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Jack Black announced on Instagram that he's cancelled the rest of the Tenacious D world tour and placed future projects on hiatus.

This happened after his bandmate Kyle Gass sparked controversy by commenting on the recent Donald Trump assassination attempt.

At their recent Sydney show, Kyle Gass was given a birthday cake and asked to make a wish for his 64th birthday, to which he said "Don't miss Trump next time."

In his later statement, Black said he was "blindsided" by his bandmate's comment and condemned any calls for political violence.

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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 44 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Maybe. It seems like a bit of an overreaction to me, and I really don't like the idea that we can't say mean things about their god emperor because they'll get mad and be violent. Has Muslim and Mohammed vibes.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I really don’t like the idea that we can’t say mean things about their god emperor because they’ll get mad and be violent

I don't like it either. But that's stocastic terrorism for you. It's anti-populist and anti-liberty by design.

Only solution is to police the fascists until they're more scared of you than you are of them. And that doesn't work if the cops are on the fascists' side.

Has Muslim and Mohammed vibes.

No shortage of Christian terrorism. Just ask any abortion clinic nurse.

[–] EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No shortage of Christian terrorism. Just ask any abortion clinic nurse.

The clinic that did the selective termination that saved my twins' lives had to be so cloak and dagger about their stuff that we literally had no idea we were showing up to the termination until they're wheeling my wife back to surgery. It's one of the only clinics in the state that even does the procedure we needed to my knowledge. That's how many bomb threats, arson and assassination attempts they deal with.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

Serious question, if you don't mind. How did a selective termination save twins' lives? Was your wife originally carrying triplets or quadruplets in a high-risk pregnancy? I'm entirely pro-choice, the wording is just a little odd and I'm having a hard time parsing the meaning.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Ah but it is the liberals who are fostering an environment of violence

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world -4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Advocating shooting someone is just "mean things" now?

I understand the sentiment, but it doesn't all fall under the same umbrella. Saying he has small hands and advocating that someone shoot him dead are not the same thing.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 38 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I understand your sentiment as well, but it gets old seeing so much hand-wringing about advocating violence against a fascist who advocates violence while giving his violent followers a pass. "Oh, that's just how they are! We have to coddle them or they'll kill people! But you're terrible!"

[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, Trump was mid-speech "here's how we're going to deport every single just-minding-their-own-business brown family from our country" when he got shot, too.

Not that that was why he got shot, but it does make all the handwringing funnier.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Apparently turning his head to check his immigration notes saved his life. This is how we know there is no god.

[–] Kedly@lemm.ee 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I get that its a heavily inappropriate thing to say right now, but at the end of the day it's an edgy joke, and while ending the tour because of security concerns (and pr concerns) makes sense, cutting all professional ties with the guy seems a bit extreme, especially since he's already apologized