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This Katt gets it

Katt Williams is touring. He stopped in Wilmington, DE, and was profiled in the News Journal. He touched on the nip in the air regarding certain restrictions on what comedians can and cannot say:

He sees an assault on freedom of speech on the horizon, if it has not begun already. (After Richard’s ill-fated stand-up set, the Los Angeles comedy club where it occurred banned the n-word.)

“It bothers me heavily that I might have to become the next Lenny Bruce,” he says, promising to, well, fight the power. “It’s not something that I wanted for myself, but it’s also not a responsibility that I can afford to shirk.”

It has begun already. It began long ago. It is ongoing.