Hate speech. (No, I’m not talking about this podcast, in fact we could label this rant speech. I can live with that.) I want to talk about what hate speech is and isn’t. This last weekend in Minneapolis, we did the Pantages Theater, and after the show while doing my meet and greet and nightly merchandise whoring, a young man came up to me, he was waifish, slight build, blond and young. The kind of boy Jared from Subway or a Catholic priest might buy an ice cream for, and thre

Every once in a while, someone, under the guise of civility, says something outrageous and uncivil. Just because you couch it in “nice,” doesn’t mean you aren’t being a dick. Here’s an email I got after my gig in New York. “Titus, I have been a fan for years and even mourned when your show got cancelled after 3 great seasons. But i got to tell you that you lost me this past weekend at Caroline’s. This election was so rough on everybody, the winners and losers, and unless the

Today I want to talk about nudity, nakedness, birthday suits, the big lumpy pink onesie, and all the parts that hang off of those boobs, balls, butts, booties and pee pees. That’s right today I am a four year old in my language but a grown man in my actions. The most honorable group of people I have met in my life, the Marines, have shown that they are really trying to change that and become an organization that objectifies the people they are sworn to protect. There is a pri