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Comedian Jim Norton has performed in front of a lot of audiences since beginning his career in the early ’90s.

Today, though, Norton says there鈥檚 a specific characteristic audiences exhibit that they didn鈥檛 used to in the past. It’s grown out of PC culture.

鈥淚t鈥檚 harder to do certain things, because people weigh in immediately on Twitter,鈥� Norton told 770 KTTH鈥檚 Jason Rantz, 鈥溾�極h my god, he鈥檚 a homophobe, he鈥檚 a racist, he hates women, he鈥檚 body shaming, he鈥檚 an Islamophobe.鈥欌��

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Norton knows exactly when he noticed this shift.

鈥淚t was Andrew Dice Clay,” he said. “That was when everything changed and comedy started being judged so differently. That鈥檚 also around the advent of the 24-hour news cycle. So all of a sudden people鈥檚 outrage became newsworthy because they had to fill slots.鈥�

Norton, who plays himself in the FX TV show Louie and just released the Netflix special Mouthful of Shame, says the social media addicted audiences aren鈥檛 all bad.

鈥淚t鈥檚 more fun now, because you know that you can rile people up fairly easily,鈥� he said, 鈥淎nd that鈥檚 always kind of enjoyable.鈥�

Norton has stirred up controversy on plenty of occasions. His comedy is often intentionally explicit and vulgar.

He admits audiences sometimes don鈥檛 know what to do with him because he doesn鈥檛 align himself with any specific political group.

鈥淪orry, I don鈥檛 hate every single thing [Trump] does,鈥� he said. 鈥淚鈥檓 very pro-trans obviously, and his trans-military ban is sickening. It makes me physically ill that he鈥檚 doing that. I think it鈥檚 wrong and disgusting. But, you know, do I agree with him about certain things? Sure!鈥�

Norton believes it鈥檚 a good thing that stand-up comedy forces people to break out of their echo chambers.

鈥淓verything is being tailor made to our little, baby-est needs and desires,鈥� Norton said, 鈥淪o when comedy isn鈥檛 made to our little, baby-est needs and desires, people get pissed off.鈥�

Norton kicks off his 鈥淜neeling Room Only鈥� tour in Seattle on Sept. 22 at the Neptune Theater.