NEW YORK — It’s no laughing matter when it comes to how Jerry Seinfeld feels about what he seemingly believes is the lesser of two evils. During a Duke University event on Tuesday, the Emmy-winning comedian compared the Free Palestine movement to the Ku Klux Klan. He even went so far as to say that people who use the phrase “Free Palestine” are worse than the white supremacist group. Seinfeld ...
  • stinky@redlemmy.comEnglish
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    18 hours ago

    This isn’t something to be pedantic about. You’re not solving any problems by protecting a child-raping billionaire from misused words. Don’t be a bad human, please.

    • Dumhuvud@programming.devEnglish
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      13 hours ago

      I’m not protecting anyone, that is not my intent at all. Hell, I couldn’t care less about American celebs or whoever this guy is.

      My issue is literally in the first sentence. Watering down the term doesn’t help victims of actual child sexual abuse. I’d argue it’s actually harmful.