• scarabic@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Jim Jefferies disappeared from the Riyadh festival lineup after he said on Theo Von’s podcast: ‘One reporter was killed by the [Saudi] government – unfortunate, but not a fucking hill that I’m gonna die on.’

    What a fucking loser. He threw his soul away AND lost the payday. Lose-lose fucking loser.

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      14 days ago

      The rest is even more cringy

      “arguing it is for the greater good that “freedom-of-speech machines” such as himself bestow their “edgy” material on the kingdom and its subjects.”

      It is one thing to sell your soul for money (or try anyways lol) but it is an entirely another level of loser quality to pretend like you are fighting for freedom while doing it.

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        14 days ago

        chapelles reason was pretty obvious, hes a transphobe, that was mad when he cant say transphobic jokes, and SA allows him to be transphobic as much as he wants.

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          13 days ago

          What I find most weird about him choosing to die on that hill is it wasn’t even a good transphobic joke.

          Literally just hurr durr she has a dick.

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        14 days ago

        Comedians understanding that they’re less significant of a form of free speech to society than a free and independent press is basically impossible for some reason.