'We Like Jokes!': Counterprotesters Stand Against Netflix Employee Walkout
Netflix employees on Wednesday as staffers staged a walkout to protest the company's response to the recent Dave Chappelle comedy special controversy.Outside Netflix's 13-story office in Hollywood, counterprotesters were heard chanting "We like jokes" and holding signs that read "Dave is funny" and "Jokes are funny," as Netflix employees and some of their supporters shouted back "Trans lives matter."The walkout is the latest development in the weeks-long fight inside Netflix.After Chappelle's standup special, The Closer, debuted on the streaming platform and received criticisms over jokes targeted at transgender people, employees at Netflix raised issues that the company's chief officers dismissed the backlash and remained steadfast behind.
