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      He made a joke saying he wished the assassination attempt on Trump was successful. I think you’re down playing that by just calling it a joke. I think it’s fine to hate Trump, but as a public figure it’s probably not a great idea to encourage assassination attempts on an ex president.

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        Get off your high horse. The former president is out there talking about sending the military for anyone who doesn’t agree with their platform.

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          He has a personal armed guard that’s legally obligated to keep him safe., way more resources to make that happen, and is very likely riddled with brain worms. Not a great meat sack to compare a sane person to.

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          If Jack Black was doing anything but a world tour with a fucking comedy rock band it’d be different, but he’ll always be a poser now.

          Bro couldn’t even do parody rock right he was clutching pearls so hard.

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        Too bad the ex president making comments about assassination on various groups he’s against is pretty much ignored these days. But don’t you dare make such a joke about his life not being as valued.

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          Yeah, sure, and everyone is entitled to their opinion on this matter, but the fact is, as a public figure, you risk a LOT by saying such a thing.

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          Yeah, now say that on a literal stage, with a microphone, in front of thousands, while the whole thing is being recorded.

          Oh and you’re famous enough that it would be trivial for a pissed off crazy person with a gun to figure out where you and your children live.

          I’m certain the first thing that came to mind wasn’t money.

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      Yeah, safe to say you don’t know why the joke was an issue. It wasn’t a “Trump joke”, it was an “endorsing assasaination” joke.

      Yeah, it’s a joke, yeah it was funny to me personally (I might have made the same joke), but you cannot say certain jokes publicly as a public figure.