Jack Black says Tenacious D will no longer tour after blowback over a comment Kyle Gass made about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
  • DessertStorms@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 个月前

    I can understand a minimum wage worker not risking their livelihood over expressing antifascist sentiment in the workplace, but that doesn’t apply to a well known multi-millionaire with a large global platform.

    He is saying loud and clear - his millions and his fame, only one of which he is at risk of losing over expressing his opinion (E: and even then, he’d get plenty of notoriety to replace it if he actually found some self respect), are more important to him than taking a stand against fascism.

    • coyotino [he/him]@beehaw.orgEnglish
      13·
      2 个月前

      his millions and his fame, only one of which he is at risk of losing over expressing his opinion

      You’re forgetting a third one: his life. The gun nuts are out there, and going up on a stage every night is exposing oneself to those gun nuts.

      • DessertStorms@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        4·
        2 个月前

        I chose to believe he is being honest about why he cancelled the tour, and it wasn’t because “I agree with my buddy, and we’re going to stay out of the limelight for a short minute to stay safe”, but because “my buddy wants a fascist dead, and I can’t be seen to agree”.

        I also find it fucking hilarious that people seriously think anyone is going to target this guy (or that he doesn’t already have/ can’t afford security), when there are significantly bigger targets out ther.

        • coyotino [he/him]@beehaw.orgEnglish
          5·
          2 个月前

          I’m not saying that it’s likely, just that it is more likely following this event. And yeah, this is absolutely showing that Jack Black is either spineless, or he’s a moderate that truly believes we can defeat fascism by simply getting out the vote. Neither reflects positively on him, but then, I wasn’t looking to Jack Black for political theory.