imho Norm comes off as someone who puts effort into being non-political, mainly because he was dedicating his life to making anyone laugh and being political was a waste of energy for that goal, and that is functionally conservative because it defaults to "things are fine as they are now", but I refuse to let conservatives claim him because they will then ascribe their actively shitty and harmful ideas to him.
Extinct. The last one was Norm Macdonald.
"I am not a conservative and have never been a conservative in my life. But I do know this. Everyone is lying."
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/841839986680856576?lang=en
imho Norm comes off as someone who puts effort into being non-political, mainly because he was dedicating his life to making anyone laugh and being political was a waste of energy for that goal, and that is functionally conservative because it defaults to "things are fine as they are now", but I refuse to let conservatives claim him because they will then ascribe their actively shitty and harmful ideas to him.
What? Norm was always an "apolitical centris" at his best, and was usually far more conservative, who would frequently punch down, like when he
transphobia/SA
Mocked the rape of a transman and the murder of him and his friends.
That's the context for his "I think everyone involved in this story should die" quote.
He stayed conservative, defended trump and attacked #MeTwo towards the end of his life. Other than like one 9-11 joke, I don't see any reason why leftists would want to claim or defend him?
damn he was a real one when he said that