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Lebronwon
09/22/20 10:44:52 AM
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https://pagesix.com/2020/09/21/jimmy-kimmel-slammed-for-white-privilege-over-john-oliver-joke/

Jimmy Kimmel was slammed for his white privilege after joking during the Emmy Awards that he planned to report British night show host John Oliver to immigration officials. Kimmel, who hosted the virtual awards ceremony, was nominated for Outstanding Variety Talk Series against Oliver, who won the category for the fifth consecutive year since 2015. Congratulations again to John Oliver, I will be reporting him to ICE, Kimmel quipped of the Last Week Tonight With John Oliver host. But the funnymans joke didnt go over well with some viewers at home who called him out for being tone-deaf. My biggest fear as a kid was seeing my parents get deported by ICE, wrote one Twitter user. This joke was hurtful and tone deaf, @jimmykimmel. Another user questioned why no one involved in producing the awards show pushed back on the joke.

the amount of white privilege it took for jimmy kimmel to get up on stage at a nationally televised event and make a joke about ice and have no one tell him that that isnt okay, is absolutely astonishing to me, the user wrote, adding, whats so funny about ice? Others brought up that the Jimmy Kimmel Live! host also has a history of racial insensitivity, noting he did blackface in the past, playing NBA star Karl Malone and a parody of The Oprah Winfrey Show on Comedy Centrals The Man Show. So Jimmy Kimmel can do Black-face and still end up on the Emmys where he made an ICE deportation joke and yall say white privilege isnt a thing, one user tweeted.

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DantexNero
09/22/20 10:45:39 AM
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Sigh
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Squall28
09/22/20 10:46:52 AM
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I mean it's a thing, but I'm not gonna lose my shit over it.

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iPhone_7
09/22/20 10:46:56 AM
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Jimmy Kimmel & his tone deaf white privilege Incident #3847447383

Cancel him & replace him with a black female comedian.

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MixedRaceBaby
09/22/20 10:47:09 AM
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yeah thats pretty fucked up. thats like joking to jewish people you're calling in the gestapo. fuck off with that "dark humor" you're just being an asshole.

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YourDrunkFather
09/22/20 10:47:45 AM
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You cant just go around making jokes. Someone might get offended.

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Theon_Greyjoy
09/22/20 10:48:09 AM
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MixedRaceBaby posted...
yeah thats pretty fucked up. thats like joking to jewish people you're calling in the gestapo. fuck off with that "dark humor" you're just being an asshole.
You know Oliver is an American citizen right

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MixedRaceBaby
09/22/20 10:49:19 AM
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Theon_Greyjoy posted...
You know Oliver is an American citizen right
i dont give a shit if hes from mars

dont make jokes about calling in a police force that *checks news* FORCES STERILIZATION ON WOMEN

YOU FUCK

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NinjaWarrior455
09/22/20 10:49:32 AM
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What's the punchline?

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Returning_CEmen
09/22/20 10:50:26 AM
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For fucks sake it was a joke. Yes some jokes offend people, but they are light hearted jabs not meant to be taken seriously. Twitter was a. Mistake
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TheVipaGTS
09/22/20 10:50:36 AM
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NinjaWarrior455 posted...
What's the punchline?
Yea i'm more upset about that...it just wasn't funny.

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MrWholesomeSock
09/22/20 10:52:07 AM
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Its comedy fitting for those two anyway....
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Lost_All_Senses
09/22/20 10:52:39 AM
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Comedian makes joke to another comedian and people lose their shit.

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Theon_Greyjoy
09/22/20 10:58:09 AM
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MixedRaceBaby posted...
i dont give a shit if hes from mars

dont make jokes about calling in a police force that *checks news* FORCES STERILIZATION ON WOMEN

YOU FUCK
I hope John's uterus will be okay

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Solution_45
09/22/20 11:02:08 AM
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Lefties sure do love language policing
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The Trent
09/22/20 11:03:47 AM
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fighting the important fights

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Kolibri X
09/22/20 11:04:13 AM
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Did Jimmy cry and apologize yet?

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The Trent
09/22/20 11:04:29 AM
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and now...immigrants jumping on trampolines!

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Lost_All_Senses
09/22/20 11:05:53 AM
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The Trent posted...
and now...immigrants jumping on trampolines!

XMFD

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DeadBankerDream
09/22/20 11:08:14 AM
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lol, virtual award show host.

What a time line.
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CyricZ
09/22/20 11:11:34 AM
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MixedRaceBaby posted...
thats like joking to jewish people you're calling in the gestapo. fuck off with that "dark humor" you're just being an asshole.
Or more currently, telling a black person you're sending the Minneapolis police after them.

Yeah, it's a joke, but it's a shit joke. Punching down.

Anyway, should I submit this topic to Page Six? Clearly they have nothing better to report on if they're trawling Twitter for people saying stuff.

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The Trent
09/22/20 11:12:35 AM
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CyricZ posted...
Clearly they have nothing better to report on if they're trawling Twitter for people saying stuff.

it's sad how our society has determined "people saying stuff on twitter" to be newsworthy events

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Lairen
09/22/20 11:15:03 AM
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Maybe if it was a clever or funny joke.

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SK8T3R215
09/22/20 11:16:05 AM
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Lebronwon posted...
But the funnymans joke didnt go over well with some viewers at home

Lebronwon posted...
Twitter user

Lebronwon posted...
Another user

Lebronwon posted...
tweeted

Oh no some people on twitter got outraged let's make a news story about this!

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Atralis
09/22/20 11:18:28 AM
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iPhone_7 posted...
Jimmy Kimmel & his tone deaf white privilege Incident #3847447383

Cancel him & replace him with a black female comedian.

A gay black (trans) female in a wheelchair with a blue wig and a mustache.
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The Trent
09/22/20 11:19:28 AM
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can xhe also wear an eyepatch and be missing a limb?
i'm not picky on which limb, i'm not some kind of appendagist here

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MARKINGRAM22
09/22/20 11:20:33 AM
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The left continues to cannibalize itself.
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Atralis
09/22/20 11:22:40 AM
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The Trent posted...
can xhe also wear an eyepatch and be missing a limb?
i'm not picky on which limb, i'm not some kind of appendagist here

Well obviously she needs a weird dildo hand and if anyone gets weirded out by it she cries and angrily kicks them off before being hugged by her cast and crew.
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AlephZero
09/22/20 11:23:24 AM
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jimmy kimmel is my favorite youtuber

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Unsugarized_Foo
09/22/20 11:23:47 AM
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Ivynn
09/22/20 11:24:51 AM
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Twitter was a mistake

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scar the 1
09/22/20 11:32:58 AM
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Returning_CEmen posted...
For fucks sake it was a joke. Yes some jokes offend people, but they are light hearted jabs not meant to be taken seriously. Twitter was a. Mistake
How hard is it to understand that jokes are not, nor should they be, exempt from criticism? If a joke is bad, what's wrong with people saying it's bad? Everyone is well aware that it's a joke, the point of the criticism is that it was not a funny or even an appropriate joke. It's not like people take it seriously and actually believe Kimmel would report Oliver to ICE, it's that they don't think that's a fun topic to joke about because, say for example, they have relatives or close friends who were deported by ICE.

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cjsdowg
09/22/20 11:33:00 AM
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The people who are making jokes about this. I don't think you understand just how bad ICE is . I am not a fan of a illegal Immigration, but got damn ICE is a horrible. And many times target innocent people.

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waterjoe
09/22/20 11:34:20 AM
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Jimmy isn't a stand up comedian, therefore he SUCKs Ahh.
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Lost_All_Senses
09/22/20 11:48:21 AM
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scar the 1 posted...
How hard is it to understand that jokes are not, nor should they be, exempt from criticism? If a joke is bad, what's wrong with people saying it's bad? Everyone is well aware that it's a joke, the point of the criticism is that it was not a funny or even an appropriate joke. It's not like people take it seriously and actually believe Kimmel would report Oliver to ICE, it's that they don't think that's a fun topic to joke about because, say for example, they have relatives or close friends who were deported by ICE.

The problem is more so turning it into a news story, like it's bigger than just people not finding it funny.

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The Trent
09/22/20 11:49:26 AM
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cjsdowg posted...
The people who are making jokes about this. I don't think you understand just how bad ICE is . I am not a fan of a illegal Immigration, but got damn ICE is a horrible. And many times target innocent people.

yeah but jokes are fun

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scar the 1
09/22/20 11:52:50 AM
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Lost_All_Senses posted...
The problem is more so turning it into a news story, like it's bigger than just people not finding it funny.
It's a news story on a shitty tabloid looking to create controversy for clicks. Yet that isn't what people are criticising ITT. The post I quoted seemed more concerned with people taking a joke seriously than the media manufacturing a controversy

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TheVipaGTS
09/22/20 11:53:19 AM
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Lost_All_Senses posted...
The problem is more so turning it into a news story, like it's bigger than just people not finding it funny.
No its not. People just like to discuss topical things. Its not like MSNBC is going to spend a segment on this. Its an article on PageSix, which is clearly an entertainment blog/publication, about twitter comments. People have always been offended by jokes or criticized jokes. Its just that now that people an express that criticism on twitter where millions can see it, its easier for these PageSix like websites to write a quick article for clicks. Don't be mad at the people criticizing the joke, be mad at the tabloids using it to make a quick buck if it bothers you that much.

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eston
09/22/20 11:57:19 AM
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I mean honestly who gives a shit. Some people didn't like the joke, and they're allowed to express that they didn't like the joke. Jimmy Kimmel will respond or he won't respond, the world will move on, and people will get offended by other jokes.

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Lost_All_Senses
09/22/20 11:58:00 AM
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TheVipaGTS posted...
No its not. People just like to discuss topical things. Its not like MSNBC is going to spend a segment on this. Its an article on PageSix, which is clearly an entertainment blog/publication, about twitter comments. People have always been offended by jokes or criticized jokes. Its just that now that people an express that criticism on twitter where millions can see it, its easier for these PageSix like websites to write a quick article for clicks. Don't be mad at the people criticizing the joke, be mad at the tabloids using it to make a quick buck if it bothers you that much.

That's literally what I was doing >_>. I didn't mention them making money off it, but that's implied. We all know their goal

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I4NRulez
09/22/20 11:59:14 AM
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idk how people cant see how tone deaf it is seeing as how it just came out that they are forcibly sterilizing women.

Really bad timing for that joke

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Hornezz
09/22/20 11:59:56 AM
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Gamefaqs.gamespot.com users outraged at Twitter user outraged at joke.

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Lost_All_Senses
09/22/20 12:04:14 PM
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I4NRulez posted...
idk how people cant see how tone deaf it is seeing as how it just came out that they are forcibly sterilizing women.

Really bad timing for that joke

True. Timing is a major part of being a Comedian. I'm still not on the side that would get my jimmies rustled, but that puts some context to it.

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TheVipaGTS
09/22/20 12:07:51 PM
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I mean it would be like making a 9/11 joke in October 2001. Yea its dark humor, yes its fair game, but no you cant hide behind Im just a comedian! If people call you out. Add that to the fact that he did this on the Emmys, which is essentially network, family TV and he fucked up on timing and location.

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ssk9716757
09/22/20 12:08:51 PM
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Theon_Greyjoy posted...
You know Oliver is an American citizen right

because ICE never goes after citizens

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hitokoriX
09/22/20 12:11:46 PM
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My thing is John Oliver is a white man. He's the kind of person that ICE does not impact. I think it would have been worse if the joke had been said to a minority. What you should really be mad about is the fact that Kimmel has probably said more about ICE than some of your local/state representatives in the last week.

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Romes187
09/22/20 12:13:32 PM
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yikes the left has no humor
neither does the right

everyone is a bunch of pussy fuddy duddys
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Romes187
09/22/20 12:14:06 PM
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hitokoriX posted...
My thing is John Oliver is a white man. He's the kind of person that ICE does not impact. I think it would have been worse if the joke had been said to a minority. What you should really be mad about is the fact that Kimmel has probably said more about ICE than some of your local/state representatives in the last week.

True but I think Oliver once had African ancestry and honestly do the calculus and don't be so tone deaf about things like this.
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CyricZ
09/22/20 12:17:30 PM
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Romes187 posted...
yikes the left has no humor
neither does the right

everyone is a bunch of pussy fuddy duddys
Keep whining.

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