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Tenacious D’s Newcastle show postponed after comment about Trump assassination attempt

The latest show on Tenacious D’s Australian tour has been postponed after senator Ralph Babet demanded the pair be deported following an apparent joke about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.

American comedy rock duo Jack Black and Kyle Gass were due to perform in Newcastle on Tuesday evening, but the show – part of the band’s Spicy Meatball Tour – was cancelled without notice on Tuesday afternoon.

Concert promoter Frontier Touring said on social media that it regretted “to advise that Tenacious D’s concert tonight at Newcastle Entertainment Centre has been postponed”.

Video from the event showed (Kyle) Gass being presented with a birthday cake and told to “make a wish” as he blew out the candles. Gass then appeared to say “don’t miss Trump next time” – just hours after the shooting at Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania that left the former president injured.

pH3ra ,
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If I didn’t know better, I’d say they are trying to cancel Tenacious D…

rainynight65 ,

The idiocy is that the same people who normally advocate for freedom of speech and freedom of consequences, who oppose what they call ‘cancel culture’, and who think that you should be able to say anything you want, who don’t believe that words have impact - they’re the exact same people who are getting all hot under the collar over this, and are more than happy for this particular speech to have consequences.

You can’t have it any which way. I don’t condone what Kyle Gas’s said, but it’s interesting if not disturbing to see who’s the loudest in advocating for severe consequences.

Read up a bit about Ralph Babet and you’ll see what a massive hypocrite the guy is.

febra ,

Oh no political violence is so bad!

Go tell that the bombed out kids in Afghanistan and to all the innocents from all over the world. Cry me a river, cause I won’t shed a tear over a self proclaimed wannabe dictator. You get what you sow.

Shampiss ,

The point here is not that this comment hurts trump in some way. But that it hurts democracy. It favors violence over reason.

Many believe that the world might be better if trump was dead, but on the other side, if assassination is an acceptable solution to politics then democracy is destroyed.

The people that are against Trump are also against fascism. And supporting his murder is contradictory and essentially hurts your own cause.

Choosing to be fair and respectful to your enemy is the best course of action. Even though it might be extremely frustrating.

febra ,

I don’t trust neoliberal democracy. It has killed far too many innocents all across the world, so I personally don’t care, but I understand if others do.

mombutt_long_and_low ,

“First Amendment rights for me, but not for thee.”

CableMonster ,

I thought we were going with “freedom of speech not freedom from consequences”?

girlfreddy OP ,
@girlfreddy@lemmy.ca avatar

This was in Australia, who don’t have a First Amendment.

Raiderkev ,

Oh I’m sorry, I thought this was America!

Gradually_Adjusting ,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

This joke turned my whole day around

EdgeOfDistraction ,

We don’t have free speech in our constitution, but we have protection of free speech in common law, unless it’s explicitly banned by legislation, like some hate speech is.

EatATaco ,

I would think asking for someone to be shot is kind of hate speech. Even in the US where there is explicitly free speech, that could get you arrested if it was believed it incited someone to actually do it. Like Trump did not attack the capitol that day, but he certainly should be held accountable for inciting it with his speech.

JustZ ,
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Big difference between an offhand comment at a comedy concert and having a sitting president invite an assemblage of men for the purpose of “taking back the country,” especially when Trump and his cronies were part of a conspiracy to overthrow the government known as the 1776 plan..

Making an offhand remark at a comedy show without any imminent means or opportunity to act on the threat doesn’t create an illegal conspiracy. It’s not even a threat, as it totally lacks imminence. On January 6, Trump threatened the capital, the vice president, the Congress, the supreme Court, and the state department, while he stood before an angry mob, hundreds of steps away from these targets.

The only reason that coup attempt failed is because Trump was unable to convince a secret service and capital police to remove their metal detectors from the mall. Now they have project 2025, which aims to purge the government from anyone such as a secret service or Capitol Police Commander who puts the interests of America before the interests of one orange person.

Deceptichum ,
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Hate speech needs to target a group of people’s.

Hating Trump is fine, he’s not a group of people in need of protection, he’s an individual and being judged for his actions.

Blackbeard ,
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cAnCeL CuLtUrE11!!! fReEzE pEaCh!!!@

Sanctus ,
@Sanctus@lemmy.world avatar

I fucking love you Tenacious D.

iheartneopets ,

Well. Half of Tenacious D. The other half is making posts on his Instagram like this:

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TexMexBazooka ,

That reads like a PR firm posting for him

iheartneopets ,

He’s not an infant or a puppet. Anything posted for him almost certainly comes with his at least partial approval. Who do you think hires his PR firm? He does.

xenoclast ,

Oof. Coward.

iamtherealwalrus ,

Coward

Coward for having his own opinion? So anyone who doesn’t agree with you is a coward?

brognak ,

Canceling an entire tour, that people already bought tickets and travel for, over a small gaff made off the cuff by someone who has been his friend longer than a large amount of Lemmy has been alive, is fucking cowardice. And this is 100% a PR firms opinion and we will never know whatever JBs true feelings are because, again, hes a coward and will never speak out about it for fears it might upset his money train.

BruceTwarzen ,

I wish i had a time machine to kill hitler.

Hey now easy, don’t call for political violence.

postmateDumbass ,

Didn’t work when they took out Jenkins either.

p5yk0t1km1r4ge , (edited )
@p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world avatar

Anyone who sees the writing on the wall would’ve backed Kyle up. Our country is in deep trouble. I know it, Jack knows it, you know it, we all know it. The head of project 25 literally said things will “remain bloodless” in the midst of the “second American revolution” if “the left allows it”. You understand what that means right? I stand with Kyle.

iheartneopets ,

Very much agreed.

Buddahriffic ,

Damn, wasn’t expecting to lose respect for Jack Black today.

daltotron ,

throwing kyle under the bus is a classic Tenacious D bit, though

MTK ,

I might not be a fascist, but I will fight for your right to be one!

This is where we are at, we are doomed.

At least I’m a minority that will definitely be hunted first so I won’t get to suffer for long.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Nah Babet’s party are closet fascists.

SupraMario ,

An armed minority is harder to oppress! Arm yourself and train. Don’t be a soft target for them.

Rayspekt ,

Did I fucking read that right that Jack Black said “all creative plans are on hold”? Does he want to disband Tenacious D over this?

kmartburrito ,

I’m sure he’s doing damage control, so that they can talk about it behind closed doors and ensure they don’t step over that line again as a band or as individuals.

theonyltruemupf ,

It’s kind of the job of artists to step over lines every now and then. They have been outspoken about not liking fascism before, haven’t they?

kmartburrito ,

Yeah but implying, even tongue in cheek, that he wishes trump (who is an absolute garbage human being) should be shot, is not something that most celebrities want mixing up in their professional life, which I can totally understand.

Zaktor ,

Most celebrities are cowards carefully plotting a bland apolitical image to maximize ticket sales. I thought Jack Black wasn’t.

AlexanderESmith ,

Jack is absolutely doing PR damage control. Even if he agrees and thinks it's funny, that comment isn't awesome for either of their image.

Even if you hate Trump and would have been fine with him getting assassinated, you can't just go around saying shit like that. The right is (very rightly) on blast for constantly saying shit like this, and it works both ways.

I just hope they figure something out and get back on track with the tour/band.

JustAnotherRando ,

Yup, I expect they’ll lay low for a while (Jack’s got plenty of other stuff to focus on, and I’m sure he doesn’t want any of his other work impacted by blowback).

OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe ,

That’s so upsetting, mostly because fuck anyone that takes that joke as a legitimate call to violence from some of the nicest guys to have ever toured.

I think you absolutely CAN make those jokes, and you should. Nothing is ‘sacred’ as a space for jokes, and surely not the literal satanic piss stain. The ‘right’ gets put on blast for making legitimate calls to violence, and making jokes. You have to do both.

This pearl clutching over “wish he died” jokes is so stupidly puritanical. The world WOULD be a better place if he hadn’t pulled through, the same that it would have been if Bush had been taken out before the 27 middle east invasions. Same if you’d dropped Duterte off a building, Putin out of a window, Mussolini (his granddaughter, the people already got to the man himself) off a cliff. Authoritarians and warmongers and xenophobics have no place in the realm of polite, they gave up their seat, and so they can sit on the stage and be mocked for the spectacle they are.

ChickenLadyLovesLife ,

Tenacious D … ixie Chicks

Thteven ,
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Man, I gotta go out and buy their album to support these guys.

Grayox ,
@Grayox@lemmy.ml avatar

The Tenacious D movie is insanely funny, cant recommend it enough.

Zaktor ,

Jack Black is the one canceling the tour, he doesn’t deserve shit. Get it to Kyle somehow, he was dropped by his talent agency.

theacharnian ,
@theacharnian@lemmy.ca avatar

Free speech, you snowflakes.

einkorn ,
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Maybe he did miss Trump and wants to really meet him at the next opportunity? 🤔

puppy ,

You mean to say that right wing politician can’t take a joke without getting offended? What a bunch of snowflakes. Man up, facts don’t care about your feelings!

tobogganablaze ,

Based!

ColeSloth ,

Government officials get super pissed whenever the violence is aimed at them instead of the poor.

yournamehere ,

australian senator? what? who gives a shit? most ppl wish trump or the magas were dead.

OccamsRazer ,

No, actually most people aren’t blood thirsty lunatics who are willing to kill their political opposition. Most people are able to disagree with others without wanting them dead.

jordanlund ,
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The concert was in Australia, so, yeah, Australian Senator.

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