During a panel for FXX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia , executive producer and star Charlie Day weighed in on the current climate of celebrities like Roseanne Barr and Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn being fired for problematic tweets , suggesting that having comedians' jokes come under more scrutiny might be good for comedy in the long run.

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When a reporter at the Television Critics Association summer press tour asked the cast whether they were worried about past jokes being taken out of context and used against them, Day said, "I haven’t seen too many examples of things being taken out of context that were things that were said or tweeted in a very intelligent way," pointing out that the jokes on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia are "always a commentary on bad behavior; when you're making a commentary on bad behavior and someone says something that's bad, you get it."The problem arises, Day said, "where there's no thought behind the inappropriate joke. In some ways it’s good - it’s forcing people to think a little bit more about the jokes they’re writing and the things they’re saying, as opposed to just blurting stuff out. I think it’s good."While Day was optimistic that most viewers and networks can recognize true satire, he did admit, "if people start not being able to follow sarcasm, then we’re in trouble."Barr's show, Roseanne, was cancelled by ABC after the comedian Tweeted a racial slur about former White House adviser Valerie Jarrett, which Barr insisted was intended as a joke. Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn was fired by Disney (which also owns ABC) after conservative pundits dug up old Tweets from Gunn which included jokes about rape and pedophilia from 2008 and 2009. The cast and crew of Roseanne will return without Barr's involvement in ABC's spinoff The Conners this fall, while Disney is now seeking a new director for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, despite the cast writing a statement of support for Gunn's reinstatement It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 13 will premiere September 5 on FXX. For more on the show, find out how much you can expect to see Glenn Howerton's Dennis in Season 13.