I stand with Kyle. I love Jack Black but fuck this fucking fake outrage. What comes out of Trump’s mouth and the plans he has for this country and certain demographics are infinitely more offensive.
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JB’s response may be more of a concern for their safety than just an attempt to mitigate bad publicity. There are a lot more Trump supporters with guns than without.
Terrorism wins again.
Fearing for their safety on an Australian tour? No, if you read the article the response is all political and Australian politicians were calling for the band's deportation.
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That’s a possibility. Thanks for that point of view.
How dare you not be civil while they're rounding people up and putting them in camps!
Anyone standing behind Trump is a traitor insurrectionist flying the flag of a felon. The world will be a far better place without Trump, and anyone expediting that outcome has my respect as a patriot.
Populist are the true destroyers of civilizations.
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I guess trump is the only one allowed to make disrespectful comments about other people that almost die and it is just ok.
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Serious question for anyone who believes political violence is never ok: at what point on the timeline do you think it was ok to respond to Hitler with violence?
1923 Beer Hall Putsch? SA violence in the early 30s? The Nazi party being sworn into power in 1933? Reischstag Fire? Night of the Long Knives?
Trump already has the support of a bought and paid for corrupt court, and we've already had Jan 6th. He's promised to be dictator on day 1.
Is political violence truly never the answer?
The founders believed in political violence. That’s the point of the 2nd amendment.
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Calls for order over justice is the hallmark of someone who never had to fight for their rights. It's a position of privilege.
Something something letter from Birmingham Jail
Yup, exactly this. DARVO is the standard abusers’ playbook, and it also applies to oppression.
D is Deny/Downplay. “No, oppression doesn’t happen. And if it does, it’s not as bad as you’re making it out to be.”
A is Attack. When they can’t deny it anymore, they’ll go on the offensive. Try to redirect the focus back to the victim. “Well what about…”
RVO is Reverse Victim and Offender. When outright attacking the victim doesn’t work, they move on to playing the victim. Make the real victim look bad, to garner sympathy. Pretend to be the helpless one in the situation, and say that the victim is attacking you for no reason.
When the oppressed fight back, the oppressors will act offended and use it to further victimize the oppressed.
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I don't think the comment was appropriate but I also don't think it was really necessary to cancel the tour over it. It was a joke made in poor taste. Worth an apology? Sure. But this seems like an overreaction.
It's worth a super sarcastic apology.
The fact they cancelled the tour and that he split with his manager, makes me believe it wasn't that harmonic anymore and it was the final straw.
If not, I agree it was a massive overreaction.
Inciting violence is not appropriate, but he could've easily just said he should've kept it to himself and move on.
Maybe he feels he can't be a showman and be all fun when democracy is at stake.
It's noteworthy that it doesn't appear black canceled the tour just out of nowhere. I think they were getting pressure from the government based on what I've read.
Nah that was just one senator from a rogue far right party that likes to get attention by making ridiculous statements.
They do not represent the government and are not in a position to apply pressure.
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I find the outrage hilarious considering the rhetoric that comes out of trumps mouth.
Agreed, kind of a dumb comment to make in front of a large crowd. But the reaction is way overblown.
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Trump assassination attempt causes Tenacious D to break up was not on my 2024 bingo card.
Comedy group makes joke on stage, more at 11
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He’s a comedian. Yes this was in poor taste but as a comedian sometimes you swing and miss.
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When push comes to shove Jack Black folds. Sad to see.
What a Disney bitch
I guess because...uh...I don't know, other then black just wanting out of the band, this doesn't make a lot of sense.
He said he was "blindsided" by the comment.
Blindsided? Aren't they friends?
Blindsided? By a sentiment I imagine people had been making jokes about since it happened?
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Damnit. Jack Black is one of those people I never expected to lose any respect for.
Today we are all Kyle Gass fans
they followed up the way they were "supposed to," but they know low key everyone's even more of a fan now
The Kyle Gass project is outta control!
Last week Kyle quit the band Now we're back together Misunderstanding Didn't understand It doesn't matter Now we're back together again
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he didn't cancel the tour - they did. Kyle Gass is as much a member of the band as Jack Black is
Jack Black sure makes it sound one-sided.
You're right about that - he doesn't say 'we' once in that statement
normally, people dismiss Gass a lot when talking about Tenacious D, but that statement really seems like it was only Jack's decision
thanks for telling me
Looks like jack used it as an excuse. Of course since he does live in the fluffy clouds of stardom he might really be that pretentious.
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