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The tweet was later deleted. I don't care which political party you associate with, attacking a kid is a pretty crappy thing to do.
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The tweet was later deleted. I don't care which political party you associate with, attacking a kid is a pretty crappy thing to do.
ihateyouandeverythingyoustandfor
Hilarious call tho
GreatAlfredini
Could be worse, she could have taken away his health care.
rockpapermeow
Now lets fire Trump for his stupid ass tweets
lukemwp
I'm so tired of this political correctness! Right wing snow flakes taking our freedom of speech and ruining this country!
NickBlacksHumor
She's a comedy writer sometimes comedy falls flat... I see the humor in it but oh wells
hollowcoffee
When I first saw this I found it quite funny. I mean if he's homeschooled he's then shooting trump right. It doesn't seem like an attack.
idiotn00b
Yeah it's funny when autistic kids murder their dads, like "hey there sport what'chu doing with that gun" blam blam "huuarghgh" fucking epic
hollowcoffee
Was that supposed to make me feel bad, because I found the quotes there funnier. I'm honestly not sure if you were being sarcastic.
BattloidKouji
The "joke" doesn't even make sense in the context of Barron anyway. I get the pun, and it could have been funny, but context is important.
poopsoup48
Did you forget about the Menendez brothers? Spoiled rich kids that murdered their own parents. The original Barron Trump.
chefdp1
Because in the real world, actions have consequences. Too bad Pussy-grabber-in-chief doesn't live in the real world.
eLONSREDROCKEt
Not agreeing with her tweet but Donald mocked a disabled person in front of millions and we're coo with that? Ben Shapiro?
Vectorman2
Who is 'we'? A lot of people expressed outrage at his mocking of the reporter.
eLONSREDROCKEt
The 'we' include Ben Shapiro and myself. Since he's the person who tweeted.
Vectorman2
Oh, well glad you two are cool with it. I know a lot of people weren't.
DanielJonLarge
Everyone complains about "this generation is weak" and then gets upset about a tweet.
AvatarYangchen
It's almost like there's a lot of people who vocalize dissenting opinions. Crazy how nature do dat.
LiterallyYourGrandpa
It is a crappy thing to do, but not worth getting fired over. It is like when that women twittered an AIDS joke when she was going to africa
donutjudgeme
I disagree, because in the reak world, people get fired for aclot less.
donutjudgeme
*a lot
LiterallyYourGrandpa
I don't think it is fair to be punished for a dumb joke on twitter though. In both of those cases there were one dumb joke that costed a job
donutjudgeme
Is twitter any different from saying something to a room full of people? Because telling a super offensive joke sometimes gets people fired.
LiterallyYourGrandpa
The thing is, I don't think you should be fired for saying an offensive joke unless you have already had many warnings about it.
WhySoAnger
Want to know the difference? We all agree she fucked up and deserved punishment....We aren't supporting her and trying to make excuses
ThoraxeTheImpalerAndSteveTheVagina
There are "white kid shooter" jokes and memes on just about every black twitter dump that rolls through here, nobody says a thing about them
ThoraxeTheImpalerAndSteveTheVagina
It was a bad joke, she doesn't deserve punishment though
WhyAreYouASmugBellend
The difference to what? What are you comparing this to?
LongNamesAreStillCoolRight
Fuck that. It was a poor joke, tried by a comedian and deemed unfit. People shouldn't lose their jobs over that
onefaller
sure, it's fucked up, and sure, it's wrong, but it's still funny.
ObamaLlamaDuck
Victim of the joke is trump. It's saying nothing about Barron, rather that trump is such an asshole, even a good kid would wanna shoot him.
BleepBlorpBop
I think school shooter jokes are kind of old hat. Too normalized for the shock value yet too edgy for regular enjoyment. That's just me, tho
stoploggingmeoutImgurIfuckingswear
I feel the same about the recent spike in anti-semitic jokes. It's just old. Find something more original and funny.
BleepBlorpBop
Yeah just this cycle of self referential edgy comedy can just get stagnant and lazy. Of course if you criticize that you're "triggered"
dojan5
I'm inclined to concur, but the home-schooled part was a novel twist. At least for me.
BleepBlorpBop
The novelty is there, to be sure. She still could have done better. Maybe I'm just jaded on account of the over saturation of that material.
bubmurley
Yeah, it was definitely a good joke imo, but I agree it was pretty dickish. I guess the line has to be drawn somewhere right?
rimiku891
It's dickish, but for comedy to take place, lines cannot be drawn. It'll only hinder the process. Comics should be fighting the PC culture.
HaircutsOfNicholasCage
I don't know. If your job is to write jokes, must we agree there is a forbidden joke that if written will completely wreck your career?
HaircutsOfNicholasCage
Or could we perhaps play that "wha wha whaaa" sound, chastise her, and get on with our lives like adults?
LifeMarkers
This is shit. A funny joke and a unfunny joke come from the same place. She missed, she shouldn't be fired.
GngrbrdMan
Who gives a fuck? It was a joke, you Americans take things so seriously. You people wouldn't last 10 minutes in the southern hemisphere.
SeafartFiretruck
Easy tough guy
penultimatewarrior
Won't somebody think of the children!
Vectorman2
Is that because of all the diseases and drug cartels?
HaircutsOfNicholasCage
Don't make us come down there. I haven't heard of us dropping bombs in 30 hours; I'm getting antsy.
GngrbrdMan
Nonsense, I can almost guarantee the U.S has dropped a bomb within the last 10 mins. You guys love some good fireworks
HaircutsOfNicholasCage
Well if we haven't, it's just because the rest of the world isn't giving us enough targets.
BleepBlorpBop
It's a kid.
hearthstoneaccount3
who is costing the city of new york million to babysit him, as far as issues go the kid is a fairly big one.
BleepBlorpBop
Not his fault.
hearthstoneaccount3
kinda is, he has a choice to stay if he kicked up a big enough fuss he would be moved to DC fairly quickly.
BleepBlorpBop
K. If you think that this kid is wrong simply because he hasn't complained about his living situation then there is no point in talking. 1/2
ThEhAmStErFrOmHeLl
I don't get it it's just a joke. People are to soft
BattloidKouji
Isn't this whole "political correctness" nonsense supposedly (according to some people) the reason Trump got elected? Color me confused.
thepicklebucket
Nobody gets a free pass. Funny is funny and has a right to be said.
Actrox
Compared to Trumps tweets........Sorry but you Americans priorities are fooked.
Vectorman2
I know this is hard to believe, but SNL does not rule the country or have the ability to fire politicians
RexGraecorum
Wouldn't be the first time someone lost their job for voicing their opinion. It's a right, but as we have learned, there are consequences.
Fatpicasso
I've never seen so many snowflakes on the right until this weekend
msu14hockey
Then you haven't been paying attention. I'm not saying the left doesn't, but the right bitch and complain about everything.
kastabbin
Eh, I think it was an attempted joke. Roughly on the level of attempting a rape joke. In poor taste, sure, but I don't think malicious.
YoSoyMilk
If poor taste in tweets can get you fired then Donny boy is in deep dookie
ohmoira
Terrific
Vectorman2
I have to check again, but I don't think the President works for SNL
msu14hockey
America has higher expectations for the demeanor of our comedy writers than of our president, apparently.
Vectorman2
Again, this was one incident of a show not approving her public statements, we aren't even sure if there were warnings before this
SCOTTSTERLINGthemanthemythandthelegend
lol no he's not and won't be. If what he's said so far hasn't changed anything what makes you think it will in the future
YoSoyMilk
Hope
mikeyw
The nature of comedy is that it sometimes crosses the line. Inappropriate, yea. Firing her, ridiculous.
Javelk
So Trump can make fun of a disabled person and become President, but call out his creepy kid and get crucified. Seems legit.
Boobs4Wade
Coming from a site that glorifies dark humor. I get it, don't attack a kid. But she just took an easy jab at him. She didn't ask people
Boobs4Wade
to bring him harm. People need to chill the fuck out.
OhnnyTsunami
Shit thats brutal, but also uncalled for.
chase7436
Almost as crappy as taking the health insurance away from millions of children, or as promising to ban children for their parent's religion?
msu14hockey
Or bragging about assaulting women, creeping on teenaged models in their dressing rooms, misusing your charity...
chase7436
Mocking the disabled, attacking a war hero for his service, imprisonment, and torture while maintaining American intelligence,who refused(1)
chase7436
(2)early release due to his family heritage from prison camp, and torture, if the other Americans had to stay. Really think about that. Then
chase7436
(3)throw in the insulting of and feuding with a Gold Star family to finish the orange shit smoothie that is Trump's tiny little brain.
chase7436
Mob ties. Mob ties too, going back decades. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/donald-trump-2016-mob-organized-crime-213910
lexxible
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. I'm not his biggest fan either- that doesn't justify attacking his kid.
chase7436
Never said it did. But supporters of his who suddenly are outraged by this are fucking hypocrites.
gingerayyle
Trump does/says things that actually have an effect on ppl. She tweeted, it can be and was deleted. Not like she leads a country...
lexxible
I never said he didn't. Just that that doesn't make it okay to go after his child.
saltednutlog
He hasn't taken anybody's health insurance away, Nancy.
chase7436
Just promised to do it, and put it into action. Then put millions of women and children around the world at risk.
saltednutlog
It is more a "letter of intent" which specially states a replacement is required first. This is in line with Republican legislators' plan.
Vanamonde
We pay comedians to say outrageous things, and then get upset when they say outrageous things. It's hypocrisy.
Vectorman2
It's not hypocrisy, SNL is allowed to fire whoever they want for whatever reason they deem necessary
ACrowbarEnthusiast
Even hypocritical reasons
Vectorman2
How is it hypocritical? Their employee made an offensive tweet that reflected poorly on the show, actions have consequences
ACrowbarEnthusiast
Because you can't make a difference between what is wrong or right to joke about. It all is or it all isn't.
Vectorman2
That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard, so if someone pokes fun at your shirt you can make fun of their kid with cancer?
ShowMeYourButtonhole
Kids are off limits.
penultimatewarrior
Nothing is off limits.
ShowMeYourButtonhole
HaircutsOfNicholasCage
So says ShowMeYourButtonhole.
agluuo
What makes you think that?
thesmelge
If that is your view, you really don't want to watch anything by Frankie Boyle then.
PopeDameron44
If she had said this in a stand-up comedy routine instead of a tweet no one would have batted a fucking eye.
filthbucketsfullofpuke
Nobody would have batted an eye....or laughed.
piedpiper89
Idk, I thought it was hilarious
Mrwubbles
I think this is true but only because the internet is the internet. You can quickly say "oh my bad my bad" if the joke flops ok stage 1/2
Mrwubbles
but online people will just immediately screenshot and set that as the final word for it. Either way I think the joke is in poor taste 2/3
boogaloobear
Tell that to Michael Richards
laserleo
"viciously"
Bortus
I thought it was funny as a tweet, but i'm an asshole.
icouldntmakeitasapunker
I thought it placed her next in line for the presidency... but I too am an asshole.
kelpsie
If she said this in a stand-up routine, she's only affecting her own image. Unfortunately, she's affecting SNL's image by association.
SoMuchPooPooSon
And..?
funkrebel
The joke is amazing, its dark, takes americas darkest problems and redirects them to people who are not very likeable to create concern.
funkrebel
But, it was used in the wrong place, and boundaries are important.
tagmomg
You, er, do remember you're kinda sorta talking about a 10 year old kid being joked about here right
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MaxamillionX72
She's not a journalist, she's a comedy writer... she was a comedy writer.
PopeDameron44
As much as I would love for SNL to be a legit news outlet, she is indeed a comedian and not a journalist.
Tourto
My bad then...
iamalreadyaghost
The future looks like the movie Demolition man and that saddens me. Greetings and salutations, be well
Actrox
Compared to Trumps tweets........Sorry but you Americans priorities are fooked.
iamalreadyaghost
Good point
Anyswingingdick
Thanks for generalizing 300 million people.
MooseGoneMeh
The boy is 10 for Christ's sake.
Theonlynameicouldreallycomeupwith
Oh jesus christ shut up
moxymox
And if she said between chorus and verse during her Super Bowl halftime number people woulda freaked out. Context is important, I guess?
BigEasyZuka
There is an expectation and acceptance of that in comedy settings, not on national media settings. Comedy is a whole different environment
Showsyerhaggis
But what about tweets from established comedians?
PopeDameron44
Lmao @ twitter being a "national media setting."
BigEasyZuka
But my real main point was that she is a writer for one of the largest or at least most well known shows in the U.S. so she has a
BigEasyZuka
Bit more responsibility when it comes to representing her workplace.
BigEasyZuka
I mean Twitter is social media and it is nationally available... So yea.
tomtastic687
I mean, he's just a kid, can't we leave people's kids out of the politics?
natabus
We ought to, but there's no law about it... so we use other forms than law. Custom. Normative behavior. Shaming. And it is shameful.
HaircutsOfNicholasCage
Because everyone was shocked and outraged at people trashing Chelsea Clinton this year, right?
tomtastic687
Chelsea falls outside of my statement, as she is an adult, I was specifically referring to the fact that he is a child, a minor.
TactileEnvelope
Isn't she an adult? There's a difference between Chelsea Clinton and a ten year old. Adults are, by most measures, fair game.
msu14hockey
We could go back to when people insulted Chelsea Clinton as a kid, too...
TactileEnvelope
And by and far I think you'll find most people think that's unacceptable. I certainly do.
HaircutsOfNicholasCage
But attacking someone's kids to get at them is dirty either way, is it not?
TactileEnvelope
Until they enter the political arena on their own volition, agreed. Some of the elder trump children, for example, are subject to criticism.
TactileEnvelope
Just not the ten year old.
HaircutsOfNicholasCage
Oh, yes. You don't get the question. As adults they are obviously open to criticism. But if they are attacked to get at their parents...