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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAustralian Comic Who Smacked The NRA Around Just Tore Trump to SHREDS (VIDEO)
In 2014, Australian comedian Jim Jeffries sent the Right into an apoplectic rage after the release of his Netflix comedy special, Bare. What could a comic from Australia possibly do that would so aggravate the Stupid Part of America? He hammered the NRA and its vapid and willfully moronic followers so hard that he won an award for it.
I am all for your Second Amendment rights, I think you should be able to have guns. Its in your constitution, Jefferies said, in part, during his routine. What I am not for is bullsh*t arguments and lies. There is one argument and one argument alone for having a gun and this is the argument: F*ck off, I like guns. Its not the best argument, but its all youve got.
Jeffries remarks went viral after a right-wing gun enthusiast obsessed with the Illuminati, stormed the campus of Umpqua Community College in Oregon and slaughtered nine people. In his new Netflix special, Freedumb, he revisits his experience since video of his act went viral. Jeffries tells the audience that he still receives between 20 and more than 700 missives (including many death threats) from pissed-off Responsible Gun Owners with nothing better to do than write a comedian to tell him how much they hate his material.
And hes about to get a lot more after taking on our current national disaster: Donald Trump.
He began by addressing Trumps stupid, stupid, fan base:
What happens is he says really simple shit that means nothing and then f*cking dummies If you have ever said this sentence: I like him because hes a straight talker, youre as dumb as shit. Just because someone says something simple that you understand doesnt mean theyre a straight talker. You can say something complex and be telling the truth.
http://winningdemocrats.com/australian-comic-who-smacked-the-nra-around-just-tore-trump-to-shreds-video/
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Australian Comic Who Smacked The NRA Around Just Tore Trump to SHREDS (VIDEO) (Original Post)
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yodermon
(6,143 posts)1. Like a kid running for class president..OMG that is perfect
wish I'd thought of that!!
MiniMe
(21,714 posts)2. "Don't be an asshole America"
trumad
(41,692 posts)3. His segment on religion is brilliant.
I love this guy!
Mister K
(450 posts)4. Wow. Very well spoken and thought out
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)5. Jefferies is a great comedian who should be more well known.
Initech
(100,068 posts)6. Jim Jeffries is awesome!