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[–] sploosh 25 points 1 day ago (5 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 d 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] 68 points 1 day ago (15 children)

Jfc, they're USA citizens. Ffs.

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[–] hperrin 194 points 2 days 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] 37 points 1 day 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] 74 points 1 day 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] 62 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] Throw_away_migrator 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

When punching up it's funny, punching down is called bullying

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because it's full of Mexicans 😂🤣😂

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

And the president is Hugo Chavez 🇵🇪

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[–] owenfromcanada 125 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

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

Edit: /s

[–] [email protected] 80 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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

[–] owenfromcanada 52 points 2 days ago

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

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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

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[–] RangerJosie 29 points 2 days 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 day 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] 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 day 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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[–] MehBlah 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I have Republican acquaintances who still make Clinton/Lewinsky jokes. Actually funny comedy is not their forte.

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

Reminds me of this classic greentext

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 2 days 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.

[–] Illuminostro 35 points 2 days ago

He's auditioning for a job with Shaprio's outfit, or some other similar conservative shitpile. It's not a coincidence that 99% of Right Wing grifters are failures in the entertainment business. Failed actors, comedians, screenwriters, musicians. They're all narcissists, and more than a little psychopathic. They all think cruelty = comedy. They're shitty human beings who should be ostracized.

[–] Xanthrax 56 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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.

[–] auzy 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That's spot on.

If you look at actual funny people, they've worked out a way to do it without being heavily racist.

If you look at shows like Brooklyn 99, they did an amazing job at respecting everyone whilst being hilarious. The parts of this nonsense I saw, was just cringe. It seemed like they were trying more to advertise racism than going for humor, because even my mates are funnier and they're not professionals

It feels like they were probably surrounded by yes men their whole lives so have lost touch

[–] NutWrench 13 points 1 day 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.

[–] niktemadur 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It doesn't matter. It won't compel any of these mouth-breathing, lazy bOtH pArTiEs ArE tHe SaMe LoL retards to go out and vote Democrat. Nothing will.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There are large number of Puerto Ricans in many swing states (+ important downballot races), and Republicans have been trying to court their vote. This isn't doing them any favors

Peurto Ricans by state

  • Pennsylvania: 450k
  • North Carolina: 100k
  • Wisconsin: 65k
  • Michigan: 50k
  • Florida: 1.1 million
  • New York: 1 million

It doesn't even have to change minds all that much to matter. If any trump-leaning Puerto Ricans just don't turnout, it matters a lot

[–] niktemadur 10 points 1 day ago

Of course I hope you are right, but if after the past decade and everything that has happened, that has been said, this election seems to be in a dead heat instead of Harris/Waltz winning by anything other than a landslide, I hold no illusions about the intelligence and decency of the "average" american voter, these people are already dead inside, or at least not too far removed from illiterate medieval peasants, easily dazzled by bullshit and god-kings with magic political wands... abraca-fucking-dabra.

[–] grue 34 points 2 days ago

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

Little piss-baby cowards.

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