The interesting part for me is that there was no mention of this at all on his own social media. If it were not for Cheryl Hines sharing a pic, nobody would be talking about this today. That is interesting. And I've thought about what I would do, if I were doing PR for him. For me, this is different from someone's comedy being edgy. This isn't someone taking a medium that rests on pushing boundaries and wearing it clearly to push those boundaries. This feels more like Louis CK, who I just don't want to watch in anything anymore, because he made the choice to walk around women in a power differential with his dick out, and got off on it. That's not edgy, just pretty gross. He doesn't get to rest "edgy comedian skills" on that. It wasn't his comedy. It was just a bad choice. Same for Bargatze. If this were a part of his comedy, and he owned it, and it was actually clever? Not the same. This is a kind of gross choice, and I just don't want to spend time with him in my head space. It wasn't clever. It wasn't "edgy." It wasn't even funny. It was just some guy having fun on the White House lawn in a spectacle with this rotting president watching fireworks and physical violence while people can't afford to feed their children or gas up their cars to go to work. That's not comedy, PPs. That's being a human who sucks. |
We are so far beyond not sharing political views. |
Neither Dave Chapelle nor Bill Burr would EVER attend something like this. |
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Chapelle and Burr do smart comedy as performances in front of audiences. They take that sharpness and can push the bounds of acceptable topics, but they do it in a way that is intentionally provocative. It's supposed to make you laugh / make you think. There is NONE of that inherent in attending an event under your own social media blackout. Bargatze wasn't making a point, for God's sake. This wasn't edgy or provocative. This was a dude just doing what he could get away with and not talking about it. |
This was a choice. Apparently, he's been making the choice to hang out with MAGA for a long time.
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This wasn't a typical wh event. Or a "pass through" for something normal. Just because you're sane-washing this administration doesn't mean the rest of us don't see it for what it is. |
Same. |
With all the things publicly said about Trump, with all the attacks, both legally and otherwise, I don’t blame him. Look inward. |
Really? My MAGA relatives remain loud and proud. |
So you don’t think the President of the United States is obligated to act with any class or civility. You don’t believe he should ever model graciousness or being the bigger person. Because people are soooo mean to our poor widdle pwesident. We know, babe. You’re fragile as F and so is he. |
It’s a gross choice TO YOU. |
And honestly it's bizarre to put Bargatze in with them anyway. His work is totally anodyne. It's fine (I saw his movie), but it's basically the opposite of not caring about your feelings. |
I have NO regrets as well. |
The left isn’t acting with class or civility, including those in high places. What Obama set in motion against Trump and other Americans, along with the Clintons, was disgusting. |
and here we have the typical gaslighting by a RWNJ. Caring about morals and ethics is for suckers, amarite? You don't get it because you are part of the morally-bankrupt, corruption-supporting, lying-sypporting, Trump-supporting MAGA cesspool. Your opinion means exactly nothing. |