Eh, I watched it. Gross, inappropriate, poorly timed--yes. I couldn't tell if Jack Black was or was not surprised from the clip I watched. The audience clearly didn't mind (ugh). I'd be fully satisfied if Kyle said something like "It's no surprise that I dislike Trump, I got wrapped up in the moment, and I said something that was really dumb and inappropriate. I crossed a line and I'm sorry."
I think if we are all honest with ourselves, we could understand getting wrapped up and heated and then saying shit that's incredibly over the line and we should not ever say.
But, these people wouldn't ever offer us the same courtesy or second chances, so I don't think we owe them a moment of mercy in return.
There's several principals here: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, and the Audience.
Jack Black may be forgiven, as he didn't say it and disavowed it (eventually). Kyle, if you're exceedingly tolerant and he issues a reasonable apology and explanation.
But the audience laughing cannot be forgiven - they most of all need to suffer consequences. Their beloved band should never play again. Tenacious D should be nuclear waste where people are shunned for saying they listen to it, certainly that it's their favorite band.
Eh, I watched it. Gross, inappropriate, poorly timed--yes. I couldn't tell if Jack Black was or was not surprised from the clip I watched. The audience clearly didn't mind (ugh). I'd be fully satisfied if Kyle said something like "It's no surprise that I dislike Trump, I got wrapped up in the moment, and I said something that was really dumb and inappropriate. I crossed a line and I'm sorry."
I think if we are all honest with ourselves, we could understand getting wrapped up and heated and then saying shit that's incredibly over the line and we should not ever say.
But, these people wouldn't ever offer us the same courtesy or second chances, so I don't think we owe them a moment of mercy in return.
There's several principals here: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, and the Audience.
Jack Black may be forgiven, as he didn't say it and disavowed it (eventually). Kyle, if you're exceedingly tolerant and he issues a reasonable apology and explanation.
But the audience laughing cannot be forgiven - they most of all need to suffer consequences. Their beloved band should never play again. Tenacious D should be nuclear waste where people are shunned for saying they listen to it, certainly that it's their favorite band.
I don't know how to archive Insta, so here's the link:
https://www.instagram.com/theactualkylegass/
Kyle apologized too.
I seeth when I see apologies talking about "causing pain." Fuck "pain" from mean words.
Nah.
When someone shows you who they really are, believe them.
"Thoughts and prayers"