{"id":106825,"date":"2024-03-21T16:11:25","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T16:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/?p=2039595"},"modified":"2024-03-21T16:11:25","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T16:11:25","slug":"david-lucas-trashes-blm-in-fiery-podcast-qa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/21\/david-lucas-trashes-blm-in-fiery-podcast-qa\/","title":{"rendered":"David Lucas Trashes BLM in Fiery Podcast Q&A"},"content":{"rendered":"

Comedian David Lucas found out the hard way that doing “crowd work” has a downside.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lucas’ exchange with a heckler went viral after the comic evoked the late George Floyd. Suddenly, he felt social media’s wrath, and then some.<\/p>\n

Lucas opened up about the experience on the \u201cNo Jumper\u201d podcast hosted by Adam22, the former BMX blogger and talk show host.<\/p>\n

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Lucas dueled with a heckler<\/a> in February at the Kansas City Funny Bone Comedy Club. The comedian\u2019s response went viral in a hurry.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you want to show them the reason why George Floyd got his neck kneeled on\u201d Lucas said to audible groans. \u201cDon\u2019t \u2018Ooh\u2019 at that joke. It\u2019s just a joke, man. I would\u2019ve never kneeled on George Floyd\u2019s neck. I would\u2019ve shot that [n-word].\u201d<\/p>\n

He shrugged off the ensuing outrage, including multiple patrons leaving the club following the exchange. He later said online that, \u201cBeing canceled ain\u2019t that bad.\u201d He eventually shared a quasi-apology to those offended by the routine on social media but stood by his humor.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m an advocate for free speech, right. The great Patrice O\u2019Neal said that a funny joke and a bad joke come from the same place, so that was my attempt at comedy,\u201d said Lucas in the 18-minute chat. \u201cIt was to get shock value. I\u2019m a troll. You heckle me, now I heckle you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t apologize for doing the joke\u2026 Who are we as the gatekeepers to say when a joke goes too far? I joke about beating on white women, I joke about killing white women, I joke about gay people, I joke about the transexual community. So, the moment I apologize for a George Floyd joke, now I gotta apologize for every other joke. So, who in this situation is the gatekeeper to tell me \u2018You went too far\u2019 or \u2018You didn\u2019t go far enough\u2019? Is it because I\u2019m not famous? If Dave Chappelle would have told that joke, what would have happened?\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam22 asked Lucas if he felt \u201cdistressed\u201d after a large number of black people attacked him for the Floyd joke.<\/p>\n

\u201cHell, no. It was stressing my Mama out because they found out her information,” he said, referencing how his  critics doxed his mother as a way to attack him.<\/p>\n

It worked, to a degree.<\/p>\n

He says he found the person who leaked her personal information and threatened him if he contacted his mother one more time. Lucas didn\u2019t appear to be joking. Later, he backtracked and said he\u2019d call the police instead.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told my family it was coming before it was coming,\u201d he said of the backlash. It mattered far less to him. “I don\u2019t worry about people who are outraged online.”<\/p>\n

Earlier in the conversation, Lucas shared some thoughts on Floyd, racism and other hot-button issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wasn\u2019t a saint,\u201d he said of Floyd, who had a string of arrests and violent incidents leading up to his fateful March 2020 encounter with Minneapolis police<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s an event I can talk about that everybody saw.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lucas also shared inconvenient thoughts on several issues tied to post-Floyd America. That included the Black Lives Matter organization.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t like how BLM was bullying people into doing s***, and it\u2019s a corrupt organization,\u201d he said, alluding to several scandals tied to the activist group.<\/a><\/p>\n

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BLM founder Patrisse Cullors spends thousands renovating backyard of posh $1.4M LA home https:\/\/t.co\/GB5WUnz2Lp<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/lPyB2eCGui<\/a><\/p>\n

— New York Post (@nypost) October 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n