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They clearly don't think they have a god given right, they have leverage.In the same way Chappelle uses his celebrity to spread hatred, they're using their leve

They clearly don't think they have a god given right, they have leverage.In the same way Chappelle uses his celebrity to spread hatred, they're using their leverage to disassociate with him. I actually do understand what censorship means. Which is why it's so hilarious to hear people insist that Netflix chosing to not contract with Dave Chappelle is censorship. By your definition of censorship almost everyone is being censored.

zaptheimpaler 5y ago
From Wikipedia - Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. *This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient"* The 2nd sentence is the important bit. A lot of people provably want to watch Chapelle as evidenced by his popularity and sales, but the employees demand the show be taken down despite that. You are implying that i believe any selection process at all is censorship which again seems disingenuous or misunderstands what the word is commonly understood to mean.
- Traster 5y ago
  The protestors aren't suppressing Chappelle's ability to perform comedy or to speak, they're objecting to Netflix chosing to distribute the comedy through its private, subscription only network. If you subscribe to the idea that Chappelle has the right to be paid by netflix, then so do I. Where's my money?
  - zaptheimpaler 5y ago
    So what other means does anyone have to distribute speech that isn't commercial? If you're OK with with protestors at Netflix doing it, then surely its OK for protestors at Youtube, Apple, a TV network or a comedy club to do the same. They can do it at a newspaper, a podcast, a radio station. Everything in a capitalist society is run for profit by some commercial entity. So what's the difference between whatever you call censorship and this? Suppressing distribution IS censorship. And obviously I didn't say everyone has the right to be paid by Netflix. This is again just arguing in bad faith or woefully ignorant of how the world works. No, Netflix has the right to pay whomever they choose, which as a for-profit corporation, they will generally do based on how much of an audience you can pull to their platform. They pay Chapelle because he's funny and people like watching him.. not because he has "the right" to be paid. They pay him in exchange for something that Chapelle produces, not as a free handout. If you can convince a million people to pay to watch you get on a soapbox and cry about transphobia, then perhaps Netflix would sign a deal with you and pay you as well.

zaptheimpaler 5y ago

From Wikipedia - Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. *This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient"* The 2nd sentence is the important bit. A lot of people provably want to watch Chapelle as evidenced by his popularity and sales, but the employees demand the show be taken down despite that. You are implying that i believe any selection process at all is censorship which again seems disingenuous or misunderstands what the word is commonly understood to mean.

Traster 5y ago
The protestors aren't suppressing Chappelle's ability to perform comedy or to speak, they're objecting to Netflix chosing to distribute the comedy through its private, subscription only network. If you subscribe to the idea that Chappelle has the right to be paid by netflix, then so do I. Where's my money?
- zaptheimpaler 5y ago
  So what other means does anyone have to distribute speech that isn't commercial? If you're OK with with protestors at Netflix doing it, then surely its OK for protestors at Youtube, Apple, a TV network or a comedy club to do the same. They can do it at a newspaper, a podcast, a radio station. Everything in a capitalist society is run for profit by some commercial entity. So what's the difference between whatever you call censorship and this? Suppressing distribution IS censorship. And obviously I didn't say everyone has the right to be paid by Netflix. This is again just arguing in bad faith or woefully ignorant of how the world works. No, Netflix has the right to pay whomever they choose, which as a for-profit corporation, they will generally do based on how much of an audience you can pull to their platform. They pay Chapelle because he's funny and people like watching him.. not because he has "the right" to be paid. They pay him in exchange for something that Chapelle produces, not as a free handout. If you can convince a million people to pay to watch you get on a soapbox and cry about transphobia, then perhaps Netflix would sign a deal with you and pay you as well.