Trevor Noah Gets Some Support from Comedians on Twitter

New Daily Show host Trevor Noah is getting the typical welcome to the national stage––the Twitter version of a Red Wedding––but some comedians have been dismissively snark-tweeting about the controversy around some of Noah's more politically-incorrect tweets. Here's what comedians on Twitter had to say about Noah's controversial tweets: It's not because the jokes are offensive, it's because they're terrible.— Max Silvestri (@maxsilvestri) March 31, 2015 Advice to children who want to be President: Never join Twitter.— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) March 31, 2015 Dance like no one's watching; tweet like one day you will be held up as the moral authority of the land.— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) March 31, 2015 to be fair to trevor noah, all foreign comics are at least a decade behind us in what they think is funny. #fakeoutrage— daniel tosh (@danieltosh) March 31, 2015 we all know the only acceptable way for a comedian to use twitter is to unsuccessfully shame an airline PR account into giving them a refund— joe mande (@JoeMande) March 31, 2015 If you've tweeted it, Sauron's eye will find it— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) March 31, 2015 I've never made an offensive joke. I can't wait to be vetted.— mike mulloy (@fakemikemulloy) March 31, 2015 .@Trevornoah please do not let this scandal take away from the importance of the lego couch. twitter dot com needs this.— mike mulloy (@fakemikemulloy) March 31, 2015 Liberals are really great at picking their battles. Taking down Trevor Noah and Kimmy Schmidt is just a warmup for the real stuff, right?— Mark Agee (@MarkAgee) March 31, 2015 If Trevor Noah's two year old tweet is the worst thing that ever happens to you you're in pretty good shape.— Chris Franjola (@ChrisFranjola) March 31, 2015 I'm with the right wing,a daily show host should NEVER make edgy jokes. They should only say offensive things when they mean them sincerely.— Moshe Kasher (@moshekasher) March 31, 2015 Welcome to America, Trevor Noah!!! Here's an introductory packet detailing how offensive it was when you tweeted something mean 4 years ago— Natalie Shure (@nataliesurely) March 31, 2015 your liberal outrage might be more convincing if it weren't so obvious you just scrolled through four years of tweets hoping to get mad— Natalie Shure (@nataliesurely) March 31, 2015 All this hullaballoo over dopey four-year-old tweets proves there's a problem with digital media content, not with Trevor Noah.— Natalie Shure (@nataliesurely) March 31, 2015 But seriously, comedy is the only art form that inherently requires feedback from audience before it is finalized. Be kinder to Trevor Noah— Natalie Shure (@nataliesurely) March 31, 2015 Guess what, sometimes comics make offensive jokes. But I guess liberal scolding is more important than anything.— Brian Gaar (@briangaar) March 31, 2015 Why can't the Daily Show just hire a post-gendered vegan humanities professor who has never told a joke in its life— Brian Gaar (@briangaar) March 31, 2015 Nothing is more boring than this Trevor Noah Twitter backlash.— Jack Moore (@JackPMoore) March 31, 2015 Also I assume Stewart had some say in his replacement which means Jon Stewart hired Noah TWICE. I trust Jon Stewart’s anti-Semitism detector— Jack Moore (@JackPMoore) March 31, 2015 @AndrewKirell @anthonyLfisher @mcmoynihan there are comics who are funny irl who aren’t great at twitter. absurd 2 judge him from tweets imo— andy levy (@andylevy) March 31, 2015 And I leave you with Michael Ian Black summing up the era we live in: "I'M ANGRY!" - angry people.— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) March 31, 2015 -- -- Follow Josh Feldman on Twitter: @feldmaniac