• skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de
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    3 months ago

    I’m curious about the rage. Comedians get money to go to a place where they can speak free for an hour without any risk of even accidentally saying something terrible about their host because they don’t know them at all. Seems more a sad testament to America being officially dead. Dave Chappelle still is human trash to be clear, though. Also not being pro-middle-east-comedians, just…thought experiment of sorts.

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      3 months ago

      can speak free for an hour

      Well they couldn’t do that, they could only say stuff that wouldn’t upset Saudi Arabia.

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        3 months ago

        I don’t think most of them have any specifically anti Saudi Arabian jokes, though. The type of money they’re throwing around would certainly make me consider.

        Even the bit about it being easier to talk there is kinda true if you’re anti Trump or critical of Kirk. Super hypocritical, but still…