we can afford to be offended.
We’ll catch up to the West someday.
SHELDON
Here’s why I like people who make fun of me.
It males me stronger.
The Fire Pit Cell characters got their name because they solved their problems huddled around a fire pit talking with each other. The warmth of the flames and the light and shadows dancing across ten faces helped them to work out their differences. They continue that tradition, because thar’s what people desperately need today – real conversations with real people, not bots shouting at one another. Not many real people left these days. So, fictional characters took over the conversation.
Shame on all of us for needing fictional characters to remind us that its important to be real. If you start to forget that, let Pinocchio remind you.
