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I watched the set. Honestly... it was so bad and blatant and distasteful it's almost like a sabotage job. I'm not saying it's true, as Hinchcliffe seems like a shitty person in general. BUT. If he was a different comedian, I could almost see this as a really devious way of undermining and exposing the racism of Trump Republicans. Targeting Hispanics multiple times right before an election that's on a razor's edge? Specifically targeting Puerto Ricans, who have large representation in Pennsylvania?

It seemed weird that he was specifically unwilling to say he'll vote for Trump. He implied it and talked around it, but he didn't say he would. He hid behind the idea that as an entertainer, it would be bad for him. And yet, there's no way it would be bad for him while literally opening a Trump rally, so it seemed like a weird choice that really stuck out to me.

For anyone else watching it, didn't it almost seem like satire? Like he was trying to get them to laugh about awful shit in a way that would make them all look bad? I find it highly unlikely that's what he intended (though it is what he did), but that refusal to actually say he's voting for Trump really stuck out to me.

Omg, the belt buckle alone makes me dislike him.

Hinchcliffe is a complete POS. I Voted Blue, fuck MAGA.

The 1% don’t want to pay taxes or fair wages, somebody else’s race isn’t what’s causing that.

The culture war is all bullshit and distraction, the only thing that matters is taxing the richest and putting that money towards creating less fragile and sustainable communities and economies.

they don't understand, dark humor it's funny when the audience knows you don't believe that way. and they also dont believe that way. but if you all agree in these bigoted shut, yeah, thats racist and repulsive, and not funny

jfc... racist humour is always so stupid and lazy.

Hinchcliffe also referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean” and made a remark about Black people who “carved watermelons” instead of pumpkins for Halloween.

A politician having trash like this warm the crowd for them should be shocking.

Aren’t comedians supposed to be funny?

This is the other thing that’s fueling MAGA conservatives. Birth rates. It’s a topic that keeps coming up in organic conversation.

The talk there isn’t so much about lower birth rates and such. It’s emphasizing how much brown and black people are still having “tons of babies” which everyone else (read: white people) are not.

This should scare you and not so much for the embedded racist sludge that goes with it, but how it speaks to driving motivation. And what MAGA may choose to do about white people not having babies, and how supportive their supporters will be of that choice.

This comedian speaking about that topic under the guise of comedy is simply there to stir that pot. It’s still a political speech of sorts.

Oh hey, a consistently relevant topic:

Why is conservative comedy so weird? (The Schneidecker Paradox) - Maggie Mae Fish

who? (idc)

This guy: "[You] Latinos are invading our country and breeding us white people out of the majority... hahaha, no, no. I kid, I kid! But no really, in all seriousness, you do do that, and it's a big fucking problem. We need a president who will put a stop to it and kick you all out like the vermin you are. Now laugh you fucking cockroaches. It's funny because it's true. We Republicans are truly the masters of comedy. Hurdurdurr."

Jesus Christ these mother fuckers are twisted. To his credit, I guess, he told this joke to a crowd full of Latinos rather than when only the white folks are around like they usually do. But, less to his credit, he also thought it was ok to say at all, ESPECIALLY TO A CROWD FULL OF LATINOS. The joke depended on their being a lot of Latinos in the crowd and he actually thought, "oh they'll love this one". What a completely deluded moron.

Dude turn off the blaze radio, turn off the fox news, go outside, leave the gated neighborhood, and meet some new people. People as different from you as you can manage in your area. Try your hardest to realize that they are also people with their own thoughts, values, and dreams as deep and rich and varied as anyone you have ever met. Truly appreciate that and then come back and fucking apologize to these people for othering them, stereotyping them, and expecting them to laugh at their own mockery. This shit is exhausting.

Serious question, is it likely that comedians who he brings on Kill Tony are also conservative racist POS assholes? I hope not because I actually kind of enjoyed Casey Rocket for a bit when he came up through that show. Definitely got a weird vibe from the host that made me wonder who they were and what the show really was (now I know).

Next they'll start lining them up to shame them...

🎶Are there any queers in the theatre tonight?

Get 'em up against the wall

Now there's one in the spotlight, he don't look right to me

Get him up against the wall

And that one looks Jewish and that one's a coon

Who let all this riff-raff into the room?

There's one smoking a joint and another with spots

If I had my way I'd have all of ya shot!🎶

Dude knows his audience. Of horrible bigots.

Alleged "comedian"...