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Dave Chappelle: “No One Can Be Woke Enough”

During a conversation on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Dave Chappelle discussed woke culture and how the cast of Saturday Night Live had a problem with Elon Musk hosting the show.  After…

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During a conversation on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Dave Chappelle discussed woke culture and how the cast of Saturday Night Live had a problem with Elon Musk hosting the show.  After explaining that no one can “be woke enough,” Chappelle said "I'm torn because I like a warrior for a good cause, but I'm really into tactics. You're not gonna nag people into behaving in a way — in fact, if you continue with this tone, even if you're right, you'll be very hard to hear.” "I think the people that are complaining that he's gonna be on 'Saturday Night Live,' I think what's going on now is they want someone to be 100% compliant to whatever ideology they're a part of — and any deviation from that is problematic," Rogan responded.

Both Rogan and Dave theorized that the SNL cast and staff may have felt that Elon’s lack of emotion of COVID-19 or because he is the richest man in the world may have played a part in why there was a backlash over him hosting SNL.  It's just ridiculous.  I've had enough of cancel culture and woke culture.  I'm ready for the rubber band to snap back ON these people.  It's inevitable.  I'd just like it to be sooner than later.

Charlie Nance is the Afternoon Drive co-host (along with his wife) of "The Charlie and Debbie Show" at WSOC, Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The couple have been with the radio station since 2006. Charlie has won the prestigious CMA (Country Music Association) Award for Radio Personality of the Year and has been a finalist for the Country Radio Hall of Fame four times. Prior to his time in Charlotte, Charlie (along with Debbie) spent more than a decade hosting successful morning radio shows in Greenville, SC; Augusta, Ga; and Birmingham, Al. As a content creator for Country 1037, Charlie writes about dream lottery windfalls, sports, restaurants and bars, and travel experiences in North and South Carolina.