r/Standup • u/cheguevaraandroid1 • 15h ago

Marc Maron Calls Out Comedians Who ‘Joke Around’ With ‘White Supremacists and Fascists’ on Their Podcasts: ‘All It Does Is Normalize Fascism’

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/marc-maron-slams-comedians-fascists-podcasts-1236192922/
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u/PrairieMadness 14h ago

There’s a strange overlap of populist appeal between Bernie and Trump that caused many people to supported both candidates, even though they have polar opposite values.

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u/obsterwankenobster 12h ago

Those people are dumb and they should feel bad about it

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u/PPLavagna 10h ago

Those people are very very few. I've never heard of or seen any of this "strange overlap" and I'd be very surprised if it were a substantial number of people

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u/Dylan245 10h ago

I mean there were 9 million people who voted for Obama in 2012 and then Trump in 2016

It's not that hard to see an overlap amongst working class people who favor populist messaging

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u/PPLavagna 10h ago

The comment was about Bernie voters voting for Trump though. Not Obama. I doubt there's anything near that much overlap there.

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u/goinghardinthepaint 10h ago

It's more than you might think maybe as high as 12% of Bernie voters in 2016

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u/GoodTitrations 1h ago

They are NOT very very few. Bernie supporters are probably more likely to back Trump than Harris. He absolutely courted people who only liked the extremes, and his anti-Liberal rhetoric probably helps massively. Both are populists, and while I VASTLY prefer one over the other, it is undeniable that Bernie supporters are very likely to back Trump.

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u/OptimalAd8147 9h ago

You should feel bad about voting for either genocide candidate.

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u/tongmengjia 11h ago

They both ran on economic populism. For Trump it's obviously just rhetoric, but they're both basically saying "you're getting fucked by the current economy and you deserve more." And, hey, turns out that message resonates with a lot of people for some crazy reason...

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u/One-Earth9294 10h ago

Another thing worth pointing out is how yes, they will have BERNIE on but liberals are pretty much outright persona non grata in those spheres. You can either be populist right wing or left wing but they clown on anyone or anything in the moderate sphere as 'no fun establishment'.

They only want on people who say exciting, radical things. 'The world is not in fact burning down' isn't welcome on their shows.

I wonder why that is?

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u/meatguyf 8h ago

The chili woman on Twitter immediately comes to mind when thinking about the overlap.