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Back in 2003, comedian Adam Carolla made several inflammatory comments about Hawaiians on the podcast “Loveline” that he co-hosted with Dr. Drew Pinsky. The move got him and the show banned in Hawaii. (I’m intentionally not including links to the comments or the podcast because they're repugnant.)

I couldn’t help but think of that Carolla incident today as I read the stories about the anger and protests over Dave Chappelle’s Netflix special. Am I surprised he made the comments? Not at all. Chappelle takes shots -- hard shots -- at everybody, and today’s cancel culture is an easy target for his brand of comedy.

I get how it feels, though, to be hurt deep and why the employees responded as they did. I know that pit-of-the-stomach pain and rage when someone makes you the target of their verbal daggers -- and calls it funny.

I don't see an apology coming from Chappelle. Hawaiians never got an apology from Carolla. He still defends his remarks.

So, to free myself of the rage, I did what Dad said. “Rise above, kid. Do what the Bible says. Let go and forgive.” That was even harder to do than hear Carolla’s words. But it was the only thing that made the anger subside; otherwise, those words just churned in my head, hurting me.

Am I telling you to forgive and forget Chappelle’s words? That’s your call. I share my experience as a way to show you how I responded in what I felt was a similar situation. But I will say that unforgiveness is a parasite -- it eats away at the host. I didn't want that happening to me.

I'll also say this. I canceled my Netflix subscription awhile ago over content I didn’t like. And I was never a Carolla fan but after that incident, I have refused any contact with anything he says, writes or does.

Forgiveness is one thing. But I’m not called to be a fan.

Some of you won't agree. No problem. I welcome intelligent, courteous discourse on this. My one request is that we all exercise respect when sending emails. I promise you'll get that from me.

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