Shane Gillis and the Death of Comedy

"Hell Yeah"

Its every young comedian's dream. After years of sleeping on couches, playing small gigs, making connections and often being broke, the phone rings.

"Welcome to Saturday Night Live"





What should have been Shane Gillis' greatest professional victory as a comic quickly devolved into a shitstorm of fake outrage, dogpiling (shoutout Riggins, shoutout Finnegan), and every SJW in the country taking cheap shots.

Once the SNL news broke, a failed comic and self proclaimed "journalist" (ie: Lyft driver with a Twitter account) immediately sent out clips of Shane having convos with his buddy Matt.

Shane has a history of being edgy. He likes to toe the line and get people to a very awkward place and hes very good at it.

You know, like Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Dave Chappelle, Richard Pryor. The greats.

Comedy is about having the freedom to observe things in our society and offer our take on it. We dont have to like it or agree, but being American means we have the freedom to say it. Its why I have left this country 14 times to go to foreign soil.

Fun fact: I came back from my combat support in the Middle East last year. I had lost my mom to cancer halfway through. I reached out to Shane and he had a great talk with me and was very supportive. Another guy wrote to me and had Stage 4 cancer. Shane counseled him too and gave him hope. But I guess those things dont make headlines for CNN/Vice/Vulture/TheAtlantic.

I would never want to live in a society where someone can organize an online digital snitch squad and get you fired from the most famous comedy show in history.

Comedians talk about race. Paul Mooney has been talking about white people for 40 years. Dave Chappelle and Carlos Mencia do racial voices, accents and stereotypes in their act. How many African Americans have a "white people sound like this" segment? Quite a few.

This is their right. If you dont like their comedy, don't watch it. But don't pretend you are fighting racism by hiding behind your keyboard. Half ass convictions and actions are meaningless.

Once we succumb to SJWs, we get a step closer to mandated censorship and tyranny.

You know, when you read about girls in Afghanistan getting acid thrown in their face for going to school, or Saudi Arabia beating women for wearing makeup.

Do I agree with everything Shane says? Of course not. Do I think hes one of the most talented comedians I have EVER heard? Yes. Do I think he's a racist? Not at all. He's a goofy dude from Pennsylvania that's poking fun at modern culture from a "white trash from Mechanicsburg" perspective.

Grow up SJWs. Find something more constructive to do than stifling a talented young bull.

Make America Smart Again. - Rob