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[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 127 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

‘I love Puerto Rico and vacation there. I made fun of everyone,’ the comedian said

This is no different than "I have a black friend, I can't be racist." Absolute clown.

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 68 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I’ll bet he’s a rude condescending racist prick to the natives while he “vacations” there.

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Probably stays in the gentrified areas tbh

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, depends on the clown. Some are just tragic...

[–] MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago

It's even worse than that because I doubt they're going to Puerto Rico to visit friends. It's more like saying, "My maid is black. I can't be racist."

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 11 points 2 weeks ago

And completely false. He didn't make fun of Trump, didn't make fun of Republicans, didn't make fun of white people...

[–] Zier@fedia.io 89 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You can always tell who a conservative is, they are the one who is always cruel. They think cruelty is funny. They are psychopaths.

[–] SketchySeaBeast@lemmy.ca 35 points 2 weeks ago

They love to punch down, and can't figure out why the rest of us don't find it funny.

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 63 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

He thinks that simply saying shocking/shitty things makes him 'funny' and 'a comedian'

[–] m4m4m4m4@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ain't that what edgelord "comedy" is all about, tho?

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah apparently there are people who it appeals to

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, other trolls

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's a lot of this on lemmy, like the shitpost sub.

Any topic is fine because it's a shitpost aparently. Hilarious.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Easy to block.

[–] skeezix@lemmy.world 61 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So now he's denigrating women too.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Must have forgot to do it during the performance

[–] Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 45 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Look, I love an offensive joke. I also think there's a time and a place, and a political rally full of people who struggle with fact vs fiction probably isn't the best place for it.

[–] Shanedino@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah if it was at a comedy show I would kind of be ok with it but it did not come off as comedy at this event.

[–] facelessbs@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Correct so why have him as a speaker at one. That is the real issue

[–] EnderMB@lemmy.world 41 points 2 weeks ago

While I do like jokes, even offensive ones, it often surprises me that so many American comedians seem to struggle with:

  • Knowing that their audience isn't just people in the room with them
  • Understanding that at a mainstream level you can't just cater to one crowd.

I've always found Tony Hinchcliffe to be a strange comedian. Sometimes he's funny, and some of the people on Kill Tony can be great (especially the guitar guy from a while ago), but many within the "Rogan Circle" just seem to struggle with going from small shitty bars in Texas a decade or two ago to owning podcasts with thousands of viewers.

[–] flicker@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

"I made fun of everyone."

Did he make fun of Trump supporters? Or... white people in general?

[–] b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 2 weeks ago

If he made fun of white Christians he probably would have been murdered.

[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Of course he didn't.

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago

Why do they always go to the tampon. Do they think women's hormones are cause by the tampon? The tampon just holds blood. Do they think women can't handle that much blood? What next, bile? Shoot, bring all the humors in here.

"Ya'll are too sensitive, this is clearly an excess of black bile. Vance, get your dick out of the couch and grab the leeches!"

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 25 points 2 weeks ago

It'll be very funny if this costs Trump the election. Half a million votes in PA is pretty important, buddy

[–] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

Do magas know he's gay? They really hate that shit

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Change your tampon?? These "masculine" little boys still give out 8th grade level insults. Only one it's hurting is them. Get new material. They wrote better racist jokes in the 50s chump

Also enjoy your 5 minutes of fame ya nobody

[–] maxenmajs@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

By all means, please egg him on if it gets him to help sabotage the campaign.