From the comments:
Fil-AmConservative
7 hours ago
It’s easy for Leno to say, as he wasn’t a comedian in this time. Even with his examples, what he fails to point out is that in these days, saying something politically incorrect could lead to getting ostracized, not getting booked anywhere and people trying to remove his sponsorships. It wasn’t like that back in his days, and he fails to see the extremism that people (usually on the Left) will take to try and ruin someone’s career and reputation.
MontanaTam
6 hours ago
As much as I’ve enjoyed watching Jay Leno in the past, the fact is, he’s not relevant. He can say these things because he’s retired with his dozens of cars and loads of cash - and it really doesn’t matter if he’s “canceled.” He has no skin in the game - so why should he care about his peers? Truly disappointing.
Wanderer
4 hours ago
Think about the full and true implications of that statement.
‘You Either Change With The Times Or You Die’
So you surrender without a fight. What if the British and Americans said that in WWII or Abraham Lincoln in the Civil War or the Founding Fathers or the Apostles or the Greeks at Thermopylae or Moses and the Hebrews. Every great thing that has happened over the history of mankind has been from people fighting and resisting for the Good. The people who lived by moral relativism where the Times set their behavior doomed generations after them to terror.
This is what his quote should have been.
You Either Change With The Times dooming your children to a thousand years of darkness Or You Fight, Risk and Sacrifice for the Good.
MrTerrific
7 hours ago
Here’s the difference, Jay.
Of course, if you go to a more Left Wing comedy club, the Audience won’t tolerate a joke about Obama or Biden. Fine. Talk about airplane food. Observational humor. Whatever.
That’s not Cancel Culture. That’s knowing your audience.
Imagine if you’re in a Comedy Club, and five people stand up, and start screaming, just to shut you up. Why? Because they saw a bit you did in the 1990s, and they want to punish Jay.
There’s no placating these people. They delight in ruining a life, just because they can.
rvassar0324
37 minutes ago
Replying to MrTerrific
His comparison is terrible. If someone pays you to do a gig and tells you can’t do certain jokes, that’s completely different than someone in the audience hearing a joke they don’t like and calling you racist, then all of your shows being canceled.
hotsauce
7 hours ago
Replying to MrTerrific
This!!
mikeviscom5268
7 hours ago
[Jay] Sounds submissive. That’s how we got in this mess.
True. I get the feeling he doesn't keep up with current events now that he doesn't have to anymore.