Bill is a class act. One of the best living comedians.
Bill Burr Says Stop Blaming Immigrants, Blame Billionaires | SubwayTakes Uncut [13:16]
Submitted 3 weeks ago by TehBamski@lemmy.world to videos@lemmy.world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLlSVk2IS5E
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Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I enjoy his talk show appearances, but his stand up is needlessly aggressive.
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
He’s from the Boston area. We are all needlessly aggressive.
Notyou@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Did you see the clips of him roasting the Philadelphia crowd for booing the openers for whatever show that was?
Sometimes a little aggression works.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
His most recent one was making fun of that very fact about himself. I think its safe to say hes aware.
carlossurf@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Some idiots on the right think bill bur is in the middle, how many times does he have to say fuck trump for those morons to understand. He deff not a establishment dem but he is deff a progressive
big_slap@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think they say that because he portrays himself angrily, and people on the right can really relate to that.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
“She went on ESPN and said ‘I don’t understand why female athletes don’t make as much as male athletes’ and all these men had to sit there pretending to be dumbfounded. I’m sitting at home screaming at the TV ‘BECAUSE YOU DON’T SELL ANY FUCKING TICKETS!’”
–Bill Burr.
Not exactly a bastion of blue haired “My pronouns are emdash/interrobang” leftism, is he?
Reminds me a bit of George Carlin, especially in his later years. George Carlin once did a bit about groups of people he would like to see killed in various ways, to include gun enthusiasts, helicopter parents and people who made small purchases on a credit card.
sheogorath@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
In terms of right and left he’s pretty much the center. American “centrists” are actually right wingers in other countries. Heck, even the Dems who consider themselves leftists are actually on the right.
asdfbla@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
True. What most Americans consider progressive is even center in most European countries. Like, universal public healthcare might be progressive for Americans, but even center-right parties in the EU aren’t even against that
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
not all anti-trump are leftists. plenty of center and right-leaning folks say fuck trump. not enough, but plenty.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Its not the immigrants that are the problem, its the system propped up on abusing groups that have less rights than others. Dressing it up as a humanitarian concern is a distraction from the real problem. The focus should be on companies who abuse employees.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
As someone who listens to his podcast regularly, he’s a borderline socialist at this point, but he has blinders on when it comes to “both sides” bullshit.
It’s probably because he doesn’t want to alienate half of his audience, which I get. But it’s super frustrating to hear because he’s right there.
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If they ask Bill, which the media does, he’ll tell you, “Why the fuck are you asking me?” He knows his political views are and should be meaningless. He’s a comedian. The news media is responsible for the mess we’re in, stop asking comedians what they think and stop white washing fascism.
DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
I don’t really understand this sentiment. No one is asking him to run for office. He’s an American citizen and he has a huge platform to speak on. Of course his political views have merit. You don’t have to be a political science major to talk politics. This comment section is proof of that. Obviously he is only one person and no one should be informing theirselves soley in what he has to say, but like anyone else his words aren’t meaningless.
state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
He might appear to be in the middle, because he also goes after Democrats. And while they might not be nearly as bad as the party of American fascists, Democrats are very far from being perfect. They have at most a handful of decent high profile people. Bill Burr is just reasonable and calls out assholes, no matter their affiliation.
iridebikes@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Bill is a real American. I like that he’s so anti-racist.
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
He married a black woman. You should hear his stand up talking about going to her place in Harlem. lol
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Because Bill says enough crap that aligns with right wing views that they skip the rest.
can@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
And there’s so ma y selectively edited clips of him out there. He actually brings that up in OP’s clip.
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
And he did marry a black woman so he is far from conservative.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
He just wanted his kids to be visible in the snow.
can@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I was going to say the same thing, but then JD Vance is married to a brown woman and that doesn’t seem to mean anything.
ghostlychonk@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
With how often he’s punches down on transgender people, he’s definitely not a progressive.
aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Stop blaming each other. The ones we should be blaming are the mega wealthy.
Banana@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
No war but class war
Huschke@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Exactly, all the major social conflicts are fueled by a few very powerful people to distract us from going after them.
foggianism@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“Bill Burr blurts ‘Blame Billionaires!’”
mister_flibble@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Obi@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Nice alliteration.
Wolf@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Bill Burr has been saying a lot of ‘woke’ things lately, and I’m here for it.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
can@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
ogmios@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I blame billionaires for supporting the mass import of immigrants to line their own pockets at everyone’s expense.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
blame the billionaires for using 24 hour news and social media to misdirect people’s anger with bigotry and fear mongering.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
they contribute more to the economy than they take from it
They even help prop up Social Security, since they pay into it but can’t ever collect on it.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
jobs we don’t want to do anyway
How about they pay decently for those jobs and provide decent working conditions and you’ll have plenty of people who would want to do those jobs.
But no, we must take advantage of illegal immigrants because “nobody wants to do those jobs”.
BullCrapDetekta33@lemmings.world 3 weeks ago
Billionaires want you to hate immigrants and support criminalization of migration. That’s what allows cheap labor, the threat of legal repercussion if they dare to speak up, and the racist stigma.
Beside, you’re from a first world country, they gave you crumbles from colonisation, but that’s still why you’re richer than some guy from africa. How dare you not give him the same opportunity as you?
Let people live where they want to live, idiot
BullCrapDetekta33@lemmings.world 3 weeks ago
Ah yes the rich globalists want to import brown people. We should implement socialism for the white. Maybe we could call it zinasme or something. Sozial-nazionalisme.
Cocopanda@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ve listened to Bill for decades. He’s a good guy to get advice from. He’s also a fucking but bag sometimes. But who isn’t a little nuts.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s weird, I don’t know if Bill Burr has ever made jokes that took it too far. Definitely a couple bad takes, tho. Reason it is weird is because I have an inherent distrust of Bill Burr, just can’t place why.
can@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Maybe because he’s been on Rogan’s podcast? To be fair he’s one of the few to have called him out.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“I’m not gonna sit here with no medical degree, listening to you with no medical degree” 👏
MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
My distrust comes from the ever-present possibility that his public persona is an act, because it’s Hollywood. Outside of that, the dude has always come off genuine and comes from a place of good faith. I would absolutely consider him more an ally than enemy.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
everyone’s public persona is an act.
including your own.
can@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
He hosts weekly podcasts where it’s usually just him with the occasional guest or his wife. He would have to be very committed to the act to keep it up.
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
The only thing I can remember is that he had some bad takes about cancel culture. It was pretty minor and he’s been great otherwise.
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
There’s no such thing as cancel culture, it’s celebrities being angry that they have repercussions for being shitty people. I think his frustration was with the fact that you can make one mistake and or have one quote taken out of context and people will define you based on that.
He said "You can’t take one incident or one quote and say, ‘That’s who you are.’ It took me 50 years to figure out who I am and I’ve been with me for 50 fucking years. How are you gonna figure out who I am in a joke?”
This isn’t a quote in support of Dave Chappelle of Roseanne Barr or anything like that.
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
My first thought was the whole ‘broken clock right twice per day’ spiel, but then I had the same epiphany.
Yeah that guy’s a piece of shit --> wait, he’s a piece of shit right? --> …I can’t remember why I think he’s a piece of shit… am I confusing him with someone else??
Seeing your post, there’s some Mandela shit going on here.
jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
he literally calls himself a piece of shit. thats where you got it from. but the reality afaik hes actually a decent human being.
can@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Burr is great. Especially post mushroom therapy.
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I keep hearing about the search for a liberal Rogan. But that person existed for a long time, we are just to busy talking about Rogan to see it.
SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Everyone says that, not just Burr
circledot@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Unfortunately, not everyone and not nearly enough.
Zink@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Not everyone on TV, though.
splonglo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Bill Burr is great and I don’t think I’ve ever met a guy who didn’t like him. Good politics too, and says them like a normal fucking person who can make a case without being annoying.
tane69@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Some of the weirdo ass lemmy computer janitors in this thread seem to dislike him. Which means he’s probably on the right side.
benignintervention@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The rest of this thread is bonkers. I have no idea what’s happening
TheCleric@lemmy.org 3 weeks ago
I mean, his “stop being a pussy, stupid millennials” schtick is pretty annoying. We get it, you drank from a garden hose and came home when the streetlights turned on. You’re so cool
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
He’s gotten better about that, and usually realizes halfway through a rant when he’s doing it, and shifts it to making fun of himself for being a cliche
frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 3 weeks ago
Wait, I’m a millennial and also drank from a garden hose and came home when the streetlights turned on… What does that mean for me?
tane69@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
At this point, millennials mention the garden hose shit more than gen x ever did, and are more annoying about it. Source: am millennial, have seen people make these same exact comments for over a decade now