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Once Wanda Sykes made her feelings clear, via Twitter, she then set her sights on fellow comedian Chris Rock, who had said, also via Twitter, “I dont know about you, but I dont want to live in world where Tracy Morgan cant say foul inappropriate ****.”
Chris Rock seemed to be, indirectly, suggesting there were or could be laws against Tracy Morgan’s right to free speech, which there aren’t. Morgan had the legal right to say what he did, just as the millions who stand against him, including Sykes, have the right to condemn his speech, and even to classify it as hate speech, which, as the Westboro Baptist Church (aka, “God Hates ****,”) proved in the supreme Court earlier this year, is still protected by our Constitution.
Wanda Sykes response was simple and elegant, and she opted to not mention Chris Rock by name.
“Ok, piss’d reading, “I don’t want 2 live n a world where Tracy can’t say…” I Do! U Keep the world, just break me off an evolved country,” Sykes tweeted Friday night.
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Freedom of speech does NOT equal freedom from criticism.
You have the right to say what you want, and I have the right to tell you you're a disgusting homophobic prick.
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