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Welcome back to our VIP video series "Off the Beaten Path," featuring my friend Christian Toto of Hollywood in Toto! Christian and I start off our week by discussing stories and ideas that may fly under our radar, in culture, politics, sports, and more. Plus, Christian previews his latest podcast at HiT.
Are Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan victims of cancel culture, or realizing the market reaction to cheerleading for assassinations? Did Dave Chappelle perform comedy or moral degradation in his comments about Charlie Kirk? Christian and Ed do a deep dive into the tension between free speech and accountability. Remember when the Left and the media lost their minds and tried to cancel Shane Gillis for using the word "whore" when discussing how women dress at the gym? Good times, good times.
Should there be different standards of accountability? Chappelle may claim he was just joking, although he's been pretty quiet since declaring himself "happy" that Kirk got assassinated. Welch and Sullivan aren't comics, though – they're pundits. They also failed to address the issue in their non-apology apology, which Ed points out was worse than Isa Casahuga's apology a week earlier over her own Kirk comments at a TPUSA event. More to the point, though, why are lefties still obsessing about Kirk 14 months after his murder?
We also take a look at the Russell Brand verdict in the UK and reflect on the long, strange journey that preceded it. Was Brand on an intellectual journey or using a strategy of celebrity manipulation? We finish by taking a look at the common denominators in the most-streamed TV series of the last six years.
Watch it all and join us in the comments!
