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[–] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 36 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean it's not even that he went to Saudi Arabia and did this absurd show. It's how he handled the Fallout. If he had just handled it like a comedian by making a joke he probably would have been fine. He said "I'm sorry but you know I needed the money have you see my wife's Instagram page?" Or something like that he probably could have emerge somewhat unscathed. Battered but unbroken. But the way he handle it was just so tone deaf and so patronizing and so God damn absurd that a lot of it just had to tune out.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

What way did he handle it?

[–] guitarfosec@infosec.pub 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That was my gripe, too. Any one of them could have said, “I know it’s an awful regime, but I went to go give a lot of regular Saudis who live in an oppressive state a chance to laugh and have some real fun.” and I would have said, “You know, that’s fair.”, but for some reason not a single one of them did.

[–] fourtonetiger@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't know all the details, but I get the feeling the oppressed class weren't in attendance.

[–] guitarfosec@infosec.pub 1 points 2 weeks ago