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Jack Black cancels Tenacious D tour and places future projects on hold after Kyle Gass comments on Trump (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 months ago (4 children)

This is a good take, but I really fucking hate the constant "we go high" shit.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

we're so fucking high right now we can't see the people below being eaten alive and actual Nazi flags being flown to scare people from voting. but hey, it's cooler up here.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I really fucking hate the constant “we go high” shit.

The guy that took a shot at Trump was a Republican. And the guy who would have inevitably driven a car-sized fertilizer bomb into a crowd of Tenacious D fans would also be a Republican.

This isn't "going high", its self-preservation. We live in a fascist country swarming with fascist cops and fascist vigilantes, and we need to fucking act like it. Every concert going forward would have had insane security costs because of this one off-handed remark.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Shit is so dark right now. The rational, empathetic person in me is still very much in control, and agrees with you. But the geopolitical realist in me is quietly whispering "Kyle has chosen the path of martyrdom."

The thing is, our opposition is not rational or empathetic.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Biden's speech at the NAACP was pretty good, and his calls to revamp the Supreme Court and make a new amendment were pretty cool

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago

Well, seeing as going low does nothing but exacerbate this whole "us vs. them" mentality we have right now, which is how we're stuck in this situation in the first place... maybe get the fuck over it?