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[–] hperrin 198 points 1 month ago (3 children)

“It was just a joke!”

Oh, I don’t get it. Can you explain to me what the joke is? Like, can you put into words why you find that funny?

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think it'd be subverting expectations. From the start you might think it's about the Pacific trash island that has collected there, but then it turns the other way and calls Puerto Rico a trash island. A decently funny joke imo, even if rude. I've seen the same joke being done about the UK and it did get a proper chuckle out of me.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 month ago (7 children)

The main difference is that the UK used to be powerful and did a lot of bad things to a lot of countries around the world. Puerto Rico on the other hand has always been weak so it feels weird for someone in a much more powerful area of the world to pick on them.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Good comedy can punch up, but very rarely works when punching down. Punching down is generally just bullying in disguise.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It can be meaner but for a stand-up I think it could be fine, if the context is comedy and it didn't have genuine hatred behind it. In this case it's clear that it was used as a tool of hatred and not just for making a joke.

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[–] owenfromcanada 127 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

They can't vote, so why would they care? Easy targets, no apparent consequences.

Edit: /s

[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Except for the millions of Puerto Ricans that live in the Continental US.

[–] owenfromcanada 53 points 1 month ago

Yeah I'm on board, I was attempting some mild satire.

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Puerto Ricans can and do move and there's large numbers of them in swing states. There's 450 thousand just in Pennsylvania

EDIT: also doesn't help that he also said

“These Latinos, they love making babies, too. Just know that they do,” Hinchcliffe said, setting up his joke: “There’s no pulling out. They don’t do that. They c-- inside, just like they did to our country."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/comedian-trump-rally-makes-racist-jokes-latinos-puerto-rico-rcna177514

[–] owenfromcanada 31 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I was being mildly satirical. Insulting any people group seems like it should be a losing move. I wish it were.

[–] RangerJosie 29 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Why the /s?

That's literally the point. Easy target, plus they're brown people i/e "Not Real Americans"

Bone stock Republican shit.

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[–] errer 19 points 1 month ago

You couldn’t invent a band of chucklefucks more capable at torpedoing a presidential campaign…and yet here we are, tied, with apparently no ability to sway any voters away from Trump. It’s so demoralizing.

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 month ago (17 children)

Jfc, they're USA citizens. Ffs.

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tony Hinchcliffe is not funny. Watched his podcast for a while then totally abandoned it because I realized I wasn't laughing during most episodes. It's mostly seasoned comics taking cheap shots at amateurs and then saying some racist shit while they all laugh and no one in the audience does. His nasally voice is annoying as fuck and hitching his wagon to the trump train seems pretty on brand for that fuckwit. His comedy brand caters to the same people who really like Joe Rogan and Alex Jones, both regulars on the podcast. Shocking I know.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

The real joke is that the Trump campaign is tripping over itself now to disavow this message. Meanwhile it's come to light that this "comedian" was going to drop a c-bomb in his material in reference to Kamala, but the Trump campaign told him to remove it, and he complied.

Meaning they vetted the material and were a-fuckin'-ok with garbage island, only to later lie more and try to backpedal.

They're not even good at lying, kids.

Edit: spelling

[–] Sarmyth 20 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'm still baffled by the logic of having a roaster/crowd work guy doing a set at a convention. Like... he was gonna insult people and start shit. It's literally his job.

He's not my cup of tea, but he's been around and successful for a while now. He's not an unknown entity who they could claim acted unpredictable.

[–] SupahRevs 17 points 1 month ago

Eminem spoke at a Harris rally. But he's an adult who cares about people and expects as much from his government.

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[–] Xanthrax 56 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Tony, Chapelle, and Joe Rogan are actively murdering comedy. They blame everyone but themselves because they can't get with the times. They look down on people and punch down constantly, and still manage to miss the mark. They are not down to earth, they are not relatable, and they should NOT be looked up to.

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[–] grue 34 points 1 month ago

They're absolutely terrified of Puerto Rican statehood, so they try to drive them away.

Little piss-baby cowards.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Reminds me of this classic greentext

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

Piece of shit human trash calls Puerto Rico “trash”. Republicans are shit 💩

[–] sploosh 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

But... PR is part of the US and is a wonderful place full of kind people. I spent one of the best vacations of my life there going all the way around the island (and Culebra!) and it was nothing but gorgeous views, great food, friendly people (it does help to speak Spanish so you understand how friendly they are) and relaxing days.

And that was when the country was getting rocked by earthquakes and had recently been battered by a few climate-change monster hurricanes. Screw people who hate on PR, that place rocks and is more resilient than your average conservative commentator.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

This was such a weird choice, when the GOP was already getting more Latino support than previously... Wouldn't they want to court these people? Why would they straight up insult an entire voting bloc (one that experts have said could decide the outcome) this close to an election??

I know it's most likely just racism and stupidity, but I couldn't help but think that this dude did this on purpose to get less people to vote Republican? I mean, why else would they do this?

I previously knew this dude from his name, as the guy who writes most people's (particularly non-comedians) insult jokes at Roasts. I'm kind of surprised (but not really, I believe he hangs/hung around Rogan) he's a Trump supporter given the type of material he's written in the past.

I'm not a fan of Roasts, but I'm pretty sure this dude was supposed to be considered like the best at that. At least previously.

Maybe someone who knows more about this guy can weigh in on it. It's probably just racism if I'm being real.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 20 points 1 month ago

After the 2012 loss to Obama, the RNC commissioned an investigation into what they could do better. It said, effectively, stop being racist, embrace immigrants, and ease off on abortion.

They promptly threw it in the garbage.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

What a fucking cunt Jesus Christ. The racist rhetoric has really stepped up these past few months since there’s been 0 consequences

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The joke only works if you understand that it's not true and that no one can obviously believe it.

If it's done where you and everyone thinks it's true, you're at a Klan rally or probably at the comedy mothership or something.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (4 children)

His "act" was only racist stuff. Republicans seems to believe decomplexed racism is comedy.

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[–] MehBlah 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Well they can't vote for president. Unless the move to to the fifty states of confusion.

Right after Hurricane Irma hit Puerto Rico in 2017 I was at the local dount shop. All the local cofee drinker/maga's were there and this one POS was going on and on about how none of those filthy people were gonna come here and live off his tax dollars. It was so stupid that I laughed. This dipshit asked me with a swagger in his voice what was so funny. I informed him that any one of them could get on a plane and come to the US. As soon as they changed their drivers license address they could register to vote. One or two of his asshole buddies confirmed that it was true and he was simply floored. Flummoxed is the best way to describe him.

He reminded me of this guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmvR0VkYuDs

Edit: changed a f to a r

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I used to know someone who is half Puerto Rican, her dad is a marine, her mom is full PR. And they are ALL hardcore right wingers.

Even they wouldn't switch votes after this.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Surely he didn't mean me, he meant those other sons of bitches who happen to look like me." - Idiots practicing idiot logic.

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[–] beebarfbadger 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Because Puerto Ricans can't vote, right ?

[–] Nuke_the_whales 11 points 1 month ago

Taxation without representation? There should be a thing about that

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[–] NutWrench 13 points 1 month ago

So is Donald Trump "presidential" yet? Trump will never get a bigger or better venue than Madison Square Garden between now and the election and THIS is the stupid shit he is going with.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Folks in Puerto Rico when they’re admitted as a state: “he tells it like it is.”

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