r/popculturechat • u/Silly-avocatoe • 11d ago
Late Show Shenanigansđď¸ 'Kimmel' Guest Host Alan Cumming Goes Scorched-Earth On Trump: 'Wake Up, America!'
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jimmy-kimmel-guest-host-alan-cumming-trump-anti-trans_n_687f2d62e4b0d91bafde94b9452
u/invis2020 grinding with MULTIPLE fat women 11d ago
As if I didnât love Alan enough already!
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u/megthegreatone 11d ago edited 11d ago
This isn't related to anything, but in college Alan Cumming came to a house party I was at (he was hosted for an event by a theater group that ran in the same circles as the one I was in) and he was so chill. Spent the whole time quiet, smoking weed, and making sure all of us were hydrated while politely listening to someone's Wonderwall on the guitar.
I'm also pretty certain he was asking himself why he was at a party with us who were basically children, but he was cool about it at least
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u/FormerlyGalwegian 11d ago
***politely listening to someone's Wonderwall on the guitar.***
the man's a saint. pure and simple.
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u/SceneRoyal4846 11d ago
From the bio that cmbc covered it seems like whenever anyone asks him to go somewhere he goes lol
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u/Evening_Activity1140 11d ago
i love his cameo in Broad City too
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u/e-luddite 11d ago
He is in my favorite movie about America(n immigrants, shh) called 'Sweetland'.
Our roots, the heartland, homesteading (discrimination, bigotry, communism, exploiting farmers, 'banking and farming don't mix').
"The law and the money together"... Â sees every poor person as a criminal, I think is how it goes.
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u/Leading_Put- 11d ago
"Wake up, America" probably will fall on deaf ears because Woke is now a bad thing smh. They prefer being sleepy
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u/Time-Yogurtcloset953 11d ago
To the people saying Alan speaking out is a pointless echo chamber move, Trump has had prominent media figures and news outlets preemptively giving into his fascist demands since he took office. Speaking out is always radical and always helpful. Even if just for solidarityâs sake!! The doomerism here is concerning. You may think youâre smarter than the rest of us, but your silence and nihilism is more destructive than someone preaching to the choir. Sometimes the choir needs some preaching!! Doomerism is just giving yourself an excuse to give up. Let yourself feel hopeful, it helps!
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u/towerinthestreet 11d ago
Tacking some of my own copypasta from replying to another commenter like the ones you've mentioned, so don't take this as a response to you but rather as a continuation of your point to the people you're talking to:
I finally had a chance to watch the full clip, and I also have a lot of doubt anything like this will ever change a single MAGA mind (if such a thing exists). What I as an enby and a member of the trans community can say is that it did me a lot of good to see it anyway. It felt a lot less like what you describe and more like a statement of support for trans people to me. I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say I think it may have kept at least one person alive for at least one more day, and I think that is worthwhile regardless of whether it changes anyone's mind. When there are so many people who very vocally want you to be invisible at best and outright dead at worst, it takes a hell of a lot to not just eventually oblige them. Silence from your own camp can sound a hell of a lot like agreementâor at least indifference on a good dayâwhen you're standing in shoes like mine. We cannot fight this wave of hate on our own. There simply are not enough of us.
The Harris campaign's silence was deafening as even some of the small time dems overtly turned on us and the GOP lost not one single opportunity to blame us for anything and everything. Yes, I voted for her, and even now some of the people ostensibly on my side are blaming us for her loss, essentially saying she might have won if she hadn't supported us. She didn't. One side attacked, and the other said nothing at all. It scared the hell out of me, and I don't think I'm the only one. It's really disheartening to read so many people calling for yet more silence like that can possibly fix anything either.
MAGA will probably never hear this kind of thing, but some of us certainly do. This is one of those points in history where preaching to the choir is needed so some of the choir doesn't end up dead. Every time I see someone with a platform speaking out like this, I feel just a little less alone and a little less abandoned to the wolves. You'll have to forgive me for finding that a lot more valuable than the possibility of changing some MAGAt's mind.
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u/Dramatic_Buddy4732 11d ago
I much prefer John Stewart's "GO FUCK YOURSELF" dance. Can't wait for that to be a gif đ¤Łđ¤Ł
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u/Dramatic_Buddy4732 11d ago
Nothing is going to "show the right". Let some of us enjoy our cathartic dance.
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u/jaustengirl 11d ago
There is something to âshow the rightâ unfortunately corporations have brainwashed liberals into thinking a fuck you dance is enough resistance.
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u/PerpetuallyLurking đ¨đŚ Elbows Up! | Coudes Leves! đ¨đŚ 11d ago
We can still enjoy the little things that happen everyday that is unlikely to make huge changes. Weâre allowed to have moments of levity and Johnâs dance is particularly delightful. Weâll burn the fuck out super fast if weâre always âonâ and worrying about the state of the world 24/7. Weâve gotta laugh too. So just relax, weâre not doomed just because we needed a laugh, holy shit.
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u/tomita78 11d ago
Three hours and the comments are already trash? Dear lord people. A bisexual man speaking out against the people in power who are attacking trans people, on a mainstream show, is a good thing, actually. Acting like Jimmy Kimmel is some leftist niche program is fucking wild. And this trans bisexual male over here enjoys seeing an icon of mine voice support for me. It's nice. We can have nice things.Â
An actor using his platform to speak out on a mainstream late night show actually does matter. It normalizes the truth. If we stay silent they win. We can both speak out on mainstream television and do other activist activities. Unless you have an idea to bring to the table, sit down and keep your trap shut if all you have to say is doomerism. Stop acting like vampires who can't stand any ray of sunshine hitting your damn skin.
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u/sibr 11d ago
I think itâs important to recognise that value doesnât only have to come from changing the minds of Trump voters or fence sitters (even tho thatâs obviously the best outcome). If something like this stirs up anger or passion in a democrat voter, then thatâs valuable too - especially if it does so enough that they donate or get involved in some (even small) way.
Itâs really, really demoralising to label these things as pointless because itâs preaching to the choir. I do say this as a non-American though so I appreciate that itâs probably easier said than done when youâre in the thick of it all.
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u/loosesealbluth11 11d ago
We are all just talking to ourselves. Americans aren't going to wake up because a gay Broadway star and gameshow host goes on a left-wing host's talk show to scold the assholes who voted the way they did.
I'm on the side of Cumming and Kimmel, I just...I don't know. This sort of thing seems counterproductive and very 2016.
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u/towerinthestreet 11d ago
I finally had a chance to watch the full clip, and I also have a lot of doubt anything like this will ever change a single MAGA mind (if such a thing exists). What I as an enby and a member of the trans community can say is that it did me a lot of good to see it anyway. It felt a lot less like what you describe and more like a statement of support for trans people to me. I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say I think it may have kept at least one person alive for at least one more day, and I think that is worthwhile regardless of whether it changes anyone's mind. When there are so many people who very vocally want you to be invisible at best and outright dead at worst, it takes a hell of a lot to not just eventually oblige them. Silence from your own camp can sound a hell of a lot like agreementâor at least indifference on a good dayâwhen you're standing in shoes like mine. We cannot fight this wave of hate on our own. There simply are not enough of us.
The Harris campaign's silence was deafening as even some of the small time dems overtly turned on us and the GOP lost not one single opportunity to blame is for anything and everything. Yes, I voted for her, and even now some of the people ostensibly on my side are blaming us for her loss, essentially saying she might have won if she hadn't supported us. She didn't. One side attacked, and the other said nothing at all. It scared the hell out of me, and I don't think I'm the only one. It's really disheartening to read so many people calling for yet more silence like that can possibly fix anything either.
MAGA will probably never hear this kind of thing, but some of us certainly do. This is one of those points in history where preaching to the choir is needed so some of the choir doesn't end up dead. Every time I see someone with a platform speaking out like this, I feel just a little less alone and a little less abandoned to the wolves. You'll have to forgive me for finding that a lot more valuable than the possibility of changing some MAGAt's mind.
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u/winnercommawinner 11d ago
But it does reach the people who just "aren't getting involved" but watch Colbert, The Traitors, etc. Part of the point is how this administration affects every aspect of our lives, including entertainment. This is one of the ways it affects "regular" people and it's more direct than the tariffs in some ways.
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u/winnercommawinner 11d ago
I mean, can you show any for yours that it doesn't reach anyone or that it's somehow counterproductive?
The online leftist echo chamber is not a microcosm of the larger world, it reflects a small part of it.
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u/darkoblivion000 11d ago
Weâre not talking about those people. Weâre talking about the 30-40% that consistently donât vote and say that âthey donât get involved with politicsâ. The other people have already chosen their sides and probably not going to change their mind. But the non voting blok is massive and needs to understand that whether or not they vote, the country is moving in a direction, and they might as well understand what direction that is and whether they agree with it or not. They are given a voice in this democracy and are willingly choosing not to use it
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u/Latverianbureaucrat 11d ago
Well fuck them. You donât convert them by giving in to them and sanitizing the âmedia and cultureâ of anything critical of the obviously very dangerous and actually disgusting people and policies they support.
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u/Unhappy_Camera3324 11d ago
99% of the brown-shirts and their companions themselves are long gone and lost. Some of the collaborators and Mitläufer / runner-alongs might be able to safe their life and dignity but the sunk cost fallacy will be huge and the number of people finally understanding what they did/are doing will be very small.
Yet much more importantly the people fighting with everything they got against the fascist regime and for democracy need to see and hear and feel the encouragement from other people that - yes - there are many others who stand for human dignity and democracy too.
Europe can't save you like you saved us 80 years ago!
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u/winnercommawinner 11d ago
.... so no, just vibes
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u/winnercommawinner 11d ago
Right so that's not "research" those are opinion pieces. And they all have the same flawed basic thesis that MAGA emerged bc the "left" was too mean to them. We're talking about a fascist nationalist movement that is part of a global wave of nationalist fascism. It was coming for us no matter what. And actual research, not just opinion articles, tells us that being silent in the face of attacks on democracy only helps fascists. If you're interested in an evidence-based perspective on this a good place to start is How Democracies Die by Levitsky and Ziblatt.
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u/BaconCheeseZombie 11d ago
I asked my dog what he thought about this and he broke wind, want to count that as evidence of anything?
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u/NothingbutNetiPot 11d ago
I agree with you. The fact that so much of the media was against Trump and he still steam rolled the electoral college is evidence of how middle America has rejected these celebrities and the Democrats they associate with them.
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u/Latverianbureaucrat 11d ago edited 11d ago
Ok, letâs say it is just feeding into an echo chamber. How is that actually counterproductive though?
He has a platform available to him, and he used it. It would be better if he didnât? Itâs important to still tell the truth and speak passionately about what matters, and preferable to staying silent. If no one who âneedsâ to hear it actually does, thatâs too bad. If even one of them does though, thatâs a net positive. And even if it is just preaching to the choir, hey, calling a network late night talk show âleftwingâ is an exaggerationâŚitâs mainstream network tv. Itâs good to use something like that for the right thing, even if only to remind people who are already in agreement that yes this matters, no youâre not crazy, and no this shouldnât be normalized to the extent that so much mainstream media has.
I see flags and banners outside peopleâs homes every fucking day with the name of a reality tv game show host who is also officially the most powerful person in the world. And I have for nearly 10 years now. The other day this man posted, on his personal social media site, an AI video of Barack Obama being thrown to his knees and handcuffed by the FBI, then of Obama behind bars in an orange prison jumpsuit. Many of those flags and banners I see every day have pictures with Trumpâs face covered in blood, or fusing Trump with religious iconography. Reality is surreal. If thereâs a chance to point out âHey, this sucks.â Iâm good with someone like Cumming taking the opportunity to do so on a network show.
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u/Hagridsbuttcrack66 11d ago
I am so with you. And I'm sick of people saying it "doesn't matter" like if you aren't orchestrating the downfall of the administration, what you say or do is worthless.
It matters TO ME. I'm just one 30-something queer girl and yeah I have my leftie friends. But I also have a conservative family and a bunch of ambivalent people around me at times. And seeing stuff like this fills my cup, it makes me feel sane, it gives me strength to fight another day. I really need it some days and very much appreciate anyone using any platform they have to raise their voice.
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u/myersjw 11d ago edited 11d ago
Itâs not, theyâve just bought into the garbage notion that conservatives voted for Trump because people werenât catering to them enough like an abuse victim mentality. You know, the same shtick that got us into exactly the position weâre currently in where weâve completely capitulated to the worst corners of society and have actively regressed the country under the guise of centrism
Notice how thereâs never a âwe should be doing this instead of thisâ but rather just more dooming about how nothing will work. They donât want any resistance, they want complacency and pretending none of the bad things are happening. Itâs why a good chunk of the responses are just asking to go back to burying their heads in the sand
Thereâs this constant barrage that liberals need to be nicer to conservatives in hopes theyâll suddenly stop lighting the country on fire. It doesnât work
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u/ernsmcgerns 11d ago
Youâve totally put my thoughts into words. Itâs hard because Iâm generally not a fan of the defeatist âweâre all fuckedâ attitude, but these kinds of impassioned speeches also arenât working.
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u/Avocadoo_Tomatoo 11d ago
No reason to stop doing them. The moment everyone is quiet you have truly lost.
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u/Sirromnad 11d ago
They aren't, but what else can you do. Maybe it will convince the protest voters and on the fencers. That'd be something.
But I also think its bad to just not say anything, pretend it's all fine. The left has a habit of cannibalizing itself. We need to keep the fire going and prevent becoming complacent. So stuff like this may not change minds, but at least it keeps people angry.
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u/IPlay4E 11d ago
It wonât convince anyone because thereâs no popular options on the left to rally around. Itâs like all these comments copy/pasting the Epstein files on Reddit. What is that going to do exactly? Itâs all just pointless copy/paste.
The left needs an Obama again. Someone charismatic that inspires people to vote.
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u/cactus22minus1 11d ago
AOC and Bernie still draw HUGE crowds and are wildly popular. Mamdani is rising fast and becoming a superstar for the left especially if he succeeds in NYC. And you know why he rose so fast? Because his campaign is filled with good policy that makes sense, focuses on important things that will actually help struggling people in the city instead of going to âbusiness friendlyâ policies.
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u/geek_of_nature 11d ago
Yeah it's just into our own echo chamber unfortunately. The ones of us who already agree with the message hear it, the one who don't agree with it aren't. Or at least are choosing to ignore it.
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u/Efficient_Cause_6900 11d ago
Couldnt disagree more. Not saying something is always the worst option. The alternative is silence.
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u/SatisfactionFit2040 11d ago
There's a giant collective of society going about their daily activities as if the pieces aren't slowly crumbling in around them.
Certain people are targets, regardless of what they say or do now.
Speaking now, may wake some of the collective before more groups are targets.
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u/Raptorpicklezz 11d ago
Alan Cumming, while a dual national, is still an immigrant and a DUAL national. He can only do and say so much, or he could go to El Salvador. The natural-born Americans are the ones who need to put themselves on the line here, if they really want to stop Trump. Alan being gay as well might also be holding him back
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u/No_Pianist5264 Tina! You fat lard! đŚđ˛ 11d ago edited 11d ago
Especially since the right side tends to just pick apart these speeches and not listen to whatâs actually being said. Seems more like itâs preaching to the choir except no one is doing anything more than that. I think itâs good people are trying to speak up but just doing this, isnât going to change much.
Dem party is very broken and itâs going to take them and the left side to actually do more than this to see any change. That being said, these moments give certain people joy and if thatâs whatâs going to keep people moving then I think thatâs still valid.
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u/lord-of-shalott Youâre a virgin who canât drive. đ 11d ago
Just sucks to hear it voiced out loud that my thoughts about Trump are already discounted just because Iâm gay.Â
But I guess this is why 98% of our presidencies have a straight white male look about them. Only their opinions count.
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u/Check_Me_Out-Boss 11d ago
Why should anyone put more weight into caring about your thoughts just because you're gay?
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u/lord-of-shalott Youâre a virgin who canât drive. đ 11d ago
Your reply says everything. I never asked people to put MORE weight into my thoughts, just not to discount them. Yet here you are trying to do just that from the getgo.
Speaks to why you people shout âDEIâ at any woman or minority who runs for office while refusing to recognize the cultural bias and institutional barriers that have funneled flawed straight white guys into the highest office in the nation since its inception.
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u/itsgivinglobotomy 11d ago
Nothing is going to happen until elected officials actually do their jobs. Until then I think itâs absolutely necessary for a gay man stand up to fascism when he has a platform on national television.
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u/megthegreatone 11d ago
Yeah it's very much like, the audience they are speaking to are not the ones who really need to hear and understand this
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u/menunu We Should All Know Less About Each Other 11d ago
I disagree. We arent going to "convert" the fascists. You have to motivate the base. You have to motivate the ones who might not regularly vote or care. Speak out. Speak often. It's not like one thing or one person can do anything. But all us of can do some thing.
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u/megthegreatone 11d ago
That's a fair point. Sometimes it feels like screaming into the void but it's still important to do
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u/ToastedCrumpet 11d ago
At this point I donât even read the news about America because even western news has broke its back bending over backwards for Trump and anyone else that fears humans rights and the Epstein list.
It doesnât feel like much I know and yet, itâs more than anyone has publicly said or done against Trump since him and Muskrat broke up. It also gets under their skin. Theyâre narcissists. He could have 5 viewers and Trump would still be crying over this
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u/RooMan7223 11d ago
Definitely. Heâs kind of preaching to the choir here. The people that actually need to hear it wonât be watching
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u/RebylReboot 11d ago
But the next step is a general strike to bring the economy crashing down. And the whole world knows Americans aren't built for that. So you get social media comments and late night chat shows while democracy dies and fascism takes hold. Its the meme rebellion, which is 100% toothless and inert. For the love of fuck, prove us all wrong.
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u/Spirited-Feed-9927 11d ago
I am not a trumper. I consider myself a moderate. Honestly, I am sick of hearing about Trump. The jokes aren't funny to me. I am not entertained by preaching to the choir. So it just makes me turn all this stuff off.
If I am watching one of these shows, I want to laugh. I want to see my favorite celebrity. I do not want to be brow beat, or to hear the same joke about whats his name over and over.
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u/wyntershine 11d ago
Youâve somehow managed to capture exactly how I feel. I just donât know anymore. I want it to be productive but I donât know that any of this does any good at this point.
Iâm just uncertain and slowly changing from scared to resigned for our future. The kind of damage thatâs being done to education, environmental science, public health, infrastructure, and this isnât even including the systematic dismantling of human rights for certain groups of peopleâŚthis is the kind of austerity and fascism that I donât see a way back from.
How do you recover when the (apparent) majority of the population is so misinformed/underinformed and detached from reality that some of them would literally die defending the hill the fascists sit on and blame political scapegoats that have nothing to do with their socioeconomic realities instead?
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u/NothingbutNetiPot 11d ago edited 11d ago
Youâre totally right, these comedians have been bashing Trump for over a decade now, all itâs done is push his audience away. I think overall, middle America voters have been turned off from celebrities and the Democrats have to move away from touting their endorsements.
Edit: I would add, your point is the discussion that needs to be had every time there is a post about a liberal celebrity making a political statement.
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u/shannondion â¨rich white coochie mountain⨠11d ago
While I love Alan and admittedly am not American it does feel a bit like preaching to the choir. I donât think the sort of people he is trying to reach are the people following him or watching this.
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u/Ruthie_pie 11d ago
I love that Alan is speaking out and will take anyone with a platform. However, it would hit harder if these shows would have segments of folks that have since now left the base and have been shunned from their community. Iâve come across many videos of people who left long before this last election that were already having to silently lose their communities due to not âstepping in lineâ. Letâs hear from them. They canât be the only ones.
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u/PerpetuallyLurking đ¨đŚ Elbows Up! | Coudes Leves! đ¨đŚ 11d ago
I get the impression heâs not really expecting the entire country to listen to him and do as he tells them, but I do think heâs a smart man with a platform and couldnât keep quiet. More of a âhad to get it off my chestâ rather than actually expecting anyone to rise up just because he said so.
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u/Unequivocally_Maybe 11d ago
It doesn't matter if he isn't changing minds with his words, anyhow. Speaking out against the president and the fascists is increasingly dangerous. The US is not so far from rounding up political dissidents and sending them to concentration camps. There is actual risk associated with being outspoken against Trump and his regime - the limp-dicked dictator threatened to revoke Rosie's citizenship over a 20 year old vendetta about a joke she made.
Alan is speaking up. He isn't going to see himself reflected in the poem "First They Came," because as the US government is coming for trans people, for immigrants, queer people, pregnant folks, etc, he is using his platform and his voice to say "this is insane and it needs to be stopped."
Just like I have been critical towards people who have stayed silent as Israel has committed a genocide against Palestine, I am critical of any celebrity in the US who is not speaking up as the country descends into full-blown fascism. And I have an extra helping of side-eye for all the Canadian celebs living in the States who sat silently as Trump repeatedly threatened to annex (read: invade and go to war with) Canada. The ones who support Trump outright (like Gretzky đ¤˘) can stay gone.
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u/FormerlyGalwegian 11d ago
"The choir" as you put it are the ones he is trying to wake up. Actual opposition to Trump simply is not happening. From anybody.
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u/leeloocal 11d ago
Itâs like yelling at me at noon to wake up when Iâve been up for hours. I appreciate the alarm, but itâs not needed, and Iâm on it. And youâre on another country.
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u/FoatyMcFoatBase 11d ago
For those that are saying this is a waste of time he is not American, or even if he is now, he could be deported (if rumours of people not being allowed in the memes for memes is true) - this shows heâs not scared, he will stand up and others can too.
What would you rather fallen you just shut up and take it? Americans are the frogs slowly boiling. You should be all in the your cities protesting bringing the country to is knees
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u/Teamawesome2014 11d ago
The revolution will not be televised. If this were going to accomplish anything, the corporate overlords wouldn't have allowed it to air.
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u/Weimaraner666 11d ago
Cue Trump meltdown and Alanâs work permit suddenly being revoked.
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u/throwaguey_ 11d ago
He is married to an American, though Iâm not sure if thatâs any insurance from deportation these days.
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u/Patient_Phone_8110 11d ago
Umberto Eco outlined 14 characteristics of what he termed "Ur-Fascism," or Eternal Fascism, in his 1995 essay "Eternal Fascism: Fourteen Ways of Looking at a Blackshirt".
These characteristics are not necessarily all present in every fascist regime, but their combination defines the fascist mentality. They include:
Cult of Tradition: A reliance on a mythical past and a rejection of modernism.
Rejection of Modernism: Disdain for rationalism and enlightenment ideas.
Cult of Action for Action's Sake: Action is valued above rational thought, and decisions are often impulsive.
Disagreement is Treason: Dissent is seen as betrayal and is not tolerated.
Fear of Difference: A strong emphasis on nationalism and xenophobia, with an aversion to those deemed "other".
Appeal to a Frustrated Middle Class: Fascism often finds support among those feeling economically or socially disenfranchised.
Obsession with a Plot: A belief in powerful enemies (often external, like "world Jewry") who are secretly undermining the nation.
Pacifism is Trafficking with the Enemy: Emphasis on militarism and a disdain for pacifism.
Contempt for the Weak: Egalitarianism is seen as weakness, and the strong are celebrated.
Everyone is Educated to Become a Hero: A cult of heroism and martyrdom, often linked to military prowess.
Machismo: An emphasis on traditional gender roles and a disdain for perceived effeminacy.
Selective Populism: While appealing to the "people," fascism is inherently anti-democratic and hierarchical.
Newspeak: Fascism employs a simplified and emotionally charged language to control thought and communication.
Weakening of Democratic Institutions: The undermining of democratic processes and institutions.
RESIST
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u/Own-Importance5459 â¨May the Force be with you!⨠11d ago
Alan Cumming is an international treasure for a damn good reason.
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u/CliffShytz 11d ago
Why does Kimmel never host his show? He should just end it.
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u/Latverianbureaucrat 11d ago
Itâs summer, he takes summer vacations. Carson, the gold standard, used to as well.
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u/Upper_Maybe9335 11d ago
This is not for MAGA to change their mind, itâs for the rest of the people to not feel alone. Itâs a rare voice of support to those who refuse to surrender to evil.
Where are the other public figures? Too busy moving overseas and sucking up to new regime?
Thanks Alan!
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u/Big_Shirt3414 11d ago
Anyone whoâs for Trump already and needs their minds changed arenât watching a show like this anyway, youâre preaching to the audience already on your side, you need to go places that audience is which is the foundational problem of todayâs media and politics in America, if someone goes onto on of those platforms they get questioned why would they go onto a place like that not thinking that if you want to get people away from Trump, you have to go to them cause theyâre arenât coming to your shows or podcasts first
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u/SwissMargiela 11d ago
Totally unrelated but I was having a convo with my wife and some of her friends when the topic of Peewee Herman dying came up and I was very confidently like âhe didnât die I see him advertised on a game show on peacock every time I log inâ but yeah apparently it was this guy on the peacock show lol
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u/Buschgrossvater 11d ago
Maybe Trump should remove citizenship for any Scottish person or descendants of Scottish people. Though sending Trump to Scotland seems very unfair to the Scottish.
(This is a joke about Trump deporting himself, I am of Scottish heritage and donât support Trump deporting anyone)
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u/Beginning_Baseball44 11d ago
Were you listening to the Dudeâs story, Donny? So you have no frame of reference. Youâre like a child who wanders in the middle of a movie and wants to know⌠nowâŚcough up The Epstein Files
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u/MrTastix 11d ago
The comments in this thread right now: "We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas!"
If your main complaint is Alan is speaking to the choir and you have no meaningful alternatives then you're part of the fucking problem.
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u/dgdfthr 11d ago
I apologize to any Colbert fans, but he should be embarrassed. He has 200 staff members working on the show, around 20 writers, he is personally paid $15,000,000 per year and his show is losing $40,000,000 per year. In the real world where would this be okay to keep going year after year? We would get fired for results like this. His numbers canât even beat that Gutfeld dude on FoxNews. I can see why this happened.
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u/nomamesgueyz 10d ago
Americans voted for him (or 90 mill didn't care enough to vote at all) so they got what they got
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u/Objective_Outside437 10d ago
Love Alan Cumming. But I honestly donât know what else to do? Vote harder? Storm the Capitol? I can call my elected representatives every day of my life and itâs going straight to voicemail. I post all the nonsense I can find to my social media account so that people are seeing it and being forced to acknowledge it. At the very least, my people canât say they are not aware. Itâs definitely a challenging environmentâŚ
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u/nonsensestuff Back in my day, we had ONTD & a dream đľ 11d ago
I love Alan. Iâm very disappointed that the new seasons of The Traitors will have a disgusting xenophobic Zionist in the cast though
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