Anyone else find the band's silence on the recent civil rights abuses a bit weird?

[Shallowed]

del

[myosis]

Originally Posted by smashingjj

I hope this is not true. if so, I don't want to know it

haven't you heard? if you still like Louis CK you're alt-right. end of story. and how comforting is this new reality.

[LaBelle]

I mean, if you're laughing at racist or homophobic jokes or jokes about shooting survivors, or complaining about how "PC culture" encroaches on your ability to say slurs and prejudiced things or abuse people, what else do you want to be called?

[Joey Goldberg]

cute?

[myosis]

i'm not a CK fan myself, but I guess you're implying that's what Disco King and smashingjj and Joey Goldberg are doing? and that they're alt-right?
one of my friends is a fan too, so I guess that makes me alt-right by association.

[LaBelle]

Originally Posted by myosis

i'm not a CK fan myself, but I guess you're implying that's what Disco King and smashingjj and Joey Goldberg are doing? and that they're alt-right?
one of my friends is a fan too, so I guess that makes me alt-right by association.

I'm not implying anything, i'm saying that that's the level of jokes CK have been doing since his comeback and they play for a very specific audience.
If people still watch that, find it funny and defend it then that's on them.

That's very different from enjoying a few specials and occasional good jokes here and there he might have done in the past, which is a lot like enjoying a couple good albums or songs from old bands before they turned to shit, is all.

[Joey Goldberg]

I'd say I wasn't alt-right, but according to the political compass quiz i'm just a little below Hitler - of course i'd be a fan of these stand-up comedians!

[smashingjj]

I haven't actually seen anything since his metoo moment. Is your opinion based on seeing his newer stuff Labelle?

[LaBelle]

Originally Posted by smashingjj

I haven't actually seen anything since his metoo moment. Is your opinion based on seeing his newer stuff Labelle?

Yeah like I said, his material post being exposed has def catered to a conservative and prejudiced audience.

I didn't like his earlier stuff, but have nothing against people who do.

[Joey Goldberg]

for a non-fan you sure seem to have kept up with him

[Joey Goldberg]

i don't like Nickelback but have you heard the one fan-only bootleg from April 2018? that i particularly don't like!

[LaBelle]

Originally Posted by Joey Goldberg

for a non-fan you sure seem to have kept up with him

Yeah it isn't like he makes headlines constantly.

[Joey Goldberg]

we must be reading different papers

[LaBelle]

Originally Posted by Joey Goldberg

we must be reading different papers

You def seem to live in a different planet altogether.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Joey Goldberg]

because i don't equate the 2017 stuff & that one phone recording being reported on as "making headlines constantly," or because I don't equate liking comedians with stern political affiliations?

[smashingjj]

Originally Posted by LaBelle

Yeah like I said, his material post being exposed has def catered to a conservative and prejudiced audience.

I didn't like his earlier stuff, but have nothing against people who do.

but I'm just wondering, have you seen his stuff after being exposed?

[Joey Goldberg]

edit: del, damn you jj!

[LaBelle]

Originally Posted by smashingjj

but I'm just wondering, have you seen his stuff after being exposed?

I've seen clips of his "jokes" yes.

[smashingjj]

Originally Posted by smashingjj

but I'm just wondering, have you seen his stuff after being exposed?

I'll clarify this sentence: after CK was exposed, not you. that is a different topic entirely.

[LaBelle]

Why do I even bother.
It's completely exhausting always going through the same song and dance with people who are incapable of an iota of empathy and thinking outside of their own experience for a second.

So yeah, have fun with the little boy's club.

[FlamingGlobes]

Originally Posted by myosis

haven't you heard? if you still like Louis CK you're alt-right. end of story. and how comforting is this new reality.

See LaBelle's pitch perfect response. Also, I was talking more about Louis himself doing a heel turn into an alt-right schmuck, not necessarily his audience.

[FlamingGlobes]

Originally Posted by LaBelle

Why do I even bother.
It's completely exhausting always going through the same song and dance with people who are incapable of an iota of empathy and thinking outside of their own experience for a second.

So yeah, have fun with the little boy's club.

Sorry that everyone snowballed into you based on my response to jj. Let's everyone simmer down and keep the in-fighting for Took's shitpost thread, alright?!

[FlamingGlobes]

I used to be a big CK fan and didn't want to believe all the bullshit was true. Then, when it turned out to be true, I expected him to have an intelligent, thoughtful response at a later date or at least some sort of sign that he recognized he was in the wrong. But now he plays the victim and picks on school shooting victims and maybe that's not too far off from what his material used to be, but I, personally, can't stomach that bullshit from him now.

[Joey Goldberg]

i'm still not entirely sure why Labelle (or anyone for that matter) gets so worked up about comedians

it's fine to not like certain ones but jesus christ, we're not talking about the 2020 elections here, we're talking about dudes on a stage telling jokes

[FlamingGlobes]

Like, I sincerely expected better of the guy who created Horace and Pete.

And Pootie Tang.

[FlamingGlobes]

Originally Posted by Joey Goldberg

i'm still not entirely sure why Labelle (or anyone for that matter) gets so worked up about comedians

like jesus christ, we're not talking about the 2020 elections here, we're talking about dudes on a stage telling jokes

I won't speak for her, but it seems she is less angry about the comedian and more of the general attitude you guys displayed towards her. Everyone jumped the gun big time and turned the argument into something it wasn't meant to be, all because myosis didn't read my post more carefully or just misunderstood.

[Joey Goldberg]

i told her i wasn't seeing Louis in headlines all the time and she says i'm "living in a different planet"

not sure I feel like the one who jumped the gun here

[FlamingGlobes]

Also, I want everyone here to know that I just cooked a chicken sandwich in the nude.

AMA

[Joey Goldberg]

on a scale of 10 to 10+, how excited are you for the release of shiny heino 2?

[Squish Squash]

10+ if D’Arcy was secretly a part of it.