Dallas Club Cancels Comedy Show Citing ‘Unsafe Space’

We the Internet TV doesn’t pull any punches.

The group mocks President Donald Trump, Antifa and the current push to let three year old children determine their genders. The latter may be the comedy troupe’s bravest stance to date.

Anything goes for this web-based group. They follow the funny wherever it may lead. And, in today’s hard-left comedy landscape, that makes them refreshing and rare.

None of this means We the Internet TV, or its occasional live performances, are immune to Cancel Culture. If Kevin Hart, arguably the most bankable big screen comic around, can lose an Oscar hosting gig in less than a week anyone is a target.

The troupe found that at the proverbial last second this week.

We the Internet unveiled a three-city tour this month entitled, “The Funny Thing About Democratic Socialism with Lou Perez.” The show visited New York, Dallas and will touch down in Phoenix this evening.

Only the Dallas event almost didn’t happen.

WTI TV secured a spot at the Dallas Comedy House but the club cancelled the appearance hours before the scheduled gig.

Here’s how the group shared the news to its email subscribers:

That’s right, WTI TV was struck by cancel culture. As a comedy news channel that prides itself in being an equal-opportunity offender, we knew that cancel culture would try to shut us down eventually—but for it to rear its ugly head in Dallas of all places, now that’s a bit of a shock!

Unfortunately, we were notified yesterday evening that we would have to find a new venue for our show tonight as our previous location felt we might create an “unsafe space.”

We actually sympathize with the club owner. This is the nature of doing business in the cancel culture era. But, as steadfast defenders of the freedom of speech for all Americans, we aren’t going to let a bump in the road like this slow us down.

The show went on as planned, thanks to the new venue — Dallas Hyena’s Comedy Nightclub. The night featured a robust debate between Perez, author and podcaster Michael Malice and Matthew Wilson, associate professor of political science at Southern Methodist University.

The evening included a 17-minute film set primarily in Sweden to determine how close Sen. Bernie Sanders’ “Democratic Socialism” aligns with that country’s political system.

HiT reached out to the Dallas Comedy House’s general manager as well as its co-founder via email for comment earlier this week. Neither returned those messages.

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This hardly marks the only case of Cancel Culture shutting down a show with right-leaning messages. The team behind “FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers” had to find a new venue near the last minute last year, too.

The original venue canceled its contract with the show’s creative team following a violent threat against the show.

A Leftist threatened violence to stop a screening of “The Rise of Jordan Peterson” last year as well. The screening went on as planned, but with extra security to keep patrons safe.

The notion of a red state comedy club pre-empting a thoughtful debate may seem unusual, even impossible. The Dallas cancellation shows that anything is possible courtesy of Cancel Culture’s expanding reach.

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