Hinchcliffe made a series of vile comments about Latinos, Jews and Black people during Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden.
Two hours before Donald Trump was set to take the stage at Madison Square Garden in New York City, right-wing comedian Tony Hinchcliffe warmed up the crowd with a shockingly racist performance.
“Where are my proud Latinos at tonight?” Hinchcliffe asked the packed arena, eliciting scattered loud cheers. “You guys see what I mean? [The border’s] wide open. There’s so many of them.”
“These Latinos, they love making babies, too,” he added. “There’s no pulling out. They don’t do that. They come inside just like they did to our country.”
The crowd groaned and cheered as Hinchcliffe continued, saying, “Republicans are the party with a good sense of humor.”
This guy is funny and what he said was also funny. I dont understand the hate and why are they saying that trump said all those things? I feel like I'm in the twilight zone!
Hinchcliffe also referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean” and made a remark about Black people who “carved watermelons” instead of pumpkins for Halloween.
You're right, now that I've read that part, I can see why he's so funny. I mean I haven't seen a good black people/watermelon joke since at least 1953, am I right?
The jokes he makes on his show Kill Tony to other black and hispanic comedians are 10x worst. He is also so racist that he is constantly bringing new black/hispanic comedians to his platform to support them. You must be a very boring person to not see the comedy in it and only focus on racism!
If you don't understand what is racist about saying black people carve watermelons for Halloween, I think you should ask any black people you might know if that's a funny and not racist joke.
Another example that you don't understand the difference between comedy and racism.
If I go up to my black neighbors and ask them to carve a water melon instead of pumpkins I would say thats racist.
If a black dude goes to a comedy setting and hears the joke hes probably gonna laugh if he has a good sense of humor. The comedian is not a racist and is using their culture because the crowd can relate to help the joke.
What you did was to ask me to say this to a black person knowing that is racist.This makes you not only a racist (cause you only see racism) but a shitty person over all. Go fuck your self!
What people don't get is that they brought Tony (and tony went) to a political rally, a serious place, to tell really old unoriginal racial jokes. Just like that guy said to you that where a joke is told matters. A watermelon joke at a roast oriented show? Eh not the worst thing to ever happen. Telling that same joke at a rally? 😮 But the fact Tony went shows he's not joking when he says that stuff which makes him stop being a comedian and just a racist. But plenty of people will still slobber to defend it 😄
I think the setting is bad in this context. You’re right that if he was at a comedy club or on his show it would be funny but he is at a political rally. He created this set to pander to a crowd of racists. In any other context I think it’s clear it’s a routine but not here.
This is the biggest thing for me. If it was at a Kill Tony show or a comedy show then it would literally just be someone making dumb jokes. At a political rally it takes on a whole different meaning. It's leading the audience to think a certain way. Not everyone at those rally's is actually paying attention to anything other than big talking points. Saying a whole island of people are garbage is a pretty leading thing to say. It leads the audience to feel their racism is confirmed.
There's also the problem that it's just not particularly funny. Jokes that punch down on minorities are always shit. Even 'ironically' they're usually shit. It's uncreative, it's the lowest common denominator and it also tells me the people thigh-slapping their way through the comedian's set are idiots at best, straight-up racist at worst. Given the context this set took place in, I think we can safely assume the latter here.
So, how's your standup career starting off. You must be trying to get a career if you think tony hinchcliff is funny. Dudes about as funny as Carlos Mencia. And like Carlos Mencia, only exists due to the talent of other comedians.
If it was at a Kill Tony show or a comedy show then it would literally just be someone making dumb jokes. At a political rally it takes on a whole different meaning. It’s leading the audience to think a certain way. Not everyone at those rally’s is actually paying attention to anything other than big talking points. Saying a whole island of people are garbage is a pretty leading thing to say. It leads the audience to feel their racism is confirmed.
Are you saying the people that attend these shows dont know who will be speaking? Cause they do! Also what he said is a joke, its pretty racist to actually think the island is garbage like you are saying. Feel bad for people who cant take a joke!
I specifically said if it was in a different context then it would probably have been funny. Fragility doesn't enter into it. You have someone making these kinds of jokes at a political rally, it's not appropriate. You are literally too stupid to understand why that is the case.