The problem with this logic is that on the internet even if the most vocal group is small, the loudest and most determined can outweigh the influence of the many. Corporations frequently err on the side of caution over rolling the dice and hoping the offended party just lets it go.
The amount of times a comedian gets shit for saying something legitimately shitty is dwarfed by the times they say something actually entertaining to the majority of people and still get lambasted by a small minority of people. I'm assuming you consider it a rebalance because you don't see just how often people get mad over the dumbest shit imaginable. You can't really use this logic, because what could be funny to the vast majority of a group of people could offend like 10% and still cause a shitstorm. At what point do you draw the line between "He said a horrible thing." and "A small minority of people are going to get offended at anything they don't agree with and will claim the person saying it is a terrible person."?
I know. I'm just listing out the few times I remember a comedian actually saying something terrible on stage and getting backlash for it.
Oh yeah agreed, you can say things and post nasty messages but do not attack people. Violence is never the answer. I also do not agree with getting arrested.
I am as well. Got tickets to Jim Norton's show next week and I'm very excited to go with my lady.
I get both sides of the arguments but I stand with comedians on this one. It's fine to criticize a comedians act and say it's offensive but it's pretty shitty when people try to organize boycotts, protest and cause the loss of money to them by getting shows/performances cancelled
On a similar point, you have somebody like Trevor Noah, somebody who was/is on his way up and didn't/doesn't have the established good will like Colbert, and he still managed to survive his own twitter controversy by simply owning up to where he went wrong.
