Perhaps you are making a joke that flew over my head, but in case you are new here, that not the way that this place works. You are not going to get banned for repeating the jokes that got someone fired, especially just after they won a court case saying they were actually funny. Your comment may well get flagged, because flagging is done by users, some of whom will flag just about anything they disagree with. But bans are done by Dan, and he's a good moderator who doesn't ban people for silly reasons like this. Have some faith.
This is a trend I hate with the reporting on any controversy. The "respectable" outlets refuse to publish what someone has said which is causing the controversy (and not because it would open them to legal risk, to be clear). It would be like if reporting on other crimes just said someone had committed "a crime", and refused to give any detail. Yes, news articles can have upsetting content, because real life is upsetting, and they have a duty to report it
I respect AP for not taking the clickbait headline approach, but they really buried the lede here:
> Sleiman first turned to comedy in 2021, after he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a chronic illness that affects the central nervous system. One of his biggest fears, he said, was losing fine motor function and, with it, his ability to play the guitar and piano. But stand-up was a safe spot: There’s a stool if he needs to sit down, a mic stand if he can’t hold the microphone.
Heartless, man. MS is a terrible illness that takes everything from you. To lean on your sense of humor is pretty much an essential self-defense mechanism. I haven't seen his comedy, but it would have to be absolutely unforgivable to justify his firing.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 41.9 ms ] threadhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRUElVhT97Q https://www.youtube.com/@jad_s_comedy
He's pretty funny. And as far as standup goes it's honestly pretty tame.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7b4nq/fired-comedian-ordere...
> Sleiman first turned to comedy in 2021, after he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a chronic illness that affects the central nervous system. One of his biggest fears, he said, was losing fine motor function and, with it, his ability to play the guitar and piano. But stand-up was a safe spot: There’s a stool if he needs to sit down, a mic stand if he can’t hold the microphone.
Heartless, man. MS is a terrible illness that takes everything from you. To lean on your sense of humor is pretty much an essential self-defense mechanism. I haven't seen his comedy, but it would have to be absolutely unforgivable to justify his firing.