Sarah Silverman

I think Sarah Silverman is a disgusting person. Sure, it might just be her act, but I have a feeling that the camera doesn't lie in this case. She recently lost a job because she appeared in blackface once. She seems to understand and accept this, but according to to a podcast interview, she is troubled by the fact that we live in a virtue signaling culture where people love to show off how righteous they are. You'll never hear me say this again, but she's right.

First off, appearing in blackface is a stupid thing to do. When I was in high school we preformed the play The Crucible. A good friend of mine played Tituba and did it in blackface. Even back then, twenty years ago, I thought it was a bad idea. If my friend runs for office one day I hope no one finds our high school yearbooks. 

I used to think that people like Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel (who yes, appeared in blackface too) wouldn't suffer the consequences of it because they are very open with their liberalism and political correctness. Silverman lost a job, and Kimmel still has his. I'm sure if he breaks from leftist orthodoxy on any issue that'll be brought up and he'll be fired. Welcome to 2019.

Speaking of 2019, both the right and the left engage in this self righteous attitude. It's obnoxious. The left loves to virtue signal with things like this, the right loves to virtue signal when a movie has foul language or someone engages in "immoral behavior." The hard right and hard left are the exact same, it's just the starting point that is different.

Sarah Silverman won't really suffer from this. It's a temporary blip, she's apologized, and she's talked her way out of it. Saying she was "attacking racism by using racism." The good news is that she seems to have at least maybe questioned the leftist hold on our culture today. That's the best we can hope for in her case.