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author: jeremy
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title: 'Adult Swim Cancels Show For Supporting Trump. We're Happy to Have Them.'
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date: '2016-12-12 00:13:04'
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cover: 'mde.jpg'
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Adult Swim recently cancelled *World Peace*, a sketch comedy show by Million Dollar Extreme (MDE).
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Why? Not because it wasn't performing - it was beating most of the Adult Swim lineup.
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Adult Swim cancelled MDE because in Hollywood there is only one acceptable set of beliefs. A set of beliefs that excludes half the country.
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The cancellation of *World Peace* has been extensively covered by the media ([1](http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/adult-swim-cancels-controversial-million-dollar-extreme-w454098) [2](http://www.avclub.com/article/adult-swim-cancels-alt-right-sketch-show-million-d-246917) [3](http://splitsider.com/2016/12/adult-swim-cancels-its-alt-right-show-million-dollar-extreme/) [4](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/million-dollar-extreme-canceled_us_5846d60ce4b02f60b024d57a) [5](http://flavorwire.com/595176/adult-swim-axes-alt-right-show-million-dollar-extreme-presents-world-peace)). This coverage repeatedly calls MDE "alt-right", "racist", and "bigoted".
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Here is the top evidence cited:
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- Creator Sam Hyde supports Donald Trump
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- MDE has a [white man play a light-skinned black man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut6GZVZFk6A)
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- MDE has [a video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js0JutcAJj0) in which they support "All Lives Matter" rather than "Black Lives Matter"
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Let's keep in mind this is a network that has no problem with sketches that [portray gamers as losers with small penises](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A21wxZKiao8) or "[fuck the Jews](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UghYCVZAjbM)" being part of a sketch. This is not ABC Family - it's cable comedy that airs at midnight.
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At LBRY, we're proud to have [MDE's content available](https://lbry.io/news/mde-on-lbry). Not because we necessarily support what they say, but because we think that censorship and political correctness is disgusting.
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The great thing about publishing content on LBRY is that no one -- including us -- can remove it.
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If you support the ability for creators and consumers to be directly connected without interference from those who like to whine and prattle, please [check out LBRY](https://lbry.io/get).
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