They want JB to stand with KG and not apologise, regardless of if it was a joke or his actual beliefs.
I don’t know where I stand tbh, I’m all for edgy humour, and it seemed like a joke to me. So I kinda found it endearing? But I can understand JB having an issue with the statement and how it affects his persona. I feel like KG is in the wrong for putting him in this situation really
But, like…I don’t get why people are pissed with Jack specifically. They’re public personalities. Of course they have to come out and say making a joke about encouraging assassination was all a joke in poor taste or whatever PR bullshit. And it seems like the canceling of the tour was for safety reasons, not because Jack was upset with the joke. Am I wrong? What am I missing?
I don’t think you’re missing anything. They literally just want JB to stand with KG and not apologise. They’re angry at JB specifically, because conservatives attacked him over KG’s comments, as JB is the bigger more well known figure and it makes a better headline.
I feel like it’s an insane opinion if you have more than a passing of knowledge or compassion though, and I can’t give you a definite reason why this commenter in particular is raging
Someone else gave a pretty good reason in a comment. It’s basically that the media is using JB’s name to drive engagement because everyone knows him and pretty much all the people who are now pissed at Jack black are just falling for rage bait. That’s kinda the type of explanation I was looking for. It’s capitalism. Capitalism is always the root of all problems. The media needs our attention and it’s using name recognition and faux drama to get it. End of story, pretty much.
They want JB to stand with KG and not apologise, regardless of if it was a joke or his actual beliefs.
I don’t know where I stand tbh, I’m all for edgy humour, and it seemed like a joke to me. So I kinda found it endearing? But I can understand JB having an issue with the statement and how it affects his persona. I feel like KG is in the wrong for putting him in this situation really
But, like…I don’t get why people are pissed with Jack specifically. They’re public personalities. Of course they have to come out and say making a joke about encouraging assassination was all a joke in poor taste or whatever PR bullshit. And it seems like the canceling of the tour was for safety reasons, not because Jack was upset with the joke. Am I wrong? What am I missing?
I don’t think you’re missing anything. They literally just want JB to stand with KG and not apologise. They’re angry at JB specifically, because conservatives attacked him over KG’s comments, as JB is the bigger more well known figure and it makes a better headline.
I feel like it’s an insane opinion if you have more than a passing of knowledge or compassion though, and I can’t give you a definite reason why this commenter in particular is raging
Someone else gave a pretty good reason in a comment. It’s basically that the media is using JB’s name to drive engagement because everyone knows him and pretty much all the people who are now pissed at Jack black are just falling for rage bait. That’s kinda the type of explanation I was looking for. It’s capitalism. Capitalism is always the root of all problems. The media needs our attention and it’s using name recognition and faux drama to get it. End of story, pretty much.