With Michelle Wolf’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner performance causing controversy over her jokes about White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, many comedians came to Wolf’s defense.
“Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane went as far as to say comedians have more valid opinions on stand-up performances since it’s their craft:
If you eat corn but don’t know how to grow it, your opinion regarding the skill is less valid than that of a farmer. If you watch standup but don’t perform it, your opinion regarding the craft is less valid than that of a comedian. So listen hard to what Jeff Ross has to say: https://t.co/UuYQZzWKx9
— Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) May 2, 2018
So by this logic, you would say that anyone who has fired a gun has a much more valid opinion on gun control as compared to someone who has not ever fired a gun. Correct?
— Jeff Schroeffel (@capdc) May 2, 2018
So I guess you won’t be offering up anymore opinions on guns & healthcare. https://t.co/bt9YbWJOEQ
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 2, 2018
While certainly an opinion on opinions, MacFarlane probably didn’t think how his logic would then backfire on subjects like firearms and gun control – READ MORE
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