Do you think it’s right to cancel controversial comedians? Surely if audiences don’t like the act they’ll not buy tickets - achieving the same result.

That's why "cancel culture" isn't real. Nobody gets "cancelled," some celebrities just lose fans when they say or do something that those fans don't like. And it's literally always been like that.

noone and nothing is to holy or precious to be ridiculued

How about just not going to their show?
Like when Jimmy Fallon became political, no longer interested in entertaining,
his audience dried up.

but cancelling someone is about one person/group making that decision for everybody else

No I believe the new political correctness is killing comedy. I believe in freedom of speech.

They should only be "cancelled" if they don't sell. The left ruins everything. Comedians don't tell jokes anymore, it's all preaching and clapter now.

Which would have been quite an expensive outcome for The Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh. I think the decision was just as much guided by business as it was by moral considerations.

What exactly happens when someone gets “canceled”? If memory serves Rosanne Barr tweeted something controversial and as a result her show got canceled. Well, the network didn’t want to be associated with her comments, so it was a smart business decision to cancel her show.

Far as I can tell that’s usually what “cancel culture” is about. It’s not the government or some other entity trying to shelter everyone from hearing mean and hurtful things, it’s businesses deciding they don’t want to be known as the mean and hurtful business, so they simply cut ties with the controversial comedian, which they have every right to do. What’s really ironic is, that’s simply free market capitalism at work! When it doesn’t go the conservatives’ way then they want the government to interfere on their behalf.

no if people dont like it, too bad. Dont watch it.

Absolutely not. Jokes are jokes.

The death of comedy

They tried it with Chapelle, didn't work

For some comedians though getting cancelled is pretty much the best thing that could happen to them - gives a lot of attention

Definitely not. It’s a hell of a lot worse to silence those just for saying things that they don’t like.

I don't see why not. Comedians need to be aware of their audience just as much as any other social entertainer.

Though that doesn't mean they can't be [i]partially[/i] canceled and do fine. IE: Dave Chapelle and his beef with LGBTQ+.

They are comedians their job is to try to make people laugh if people don't like it they have the option to turn it off or walk out they don't have to see them but the comedians should not lose their job just because someone doesn't like what they said

Nope, it's not right.

You should be able to call them out on their bullshit. If people don't buy tickets or there is an outrage venues might not let him on stage but that's not authoritarian in my opinion.

No, and don't call me "Shirley."

No

No. I honestly thought they’d stopped doing that since the days of Lenny Bruce.

no. cancel them and they're out of work. you're hurting the economy.

That’s true, people should be allowed to vote with their wallets. But I’d be willing to bet that there are limits even among the free speech absolutists.

We have the internet, nobody's being denied viewership or publication (completely). There's always another avenue.