Sarah Silverman says she's done using gay slurs in her comedy because of Hart controversy

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/sarah-silverman-says-she-apos-174825377.html?bcmt=1

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Sarah Silverman has learned from her mistakes.

TMZ caught up with the 48-year-old comedian on Thursday outside of Craig’s restaurant in Los Angeles, where she addressed her previous use of homophobic slang in tweets that came to surface in the wake of the Kevin Hart-Oscars controversy.

Asked if she would use words like that again, Silverman told TMZ, “I’m done with that.”

“I think I can find other ways to be funny,” she said. “I used to say ‘gay’ all the time — ‘Oh that’s so gay.’ Cause we’re from Boston. We’d go, ‘That’s what you say in Boston. I have gay friends, I just say gay.’ And then I heard myself and realized … it was stupid. And I’m certainly creative enough to think of other words besides that that don’t hurt people.”

Though she wouldn’t comment on Harts situation itself — or Nick Cannon, who retweeted Silverman’s controversial tweets (and similar messages from white female comedians Amy Schumer and Chelsea Handler) in an attempt to defend his friend — Silverman expressed her perspective on the matter.

“Comedians don’t like to be told what to do. Anyone should express themselves as they see fit. And if there are consequences, that’s part of it,” she said. “I f— up all the time.”

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One of the comments in the comment section nails it:

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Banning books. Censoring comedians. Banning music. Destroying statues. Yeah that sounds like a society headed in the right direction.

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We need a list from the regressives of people/groups who are off limits from jokes.

Good thing South Park is still a thing so they can mockery of these people