Late blog post sorry :( but I didn't have anything to say till now. Was Bo Burnham canceled? Iโve seen a couple videos of people on TikTok saying heโs a crappy guy, most of which because heโs homophobic and racist. (I donโt want to use the โitโs just a joke so get over itโ argument cuz thatโs really cringe, and satire doesnโt mean you have to like it.) for him being homophobic the only thing Iโve seen is he said the f slur, this may sound bad but I donโt think that makes you homophobic, homophobia is hating someone for being gay saying the f slur doesnโt mean you hate gay people. I saw this TikTok saying Bo bullied a gay kid in high-school (canโt find it now donโt know if they deleted it or I blocked them) what they said wasnโt (in my mind) bullying it was just an older student being mean also didnโt seem homophobic so idk. Bo also said when he was a kid his mom said something homophobic and he doesnโt talk to her anymore cuz of it, from what I know heโs not homophobic he just says the f slur. For the racist part Bo has just made a lot of racial jokes which idk you donโt have to find funny idk if that makes him racist. I donโt know everything Bo has done tho so tell me if he went up to a gay person and called them the f slur or something. If he did something actually bad I wonโt defend it but from what Iโve seen the people hating on him are either forgetting a lot of his songs are satirical or he doesnโt actually hate insert group of people. 8/12/24 (if I sound like the โgen z is canceling Eminemโ girl Iโm sorry)
Did Bo Burnham get canceled?
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Alexisonfire ๐ฆ
i'm really late to this, sorry.
there's a fair share of ppl that don't like him for his past jokes, but i don't think he was really "cancelled". a lot of ppl still like him and have kinda moved on from it (including me). i can't really defend all of his past jokes, in my opinion, some were in poor taste. But he has clearly changed with the times. I don't wanna hold that stuff against him. i'm not trying to excuse it because "everyone was doing it", but in my opinion, a joke isn't always a reveal of character. especially when its satire. i don't think it erases value from his work and you shouldn't feel guilty for enjoying it.
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