In this chapter, the speaker discusses their initial fascination with a corner of Twitter associated with white nationalists and their intention to create a digital terrarium of lunatics. They reflect on creating a list on Twitter and the reactions they received from people, highlighting the existence of these individuals both online and offline. The chapter ends with the speaker expressing their curiosity about the irrational and socially unacceptable opinions held by these individuals.
A Jewish comedian walks into an apartment in Queens to meet a group of white supremacists … This isn’t the setup to a bad joke — it’s the inciting incident in Alex Edelman’s hit one-man show, “Just For Us,” which recently wrapped a nine-week run on Broadway.
We talk to Edelman about the value of entering rooms with people you vehemently disagree with, Elon Musk’s threat to sue the ADL, and whether there should be any uncrossable lines in comedy.
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