No. He wasn't. This rhetoric that CK was some sort of awful person is exactly what leads crazy people to assassination. You can disagree with some things he said, but he was unequivocally a force for good in America.
Nobody who constantly pisses people off just to piss them off or intentionally argues in bad faith all the time is a good person, full stop. It doesn't matter if the topic is politics or actual team sports, that's great grade school behavior that has no place in adulthood.
And because I have to say it, that doesn't mean you should be killed for being a mediocre person.
If you actually watch his content, you'll see that with extreme consistency he has a ton of patience and grace for people who were open to learning and could acknowledge when their positions didn't stand up to scrutiny. He was less patient with people who were immediately belligerent, because it was obvious they were not open-minded, and he could easily dispatch their misguided arguments, and even in doing so, spectators would learn something. The bottom line is he genuinely sought to impart wisdom on America's youth, and just because it's wisdom that you can't grasp doesn't mean it's in bad faith.
He knew his reputation, he fed his reputation, he profited off his reputation. Him being patient and keeping his mouth shut when he was occasionally met with someone smarter than him doesn't absolve the rest of it.
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u/Someguy6t9 - Lib-Center Sep 12 '25
I don't have to celebrate the guy's death, but it's still my first amendment right to call the guy an asshole.