Kat Timpf on her (attempted) cancellation & "offensive" comedy

Fox News contributor Kat Timpf joins Brad Polumbo to recount the time she faced a cancellation campaign from Jimmy Kimmel fans and argue that we need "offensive" comedy now more than ever. 

In this bonus episode of the BASED Politics podcast, they discuss all this and many other highlights from Kat's new book, "You Can't Joke About That." 

Buy a copy here: https://www.amazon.com/You-Cant-Joke-About-That/dp/0063270420/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2RZOUWS0NHA9Y&keywords=kat+timpf&qid=1691676974&sprefix=kat+timpf%2Caps%2C100&sr=8-1

00:00 Intro
2:00 “Offensive jokes are fine they just have to be funny”
3:15 “Intent doesn’t matter”
4:05 The time Kat got canceled
8:40 How social media is making everyone more annoying
10:44 How humor helped Kat cope with tragedy
11:36 “Trigger warnings” don’t work
13:05 Is there anything too offensive to joke about?
15:00 “Comedy is my religion”
17:25 When Kat became the enemy of the Star Wars community
20:00 Was Kathy Griffin unfairly canceled by Republicans?
24:10 Classic shows are now deleting “problematic” old episodes
28:18 A Teen Vogue cancel culture story
30:20 Are people scared to publicly agree with the Right?
35:00 The reception to Kat’s book
36:48 Outro

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