• jayk@lemmy.ca
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    15 hours ago

    this is the second time he’s changed his mind on this particular issue. After a certain point I wonder why we’re still listening to him

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      He’s a total asshole. He may have had the show, but standup isn’t funny and his personal life and stances are questionable. I’d be glad if he just disappeared without a peep. That whiny nasally “I hate everything boo hoo” attitude.

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      I think he was trying to get a buzz for his stand-up by going anti-woke. Then those people didn’t show up for him because they are still laughing at Rob Schneider.

      After Jerry realized his mistake, he figured he would say he grew and learned to help any damage control. I don’t think people really care enough about him for this, but he is rich enough to have people tell him.

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        What mistake would he need to be concerned about? Jerry has more money than he can spend. I seriously doubt his income is a motivating factor here but I could be wrong.

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      Wait, you wonder why we’re still listening to Jerry Seinfeld about comedy?

      Like, I don’t agree with the guy and I don’t think everything he does is funny, but… I mean, I’m a contrarian nerd on the Internet and even I would think about that one twice.

      For what it’s worth, you can change your mind on things as often as you want. Hell, I’ll take older rich guys walking back their slow drift rightwards as many times as is necessary.

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        He’s flip-flopped on his bigoted views before. This isn’t the first time and it probably won’t be the last time he does this.

        He’s not changing any more than any other right-wing bigot. He’s a conservative. Every word uttered by a conservative is deception or manipulation. In this case, it’s both.

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          Cool.

          Please, conservatives, continue to deceive and manipulate us by loudly agreeing with us in public. Much obliged.

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            He’s not agreeing with us. He’s still a conservative dickbag whose words are an attempt to maintain his relevance among his peers. He’s aways been a bigot. That is not going to change.

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              Yeah, but I don’t care, he’s saying he does.

              So yeah, cool, Jerry, keep doing that. Love you, Jer. Good job. Totally maintaining that relevance among your peers by doing that. You should go drive an expensive car to get coffee and tell people that more or something.

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        I don’t trust it, they turn left and make a walking motion only to start moon walking. Lip service doesn’t mean shit until I see actual actions.

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          OK, this thread is increasingly more interesting to me as a snapshot of people’s perception and less about anything Seinfeld does.

          So… we all understand that other people’s opinions aren’t held as an attempt to get our personal validation, right?

          Like, we’re not the adjudicators? Turns out right wing people don’t need our permission. Shockingly, they don’t even want it. The absolute hubris, I know.

          Believe it or not, Seinfeld’s status is not dependent on convincing any of us here that he has changed his mind on this one thing he said once. The right level of scrutiny of this statement is “Cool, I guess”, not “Well, Jerry, I’m going to need you to take some steps to rebuild this relationship”.

          It’s good when older men drifting right stop drifting right in that they become less annoying at family dinners and, if they’re famous, they stop disseminating right wing propaganda. That’s it. That’s why. It’s not a test and we’re not grading it.