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GEORGE CARLIN: On religious hats [Zenpencils] (www.zenpencils.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Dupelet@piefed.social to c/nonpolitical_comics@piefed.social

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George Carlin (1937-2008) was an American comedian, writer, actor and is easily my favourite stand-up ever. I consider him a prophet (although he wouldn’t like to be called that) for his social, cultural and political commentary and his ability to condense the ridiculousness of humanity into hilarious and biting routines. He had a profound influence on me and my outlook on the world. Like Carlin, I was raised Catholic and growing up I noticed the same contradictions and delusional thinking that he so perfectly summarised in some of his jokes. Carlin was fearless on stage, covering everything from religion, abortion, murder, suicide, child-rearing, government, patriotism, gun-control, obesity and war. A true hero of mine.

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[–] droning_in_my_ears@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Hats are definitely optional in some of those. It's just a tradition thing

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The value of a belief system should manifest itself, and be judged by others, onlt via the actions of its adherents, and not a cheap accessory.

[–] Dupelet@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

But what about the LACK of cheap accessories?

[–] adb@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yes but then people would realize that any belief system with a sufficiently large number of adherents would have the same value, as you’ll always have some dumb schmucks behaving like shit and some good people acting in an inspiring way.

Gotta be able to categorize them somehow !! /s

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Here's George Carlin doing the racist act that made him famous.

https://youtu.be/-sx-7NucjEk?t=22

[–] adb@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh wow. That comic starts off cute but made me feel slightly uneasy (I consider myself a hardcore atheist but come on guys, just live and let live) but that video…

I feel quite able to put things back into their historical context, and genuinely thought that maybe that act wasn’t going to be so bad when he starts the US Army sergent schtick, but no… don’t find this redeemable in any way. Like you say, it’s racist, and not much else.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

I really like Carlin and I totally put that act in it's historic perspective. He was doing it on the Smothers Brothers show, and they had a long history of fighting censorship.

On the other hand, I think Carlin himself would be laughing at the people who treat him like a spiritual guide.

He was a professional entertainer, and he even had a shortlived show on Fox.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Now I want to make a church based on wearing marnificient hats, and get tax exemption status on clothing, since a nice hat requires nice clothing too.

In my country, there was a controversy with the Church of Car Repairmen, who got tax exemptions on car parts as items of worship.