In the last days the name Carlos Ballarta repeatedly appeared on the trending lists of various social networks because a Twitter user asked to be canceled because in one of his Netflix episodes he makes a joke that can be offensive and discriminatory because he talks about children with HIVhowever, the standing guy broke the silence and He came out to defend himself from all the criticism against him.
It is through his various official social networks where Carlos Ballarta published an extensive text in which directed directly against the media for promoting “all social vices” and using him as a “scapegoat”, in addition, he mentioned that this was not the first time he had been in a similar situation.
“The system is to blame for all social troubles. The system has a very powerful weapon – the media. Every time the system can find someone responsible for one of these evils, it does so because that someone actually has a face and uses the media to pick a scapegoat.. Media owners are the biggest conservatives in Mexico, and when someone embarrasses them, they turn all their fury on that person,” Carlos Ballarta began his text.
As soon as Carlos Ballarta immediately moved on to the topic HIV jokes for kidsthe comedian condemned his fans’ attacks on the Twitter user who exposed him, however questioned the fact that he did not address the issue directly and privately, therefore He claimed that the only thing that mattered to his detractor was to “put on a hero’s cape” and become famous.
“I can’t have them attack a company that took offense at my joke., I sincerely believe in your concern for children with HIV, why did you decide to make it public and not private to raise awareness of this issue? because what’s more important to him than kids with HIV is his reputation for wearing the cape of a hero in a cause that’s about to beat serophobia pointing to the 30-second poignancy in a performance that lasts 1 hour and 2 minutes,” the comedian wrote.
Elsewhere in your post Carlos Ballarta He emphasized that his comedy act, in which he included the controversial joke in question, also criticizes religion in Latin America, talks about the right to abortion, the rights of the trans community, demonstrates the wage gap between men and women and other highly controversial social issues. However, he mentioned that various media outlets focused only on “finding the clique”.
In conclusion, Carlos Ballarta said, however, that he was open to dialogue. He said he did not want to make a public apology. because he thinks it’s getting into the game of the media, which is all about “putting each other in the fray.”
“If they come to me and want to open a dialogue, my VMIs are open. As I told the Instagram activist: The words hurt me and I sympathize with that pain. Of course if they look for me, they will find exactly what they want from me, because I am responsible for my words. Nonetheless, a public apology falls into the media game,” sentenced.
Source: Heraldo De Mexico
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