There are levels of racism. No one forgets the 1994 crime bill, but Joe Biden isn’t out there applauding ‘very fine people’.
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Do Americans actually find SNL funny? I'm a Brit so I've never understood if there's some cultural thing at play or it's just terrible.
Levels people are willing to overlook, hence me asking for clarity over who the terrible people 'happy to turn a blind eye to blatant, overt racism' voted for.
I have the same exact feeling. I guess the big thing about it is that it's live. Or something.
I'm waiting for the reaction from Republicans when Trump begins to use/sell the information he gets from continuing intelligence briefings.
(assuming of course that he hasn't already been doing so)
(assuming of course that he hasn't already been doing so)
So...we're back to my initial argument again which is in the spirit of your post. I quoted NoLogo who claimed 72M people thought it was totally cool, to which I responded that's oversimplifying it.
I agree though that they overlook racism for personal priorities.
You can quibble about whether Joe Biden has changed during those 26 years, but racial animosity isn’t a part of the political message he ran on in 2020. The same excuse doesn’t extend to Trump, just watch the RNC again.
To think this guy was NY mayor...
As a fellow Brit I can't speak for Americans but I just found this quite delicious with the throw-back to Ace Ventura at the end.
It goes in waves. The early 90's were awesome.
From 91-92 alone you had: Phil Hartman, Dana Carvey, Mike Myers, Chris Farley, Victoria Jackson, Kevin Nealon, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Adam Sandler and Tim Meadows.
Late 90's and early 2000's starred Will Farrell, Jimmy Fallon, Molly Shannon, Tracy Morgan and Tina Fey
There were some real dog years though
If you agree then you basically had issue with his choice of words rather than substance.
No clean politician. If they're clean chances are they're stopped at county level at best.
But there are limits even you dont cross.
If we want to play whataboutism we won't have a president
The last line is unbelievable.
Not really. Massively oversimplification.Whilst I would agree that it's an over-simplification, the following still holds true...
Hypothetical...
If one party had me believe my tax would go up, my current civil liberties would be infringed upon, my business is at risk of temporary closure, and that unchecked immigration would see the environment I know and loved, changed forever.... I’d probably be able to ignore the racism.
Key line there is ‘Had me believe’. I could absolutely rationalise voting for someone racist if it protected my personal situation.
All of us have these kind of internal battles.
I’ve travelled extensively around America (but nothing like enough). 40-50 year old Republican Conservatives just remind me of my 85 year old grandfather (would have been 94 now). Heck, my father had some terrible views just 20 years ago.
Reducing America’s problems to sentence on a sandwich board... is evidence of the cause of those problems.
Correct.
Its just real sad. He used to be one of America's most respected politicians.
Calling on @KirkDuyt and @calodo2003, this is where the Twitter world needs you to combine to form a Flaming Bag O Dicks. Do it for the children!
Slightly off topic but what's with the blowjob Kushner reference I keep seeing? 
The problem is you being a brit
All I know is he was a driving factor into fighting the Mafia in NYC. Don't know anything about his mayor reign though, how do New Yorkers think about him?
"Well I tell you what, if you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black." and telling someone they should vote for Trump for daring to criticize the (definitely not racist) Obama-era deportations were both during this election, right?
If he's changed it's certainly subtle, I give you that.
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Rob Schneider the carrot? I thought he was considered a global joke.
Its not just Bidens problem.
But he's our global joke
America is way too big. Shouldn’t be one country.
Sat in London right now, I can appreciate the difference between my views of Abortion, and Ireland’s. I can understand my views on Immigrants vs both Northern France and Southern France.
I freely accept that I should not be able to vote to decide their lived existence. That would be nuts. In America, that’s life. They are not a homogenous people.
There’s this idea that Democrats are good and progressive and that Republicans are bad. On policy, I’d agree. But people don’t vote on policy.
If I was broke down in the middle of nowhere and knocked on a door, I know that Republican or Democrat is not the deciding factor in whether they let me on to use the phone. It’s where I am in that country.
This man is an utter cnut
It's very hit and miss and depends on who they have on, but Alec Baldwin is almost always worth a watch for his Trump.
I see you went to the Red Dreams School of Paragraphing.
Any chance Jared could hurry the feck up? He approaches slower than Nevada counts ballots.
Whats Irelands views on abortion?
Yes, because he needs an opening argument for those Court appearances.
I can't believe how far Giuliani has fallen, considering he was an admired leader immediately after 9/11.
If this country split in 2 based on political leanings I do believe my Trump loving brothers and sisters would come in for a shock. I think (so please don't take this as 100% fact) I read that somewhere in the range of 70+% of the USA's GDP comes from blue states. Most red states (maybe not Texas??) are net takers from the federal government (i.e. they receive more in funding then they pay in). This fact always makes me chuckle when I see conservatives rail about socialism and wealth redistribution.
So many big names and now for the most part the longest person on the show consecutively is Kenan, about as funny as an ant.
SNL is only really good for its hosts monologues and a few skits but it really has been living off the coat tails from yesteryear, now it reminds me of one those really bad comedy clubs off the beaten path in the city that you pay $25 and immediately walk out after smelling like cigar smoke and cheap whiskey
And remember Rudy 'Truth Isn't Truth.'
He's obviously mentally ill and should be protected from himself. That landscaping presser was insane. Absolute nutter.
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