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[–] 62 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Bill is a class act. One of the best living comedians.

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  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    I enjoy his talk show appearances, but his stand up is needlessly aggressive.

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  • [–] 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Did you see the clips of him roasting the Philadelphia crowd for booing the openers for whatever show that was?

    Sometimes a little aggression works.

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    His most recent one was making fun of that very fact about himself. I think its safe to say hes aware.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Even that, taken at face value, was aggressive towards his wife. I'm already familiar with his angry on stage persona, but the person I was watching it with (first time viewer) left the room.

    In an interview situation he is much less angry, but also sharper and funnier.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I dont think you can say how his wife feels about it, thats sort of up to her.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    I said he was aggressive. I didn't speculate how his wife feels.

    Likely she is very familiar with his act and doesn’t give a shit (the money probably helps a lot).

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I like how you did the thing where you tell me how she feels about it again, right after saying you weren't doing that.

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  • [–] 91 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    Bill Burr is great and I don't think I've ever met a guy who didn't like him. Good politics too, and says them like a normal fucking person who can make a case without being annoying.

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  • [–] 43 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Some of the weirdo ass lemmy computer janitors in this thread seem to dislike him. Which means he’s probably on the right side.

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The rest of this thread is bonkers. I have no idea what's happening

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    unhinged people can't tolerate non-idealistic perspectives. Bill isn't a idealist, he's a pragmatic realist kind of guy.

    idealists tend to believe that any reference to a reality outside of their ideal utopia in their heads is a form of hate-speech against them.

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  • [+] -7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I mean, his “stop being a pussy, stupid millennials” schtick is pretty annoying. We get it, you drank from a garden hose and came home when the streetlights turned on. You’re so cool

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    At this point, millennials mention the garden hose shit more than gen x ever did, and are more annoying about it. Source: am millennial, have seen people make these same exact tired comments for over a decade now

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  • [–] 44 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    "Bill Burr blurts 'Blame Billionaires!'"

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  • [–] 54 points 1 year ago (25 children)

    Some idiots on the right think bill bur is in the middle, how many times does he have to say fuck trump for those morons to understand. He deff not a establishment dem but he is deff a progressive

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I think they say that because he portrays himself angrily, and people on the right can really relate to that.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    "She went on ESPN and said 'I don't understand why female athletes don't make as much as male athletes' and all these men had to sit there pretending to be dumbfounded. I'm sitting at home screaming at the TV 'BECAUSE YOU DON'T SELL ANY FUCKING TICKETS!'"

    --Bill Burr.

    Not exactly a bastion of blue haired "My pronouns are emdash/interrobang" leftism, is he?

    Reminds me a bit of George Carlin, especially in his later years. George Carlin once did a bit about groups of people he would like to see killed in various ways, to include gun enthusiasts, helicopter parents and people who made small purchases on a credit card.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    You excluded the rest where he said if woman really wanted to support them they should watch their games.

    Which is a good point. And a lot of comedy is delivery which is lost in text.

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  • Yeah, it boils down to criticizing feminists for being hypocritical, which would not be tolerated of a member of The Left^(TM)^.

    He'll also poke The Right^(TM)^ as much; all he's got to do to get people thrown out of a venue in Texas is say "I love vaccines, man."

    The dude isn't on either side, he's the kind of comedian who makes fun of abject bullshit, and abject bullshit is Not. Scarce. in 21st century America.

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  • He might appear to be in the middle, because he also goes after Democrats. And while they might not be nearly as bad as the party of American fascists, Democrats are very far from being perfect. They have at most a handful of decent high profile people. Bill Burr is just reasonable and calls out assholes, no matter their affiliation.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    And he did marry a black woman so he is far from conservative.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    He just wanted his kids to be visible in the snow.

    Edit: this is Bill Burr's own joke lol.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    As someone who listens to his podcast regularly, he's a borderline socialist at this point, but he has blinders on when it comes to "both sides" bullshit.

    It's probably because he doesn't want to alienate half of his audience, which I get. But it's super frustrating to hear because he's right there.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    If they ask Bill, which the media does, he'll tell you, "Why the fuck are you asking me?" He knows his political views are and should be meaningless. He's a comedian. The news media is responsible for the mess we're in, stop asking comedians what they think and stop white washing fascism.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I don't really understand this sentiment. No one is asking him to run for office. He's an American citizen and he has a huge platform to speak on. Of course his political views have merit. You don't have to be a political science major to talk politics. This comment section is proof of that. Obviously he is only one person and no one should be informing theirselves soley in what he has to say, but like anyone else his words aren't meaningless.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    not all anti-trump people are progressive. plenty of center and right-leaning folks say fuck trump. not enough, but plenty.

    also it’s not even progressive to say “don’t blame immigrants”. that’s just basic humanity and not letting republican fear mongering drive you rabid.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Its not the immigrants that are the problem, its the system propped up on abusing groups that have less rights than others. Dressing it up as a humanitarian concern is a distraction from the real problem. The focus should be on companies who abuse employees.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    In terms of right and left he's pretty much the center. American "centrists" are actually right wingers in other countries. Heck, even the Dems who consider themselves leftists are actually on the right.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago*

    True. What most Americans consider progressive is even center in most European countries. Like, universal public healthcare might be progressive for Americans, but even center-right parties in the EU aren't against that

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    [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    I’ve listened to Bill for decades. He’s a good guy to get advice from. He’s also a fucking but bag sometimes. But who isn’t a little nuts.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Bill Burr has been saying a lot of 'woke' things lately, and I'm here for it.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    I keep hearing about the search for a liberal Rogan. But that person existed for a long time, we are just to busy talking about Rogan to see it.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Everyone says that, not just Burr

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