Trump had a rally in Madison Square Garden this weekend and it was reminiscent of a Nazi rally. They brought on a ‘comedian’ who made a ‘joke’. I don’t know if you know this, but there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it’s called Puerto Rico.
Ocasio-Cortez said it all in the clip above: this is what the Republican party is, a clique of elitist thugs who willingly insult entire ethnicities because they believe that they, by virtue of their whiteness, are truly superior. The Trump campaign is scrambling to distance themselves from this alienation of part of the electorate, but you know this is what the think, deep down. Notice that the audience laughed at the ‘joke’.
Walz was characteristically pithy: Hinchcliffe is a jackwad.
Hinchcliffe has responded!
Oh. It was just a joke. It was taken out of context. Where have I heard those excuses before?
This was deliberate. Get a bunch of racist shit head “comics” to say racist shit, then mine the justifiable outrage for right wing, smack-talk material.
“See! Liberals can’t take a joke!”
“The PC Thought Police want to make comedy illegal”
“Liberal Snowflakes! They’re sooo emotional and get upset over NOTHING!”
Called it.
That defense could have worked… if the thing was actually funny.
Oh, It was a “joke.” Here’s a joke: New York has made a giant stream of garbage, it’s called Donald Trump. Just kidding folks!”
How about replacing Puerto Rico with Bermuda, also an island, and a well known playground of rich white people? Because it wouldn’t be “funny” if the joke is about whites!
“I made fun of everyone” is not… there can be substance to insult humor, but it usually requires a) not punching down and b) some sort of participation on the part of the insulted. That he went on to denigrate all Jewish people and other groups isn’t the out he seems to think it is. It’s just that he’s an equal-opportunity dick.
Saying it was a joke is the cover for saying anything you want? That opens the possibilities. I’m certain if I said stuff like that at my job I wouldn’t last a cay. Especially if I said it to my Puerto Rican co-worker who walks around during his shift knocking Democrats to anyone he can get to listen.
“It was a joke” and “Don’t get offended at a joke” and even, “Comedy is supposed to offend you” are fairly common defenses that I hear comedians use for the flashback they get over their jokes. Ricky Gervais uses it a lot for religious people who get upset about his god and bible jokes. John Mulaney, Dave Chapelle, and Jimmy Carr also ridicule people who get offended at jokes. It would be interesting to hear what these guys have to say about Hinchcliffe’s remarks.
So what draws the line between “OK” offensive and “Not OK” offensive? I don’t think this joke is OK. It’s not funny. It might be funny if he turned it into a jab at American policy on Puerto Rico which is why the island is so downtrodden, but that almost certainly didn’t happen.
I bet John Stewart covers this dichotomy tonight on The Daily Show. It’ll be interesting to see.
Maybe try being funny?
I think it is telling that in the comedian’s “defence” of being insulting to Puerto Rico, he is misogynistic.
Matt Walsh is claiming victory: “I hope everyone appreciates the masterful strategy here. Trump is goading the Dems into spending their final week crying about jokes. They are absolutely taking the bait. They can’t help themselves.”
@10 Ever notice how these imbeciles employ the ad iram fallacy? Whenever anyone criticizes them, they launch straight into the “UR MAD LOL” response – it’s always calling their opponents’ complaints “crying”, “screaming”, “losing their minds”, etc. It’s the same kind of language you’d expect to see in the title of a clickbait video, with the words in question in all-caps, and a thumbnail featuring stock art of an angry yelling woman or sonething.
If you have to Foghorn Leghorn, “That’s a joke, son!” then you ain’t funny.
Don’t take my advice to go out to YouTube and pull up clips from so-called “conservative” comedians. I am not responsible for your brain damage. It’s mostly childish insults and projection. But, once you’re done, take a nice Ricky Gervais shower or watch for the 100th time Eddie Izzard’s “Cake or death” routine.
Thank me later.
Maybe this idiot can explain what’s “funny” about his “joke”.