Editing Adam Carolla (section)

=== Cancel culture ===
Carolla said, "If you meet anyone over 45, they'll tell you they got paddled, they got swatted, the teacher would smack them with a ruler. ... Paddling a kid sounds pretty outrageous in 2020 and nobody would stand for it. ... But the people who engaged in it at the time when it was common practice or had a context, we don't need to build a time machine so we can cancel-culture them".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Keveney|first=Bill|title=Adam Carolla backs Jimmy Kimmel but says Karl Malone, Oprah impressions are 'not blackface'|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/06/23/adam-carolla-backs-jimmy-kimmel-says-impressions-not-blackface/3247417001/|access-date=April 9, 2021|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US}}</ref> In an interview with [[Tucker Carlson]], Carolla said that [[cancel culture]] is "destroying free speech and killing comedy."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Koberg|first=Kelsey|date=April 16, 2021|title=Comedian Adam Carolla tells 'Tucker Carlson Today' cancel culture is killing comedy, dividing the country|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/comedian-adam-carolla-tells-tucker-carlson-today-cancel-culture-is-killing-comedy-dividing-the-country|access-date=April 23, 2021|website=Fox News|language=en-US}}</ref>