Uh-Oh! Chris Rock Offends The ‘Tolerant’ Left After Retweeting An Article From The Federalist

Last night, Chris Rock tweeted a story from The Federalist.

Seinfeld Is A Respite From The Insufferable Wokeness Of Comedy https://t.co/w1Y5YtPdqw. Thank God for Jerry.

— Chris Rock (@chrisrock) August 1, 2018

The article praises Seinfeld’s show “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” for giving us all a break from the perpetual outrage we see and hear day in and day out. His show doesn’t have a political agenda. It’s just two comedians in a car, getting coffee, chatting about the little things in life. That’s it.

The left identified comedy as an effective platform to share their message with the greater public, beginning with “The Daily Show,” and took over every late night talk show by the time Donald Trump became a serious political candidate. Left leaning comedians and their ultra-woke fans have recently been quite open about their belief that jokes aren’t necessary for comedy as long as there is a powerful, anti-Trump plea to the public. But some comedians have spoken out against this trend, defending comedy as a place for laughter, not emotional theater.

Seinfeld doesn’t play by the left’s rules.

The Federalist concludes:

This anti-interview comedy show is in no way a place to get serious and talk about the issues outside of comedy and show business. Seinfeld has created a wonderful escape from all of that. Vulture’s article criticizes the comedian for brushing off his guests’ political concerns and for being “anti-woke.” Both sentiments, I imagine, come as a delight to Seinfeld, who has carefully crafted an “I don’t care” persona over 10 seasons. Tragedy-laced pleas for social action may be having their moment in comedy, but Jerry Seinfeld and “Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee” are, mercifully, not part of it.

Obviously, Chris Rock forgot that he’s black and therefore not allowed to walk off the left’s thought plantation. He received quite a bit of backlash for retweeting the article.

The Federalist? Really? pic.twitter.com/jfH4h3Ow7P

— Chris Beasley (@logan48227) August 1, 2018

Dude not the best source

— jeebus (@jeebus78) August 1, 2018

This is predictable and frustrating. https://t.co/KE0hpMCYUK

— Jamaal Thomas the Take Engine (@jamaal30) August 1, 2018

Chris, noooooo https://t.co/b2zmu7qiUS

— Almaqah (@_Almaqah) August 1, 2018

No. No. No. Oh god. No. https://t.co/6i1kTlBZcJ

— Alice Snedden (@AliceSnedden) August 1, 2018

Wow, humorless, woke leftists are really pissed off that Chris Rock tweeted an article from @FDRLST

— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) August 1, 2018

The responses to @chrisrock tweeting an article from @FDRLST are exactly why the article needed to be written. Good lord, how do these people put on their panties successfully every morning? https://t.co/B2tiHPRD9U

— Kira (@RealKiraDavis) August 1, 2018

Thanks for basically proving the premise of the entire article. Libs are judgmental weirdos who ruin everything, including comedy. They’re offended by everything except for “comedic” salutes to abortion.

I really hope Rock doesn’t cave and apologize.

h/t Twitchy