Dave Chappelle Fans More Racially Diverse than Hannah Gadsby Fans

Netflix reported solid earnings and subscription growth on Tuesday, despite what the New York Times described as the "controversy" surrounding the most recent stand-up special from Dave Chappelle, one of the most successful comedians of all time.

Left-wing activists, including a handful who happen to work for Netflix, have denounced Chappelle's show as unforgivably transphobic. Doing what comes naturally, the comedian's critics responded by acting out online and in real life. When Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos had the audacity to defend Chappelle's "artistic freedom" and suggest it was possible to tell "harsh" and "highly provocative" jokes without inciting "hatred or violence against anyone," the activists were aghast.

One of them was Hannah Gadsby, the Australian "comedy" performer whose Netflix specials Nanette and Douglas have made her a household name among white liberals with college degrees and six-figure incomes. Gadsby addressed Sarandos directly in a note posted on her Instagram account. "Fuck you and your amoral algorithm cult," she wrote. "I do shits with more back bone than you. That's just a joke!"