Comedian Adam Carolla Takes On 'Cancel Culture' in Documentary 'No Safe Spaces'
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- In the film,
"No Safe Spaces"
comedian and top podcaster Adam Carolla
shares the screen
with conservative talkradio host, Dennis Prager.
The men explore threatsto the First Amendment
and freedom of thought in America.
Something Carolla saysthe mainstream media
refuses to admit.
- [Kid] You have theright to remain silent.
- [Kid] Anything you say,
- [Kids] Will be used against you.
- First and foremost, we wanted to make it
an entertaining film
and that it is.
But it has a lot of perspectivefrom both sides of the aisle
and some pretty interesting stories
that maybe the news didn'texactly fully cover.
[Charlene Aaron] Carolla admitsthat while he and Prager,
come from different backgrounds,
they share the same passion
about fighting the politicalcorrect culture's aim
to squash speech they don't like.
- I like people's values.
And when I have a valuethat I share with somebody
then I'm immediately attracted to them
even though in DennisPrager's particular case
we could not be further apart on paper
in terms of how we grew up.
He was an East Coast guyand I was a West Coast guy.
And we just couldn't
be, further apart
except for the part where wehave the exact same values.
- [Charlene Aaron] "No Safe Spaces"
now available on DVD and streaming
became 2019's top-grossingpolitical documentary
after showcasing the erosionof First Amendment rights.
- You are not listening!
I want your job to be taken from you.
- [Announcer] A protest has turned violent
at California Berkeley.
- This is why we're fightingfor the soul of America.
- [Charlene Aaron] Carolla also points out
how this generation has been trained
to hate alternative options,
despise debates, and unleashanger on any opposing views.
- Our free speech is to be,
if you don't like somethingthat your congressman
is doing or saying, or theprincipal of the school
or the police captain, thenwe're allowed to speak up.
- [Charlene Aaron] Yeah
- And voice our disagreement.
And that was kind of whatfree speech was based on.
That part of free speech hasnot only not been altered
or changed, it's been turbocharged.
- [Charlene Aaron] He saysthe purpose of free speech
Isn't about stifling voices
including those with whom you disagree.
- The part that we didn'tunderstand about the free speech
is comedians making jokes,
professors sticking to their guns,
parents saying, "I don't want this subject
"brought up in school."
We didn't know those peoplewere gonna be shut down.
We put in place so we couldspeak our truth to power.
Not so we could get folksfired from their jobs.
- [Charlene Aaron] Thedocumentary also features backlash
faced by comedians, suchas Tim Allen and Kevin Hart
for comments seen as crossingfree speech boundaries.
- Kevin Hart has stepped down
from hosting this year's Oscars.
- [Kid] Anything yousay that we don't like
will be used to shut you up.
- [Charlene Aaron] Hart's decision came
after liberal outrage over old tweets
that included comments on homosexuality.
Carolla sees his jobas making people laugh.
Even if it makes some mad in the process.
- I have one truth, it'sthe truth as I know it.
And that's what I'm gonna say
because at the end ofthe day, I'm a comedian.
Why would I get into comedy
to figure out what people wanna hear?
That sounds like the opposite of comedy.
- Yeah.
- How about I say what I wanna say?
- [Charlene Aaron] He calls the film
an eye opener for all Americans.
- I think it's kind of thing
that's important to watchwith your kids as well.
You know, you've got probably 11 and up
or something like that, but it's a good,
it's a good thing to know.
You can agree with all of it.
You can disagree with some of it
or most of it, it doesn't really matter.
You should still be exposed to it.
- [Charlene Aaron] Meanwhile,Carolla says he is not afraid
of speaking his mind.
And urges others to not be afraid
about speaking out for what they believe.
- Their power is your fear.
And they don't have any actual power.
Their power is you're scared of them.
Once you speak up and you stay the course,
they leave you alone.
There's nothing they can do.
They have no dominion over you.
The dominion they hold overyou is your own personal fear.
- Charlene Aaron, CBN News.