I mean, if he said it completely seriously, and the article was published saying he had, then he later came out and said “It was just a joke guys! Jeez, so uptight!”, I’d agree with you, but it was apparently clear from the outset that it was a joke and the headline is likely intentionally written to sensationalize it. The only problem I see here is that someone at rawstory thought this was newsworthy.
That’s “a” problem to be sure, but perhaps not “the” problem. For example, every president for the past 36 years has pardoned a turkey for thanksgiving. Given the genocide of Native Americans by the US government, and the supposed occasion of Thanksgiving this seems like many smacks in many faces. Or making light of execution, which America is just one of 3 OECD countries (us, japan, and south korea) who even have capital punishment anymore, is in extremely poor taste. So joking about free speech is tone deaf I agree, but not unprecedentedly so, and not necessarily the purview of either party.
Long story short, there are bigger fish to fry, and we can’t afford to waste our anger rather than apply it where it belongs.
The problem is that he is appatently comfortable making these “jokes” in the first place.
I mean, if he said it completely seriously, and the article was published saying he had, then he later came out and said “It was just a joke guys! Jeez, so uptight!”, I’d agree with you, but it was apparently clear from the outset that it was a joke and the headline is likely intentionally written to sensationalize it. The only problem I see here is that someone at rawstory thought this was newsworthy.
They’ve been doing this since the beginning of the year.
It starts with jokes…
This is part of manufacturing consent for certain ideas in the media.
I’m not that concerned. There’s a famous Reagan joke that he did during a sound test:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kifJ_mQdpZA
I think this is the least problematic thing he has done to my knowledge
Depends on your opinions about the sanctity of sofas
That’s “a” problem to be sure, but perhaps not “the” problem. For example, every president for the past 36 years has pardoned a turkey for thanksgiving. Given the genocide of Native Americans by the US government, and the supposed occasion of Thanksgiving this seems like many smacks in many faces. Or making light of execution, which America is just one of 3 OECD countries (us, japan, and south korea) who even have capital punishment anymore, is in extremely poor taste. So joking about free speech is tone deaf I agree, but not unprecedentedly so, and not necessarily the purview of either party.
Long story short, there are bigger fish to fry, and we can’t afford to waste our anger rather than apply it where it belongs.
Of all jokes from this crowd, this one I don’t think is the kind that that’s actually a hint.