▲ 706 ▼ Throwback (europe.pub) submitted 2 months ago by cm0002@literature.cafe to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.ca 42 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 1 point 2 months ago (6 children) Is he? That’s a shame. Why is he kind of a piece of shit? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] mirshafie 7 points 2 months ago He fell from grace along with a lot of other comedians who went to Riyadh Comedy Festival in 2025. Apparently it was really well-paid so a lot of famous comedians went. Reddit went apeshit and branded them fascist sellouts. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago He did a comedy show in Saudi Arabia (I think?) or somewhere in the middle east. That's it. Ol' Billy Boob has always walked that line imo. He's got some good takes and some bad ones. Don't think he nazi saluted or said trans people should die or anything like that, that I know of. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online -4 points 2 months ago (3 children) If only there were a sort of "search algorithm" capable of searching a catalogue of interner sites... He's fascist-lite. Claims to be anticapitalist but he claims liberals are idiots and he takes money from Saudi Arabia. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 1 point 2 months ago (2 children) If only there were a sort of "search algorithm" capable of searching a catalogue of interner sites... Hey man, you’re the one who made the claim, I was just asking for some support for that claim. /shrug He’s fascist-lite. Claims to be anticapitalist but he claims liberals are idiots He’d fit right in over on Lemmy.ml! 😉 Honestly though, if he’s anti-capitalist that doesn’t seem like a contradiction, since liberalism is a capitalist ideology. and he takes money from Saudi Arabia Oof. That one sucks. That said, there is an argument that I’ve seen about the role of comedy in helping to modernize a culture. Whether that’s possible when following strict censorship however, I’m not sure. The whole Riyad comedy thing certainly does feel gross. Regardless, “fascist” has a specific definition and I don’t think I’d agree that Bill Barr falls into that category, even “lite.” But I only have a passing familiarity with his work, so I could very well be wrong. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online -4 points 2 months ago (1 child) The USA is a two party system. Bill Burr's political ideology results in Fascism within that system. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago Saying you don’t like liberals doesn’t mean you won’t vote for them when the alternative is fascism though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mirshafie 7 points 2 months ago He fell from grace along with a lot of other comedians who went to Riyadh Comedy Festival in 2025. Apparently it was really well-paid so a lot of famous comedians went. Reddit went apeshit and branded them fascist sellouts. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago He did a comedy show in Saudi Arabia (I think?) or somewhere in the middle east. That's it. Ol' Billy Boob has always walked that line imo. He's got some good takes and some bad ones. Don't think he nazi saluted or said trans people should die or anything like that, that I know of. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online -4 points 2 months ago (3 children) If only there were a sort of "search algorithm" capable of searching a catalogue of interner sites... He's fascist-lite. Claims to be anticapitalist but he claims liberals are idiots and he takes money from Saudi Arabia. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 1 point 2 months ago (2 children) If only there were a sort of "search algorithm" capable of searching a catalogue of interner sites... Hey man, you’re the one who made the claim, I was just asking for some support for that claim. /shrug He’s fascist-lite. Claims to be anticapitalist but he claims liberals are idiots He’d fit right in over on Lemmy.ml! 😉 Honestly though, if he’s anti-capitalist that doesn’t seem like a contradiction, since liberalism is a capitalist ideology. and he takes money from Saudi Arabia Oof. That one sucks. That said, there is an argument that I’ve seen about the role of comedy in helping to modernize a culture. Whether that’s possible when following strict censorship however, I’m not sure. The whole Riyad comedy thing certainly does feel gross. Regardless, “fascist” has a specific definition and I don’t think I’d agree that Bill Barr falls into that category, even “lite.” But I only have a passing familiarity with his work, so I could very well be wrong. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online -4 points 2 months ago (1 child) The USA is a two party system. Bill Burr's political ideology results in Fascism within that system. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago Saying you don’t like liberals doesn’t mean you won’t vote for them when the alternative is fascism though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 1 point 2 months ago (2 children) If only there were a sort of "search algorithm" capable of searching a catalogue of interner sites... Hey man, you’re the one who made the claim, I was just asking for some support for that claim. /shrug He’s fascist-lite. Claims to be anticapitalist but he claims liberals are idiots He’d fit right in over on Lemmy.ml! 😉 Honestly though, if he’s anti-capitalist that doesn’t seem like a contradiction, since liberalism is a capitalist ideology. and he takes money from Saudi Arabia Oof. That one sucks. That said, there is an argument that I’ve seen about the role of comedy in helping to modernize a culture. Whether that’s possible when following strict censorship however, I’m not sure. The whole Riyad comedy thing certainly does feel gross. Regardless, “fascist” has a specific definition and I don’t think I’d agree that Bill Barr falls into that category, even “lite.” But I only have a passing familiarity with his work, so I could very well be wrong. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online -4 points 2 months ago (1 child) The USA is a two party system. Bill Burr's political ideology results in Fascism within that system. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago Saying you don’t like liberals doesn’t mean you won’t vote for them when the alternative is fascism though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online -4 points 2 months ago (1 child) The USA is a two party system. Bill Burr's political ideology results in Fascism within that system. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago Saying you don’t like liberals doesn’t mean you won’t vote for them when the alternative is fascism though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago Saying you don’t like liberals doesn’t mean you won’t vote for them when the alternative is fascism though. permalink fedilink source parent