• prole@beehaw.org
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    I feel like everyone is talking about this as if it was a PR thing, but I imagine these guys (and their families) started getting death threats immediately after. They could be getting specific threats about violence at their upcoming concerts. Now isn’t really the time to not take that kind of shit seriously unfortunately. Yes, it’s right-wing terrorism. Yes, it works. Unfortunately.

    I see this as being more about self-preservation, and the safety of their families (and fans), than about PR. But maybe I’m wrong.

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      That was the impression I got, also. Like it was more of a personal safety thing. This isn’t just indignant conservatives who would get mad or boycott them ala the Bush era, this is the era of threatening real violence.

      I mean, he could have done it a bit differently (that showed more support of KG) Im still not happy with him but I think this was his reason.

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    Being cancelled because you made fun of Donald Trump instead of Joe Biden

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          Yeah I’m not enjoying watching the collapse of a lifelong friendship in public view. Like I really feel for Kyle. He made one joke and its collapsing his career all around him. And you can say that that’s a case of play stupid games, win stupid prizes, but losing his friend like this didn’t have to be part of the deal. Even if Jack Black did or didn’t agree with Kyle and this was all about their personal safety, there’s still ways for this to be handled where it’s not Jack Black personally throwing Kyle Gass under the bus. They could even make a deal with the devil and have Ticketmaster be the bad guys (that’s allegedly why they get paid so much)

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    The people who cry about free speech and cancel culture are trying to cancel someone for speaking freely.

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      That’s because he said the wrong thing.

      It’s only bad when you cancel people that say the right things, if you catch my meaning.