• Dippy@beehaw.org
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      Being publicly opposed to assassination of your own government leaders is hardly sympathy. It comes down to some pretty basic principles of “don’t kill” and “don’t give the FBI a reason to knock on my door”.

      What jack black said is the celebrity equivalent of “lets be careful of what we say online”

      • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        I think you’re ascribing something to Jack Black that isn’t there. I’m genuinely upset at him for his response. I personally believe that we shouldn’t be tolerant of the intolerant, but I respect that Jack doesn’t agree with that. I strongly believe he would have reacted the same if the joke was made about a member of a minority. I can be pissed at him without jumping to this extreme of accusing him of sympathising with Nazis. You’re just doing the same thing in the opposite direction, dividing the left along ideological lines over the assassination attempt of the right-wing candidate. That is exactly what they want to happen.

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          I don’t think Jack is tolerant of the intolerant here. This seemed like a safety move. Everyone involved with their shows could be at risk from someone who hears this and makes them a target. The audience, employees at the venues etc.

          • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            The tour is in Australia. I understand the sentiment, but things here are far less charged than in the US. We also have stringent gun laws (federally) that would prevent mass violence, we haven’t had a mass shooting this century. It would require a large group of people with hand weapons to cause serious harm, but only a small minority of the hard-right, who are already an incredibly small minority here, would care that much about Donald Trump. An American presidential candidate.