THB #255: Chappelle. Again.

I am a fan of Dave Chappelle. He is a genius with words and ideas.

I also think Dave Chappelle is a self-serving, ego-maniacal, manipulative lying asshole who plays the victim from a position of enormous power.

We last discussed his work after his last Netflix special, in which his response to Trans people being offended by one of his earlier Netflix specials was to be a jerk about it. Funny too. But punching down and claiming he could not punch down because he is Black.

It was the 4th Hot Button newsletter ever.

Didn’t really want to go back… though I did (THB #10: Netflix, Chappelle & Constituencies), at least once.

I think he is brilliant. I think he is insightful. Like most human beings, he has a few giant blindspots, which for people like him, who get rich and surround themselves with “yes” people, can be very unattractive. And because he observes and speaks about things for a living, instead of remaining silent about his blindspots, he whines about them in public and exposes his pa…