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submitted 5 months ago by Clbull@lemmy.world to c/music@lemmy.world

Jack Black announced on Instagram that he's cancelled the rest of the Tenacious D world tour and placed future projects on hiatus.

This happened after his bandmate Kyle Gass sparked controversy by commenting on the recent Donald Trump assassination attempt.

At their recent Sydney show, Kyle Gass was given a birthday cake and asked to make a wish for his 64th birthday, to which he said "Don't miss Trump next time."

In his later statement, Black said he was "blindsided" by his bandmate's comment and condemned any calls for political violence.

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[-] Zorque@lemmy.world -4 points 5 months ago

Advocating shooting someone is just "mean things" now?

I understand the sentiment, but it doesn't all fall under the same umbrella. Saying he has small hands and advocating that someone shoot him dead are not the same thing.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 38 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I understand your sentiment as well, but it gets old seeing so much hand-wringing about advocating violence against a fascist who advocates violence while giving his violent followers a pass. "Oh, that's just how they are! We have to coddle them or they'll kill people! But you're terrible!"

Yeah, Trump was mid-speech "here's how we're going to deport every single just-minding-their-own-business brown family from our country" when he got shot, too.

Not that that was why he got shot, but it does make all the handwringing funnier.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Apparently turning his head to check his immigration notes saved his life. This is how we know there is no god.

[-] Kedly@lemm.ee 8 points 5 months ago

I get that its a heavily inappropriate thing to say right now, but at the end of the day it's an edgy joke, and while ending the tour because of security concerns (and pr concerns) makes sense, cutting all professional ties with the guy seems a bit extreme, especially since he's already apologized

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