…US congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar said she was “disgusted” by the “racist comment”. She said it did not "reflect the GOP values""…

You sure about that Maria?

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    What makes this even stupider, it’s not even an original joke.

    At least 3 or 4 years ago, I heard a comedian tell the exact same joke but referencing the UK.

    Sad

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      I’m so glad other people are on the Fuck Tony Hinchcliffe. I’ve been like that for years.

      His whole shtick has been to make shit jokes and then whine, “Why are you so sensitive you can’t even take a joke?” He’s like discount Jeselnik.

      Not exactly sure why his podcast gets so much attention. And I’m glad he’s getting national recognition for being a total shitbag.

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    Of course he pulls the classic “it was just a joke bro”.

    That said, have dropped out of the comedy world years ago, it pisses me off to see dipshits like this get to perform for thousands while my friends who killed it at the open mics with real comedy are still struggling to get any attention. That’s showbiz I guess.

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    What a tool. Someone may actually Cancel Tony. He deserves it and it would actually be hilarious.

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    I always saw him more as a host who delivers obvious one-liners for cheap laughs. Tbh I’ve only seen Kill Tony, no idea if he does actual standup.

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      Not really. He used to do standup before his live taping podcasts.

      It was open-mic levels of cringe. He’s leeching off the game of his guests and other major comics.

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    Had he made these jokes anywhere else - like on stage at a dive bar, like normal - I wouldn’t care. But he did this set at a MAGA rally. Whether or not he was “just joking” is completely irrelevant. If I teleport back to 1933, speak at a Hitler rally and make jokes about Jews liking money, it doesn’t matter what my heart contains or if I have Jewish friends or enjoy Jewish cuisine or if I don’t have an anti-Semitic bone in my body. This is a package deal, not an individual comic’s shitty set.

    Either Tony is a genuine scumbag racist MAGA cunt, or he’s just a stupid, thoughtless, imbecilic cretin who hasn’t got the willpower to turn down a stage of this magnitude regardless of the ramifications. Maybe a little of both. In either case, he’s a tedious tone-deaf dickhead.

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    Bold move to throw that insult in a city with the highest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the country (and also vote Republican).

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      Yeah, when your party’s candidate for president, a former president, has this group of fascists on stage with him, and doesn’t make a peep about it, it most definitely reflects GOP values.

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    I could be wrong, but I think the AP Style guidelines say that the word “comedian” should be in quotes when referring to a GOP “comedian”.

    Maybe I am wrong, but they should say that.

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    She said on X that it did not “reflect the GOP values”, referring to the Republican Party, and noted thousands of Puerto Ricans served in the military.

    They’re not garbage because they served?

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      From “The 14 Characteristics of Facism”;

      #4: Supremacy of the Military
      Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

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        As a Canadian who has been to America on and off for decades this long predates Trump. Y’all have an unhealthy obsession with the military. You always have. To paraphrase Tim Walz, “it’s fucking weird”

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    As Mediaite reported, Hinchcliffe, pointing to a Black man in the audience, “went with what seemed like an off-the-cuff ‘joke.’”

    “That’s cool," he said, "a Black guy with a thing on his head. What the hell is that, a lamp shade? Look at this guy! Oh, my goodness. Wow! I’m just kidding, that’s one of my buddies. We had a Halloween party last night. We had fun — we carved watermelons together. It was awesome!”

    Hyuk hyuk