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Jerry Seinfeld likened the Free Palestine movement to the Ku Klux Klan — even saying those who use the phrase "Free Palestine" are worse than the white supremacist group — at a student event at Duke University meant to honor hostages who are being held in Gaza.

Seinfeld spoke at the school in Durham, North Carolina, to introduce a former Israeli hostage, Omer Shem Tov, when he made the remarks, according to the university's student newspaper, The Duke Chronicle. He reportedly started by saying, in reference to the Free Palestine activist movement, "Just say you don’t like Jews."

“By saying 'Free Palestine,' you’re not admitting what you really think. So it’s actually — compared to the Ku Klux Klan, I’m actually thinking the Klan is actually a little better here, because they can come right out and say, ‘We don’t like Blacks, we don’t like Jews.’ Okay, that’s honest,'" the Chronicle reported Seinfeld said.

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[–] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 36 points 1 day ago

I love that Seinfeld says this stuff because I've always felt he was unfunny, smug, obnoxious, and basically I've just always hated him for no reason. Now he just keeps supplying reasons, and finally I can say I hate this fucker without being judged too hard for it

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 56 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I like jews. Free palestine.

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[–] ComradePorkRoll@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago
[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A guy who dated a teenager he picked up at a park in his 30s has bad opinions and is a terrible person? Say it ain’t so!

[–] mikesizachrist@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

barely in his 30s, guy was 39! She was 17. He literally would scoop her up from her fucking high school. Technically legal is some predatory shit.

[–] Pumasuedeblue@sh.itjust.works 6 points 21 hours ago

Who the fuck cares what a rich washed up comedian thinks about anything? This is just content for the sake of content. One rich TV show idiot gets elected and now every time anyone says anything they act like it's news.

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 day ago

What is this, Jerry? Michael Richards was lonely down in the barrel of destroyed reputations?

[–] xyzzy@lemmy.today 219 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

"I don't care about Palestine," says the comfortable billionaire. He doesn't mean he doesn't care about the issue. He's just OK with genocide as a final solution, like the vast majority of Israel.

“I don’t preach about [the war]. I have my personal feelings about it that I discuss privately. It’s not part of what I can do comedically, but my feelings are very strong.”

His feelings:

Jerry Seinfeld

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[–] hotdogcharmer@lemmy.world 185 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Jerry Seinfeld? The man who, at 39 years old, dated a 17 year old high school student?

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 72 points 1 day ago (8 children)
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[–] selkiesidhe@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago

Gee, I didn't know not wanting genocide makes you a fucking genocidal hate filled kkk loser. Damn that sure is weird...

Ugh.

[–] st33lb0ne@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

TIL Jerry Seinfeld is a IDF sock puppet

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago

I’m Native American free Palestine, fuck Jerry.

[–] lorski@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 day ago

i hated that show.

[–] LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 98 points 1 day ago

“Just say you don’t like Jews.”
Yeah that makes total sense. Obviously, if I feel like a group of people deserve to not be genocided, that means I don't like Jews. So "liking Jews" = You must want to destroy another culture.

[–] heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 day ago

I guess hes planning a tour with Krammer

[–] waddle_dee@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago (4 children)

This reminds me of Norm McDonald's bit, "People say the worst thing about the whole Bill Cosby thing is the hypocrisy. I disagree, I thought it was the raping that was the worst" apologies for butchering it, but I think it's very relevant, considering it was on an episode of comedians in cars with Jerry

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Haha that bit is so good... I miss Norm

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

It reminded me of another Norm line.

"Who's funnier than Jerry Seinfeld?"

He's right up there with Nick Schwartzen and Amy Schumer.

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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 66 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Oh Jerry, you geriatric, cradle robbing idiot.

Oh reminds me of a good video essay on recent Jerry from elephant graveyard.

https://youtu.be/c6692U1AD54

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[–] mnhs1@lemmy.world 97 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Isn’t this the guy who raped an underaged girl?

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[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Free Palestine and fuck Jerry Springer and his stupid bass line

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

The art (bassline) must be seperated from the artist (Seinfeld)

In this case the bassist was someone entirely different anyways.

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 hours ago

I'm not anti bass, I'm anti genocide... Seems like something I've said before

[–] ScrambledEggs@lazysoci.al 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I think we like Jerry springer. Right?

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[–] dylanmorgan@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 day ago (3 children)

He’s been overrated as a comedian his entire career, I feel zero sense of loss from continuing to ignore every syllable he produces.

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

The most unfunny and least memorable character in his own TV show.

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[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

This guy's a pedofile, idc what he says.

That is NOT gold Jerry, NOT gold.

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 78 points 1 day ago

Exactly what I'd expect from the billionaire leech class.

I wonder what he thinks about a thirty-eight year old man dating a seventeen year old? Oh wait we know already.

Dude's been fuckin' gross for years, nobody should take moral advice from this pedo.

[–] 6stringringer@lemmy.zip 2 points 19 hours ago

A non funny man. There isn’t one thing he could do to make me break face. Unless he’s gone down the IDGAF road. At this point he’s gonna start cracking out those horrible Holocaust Jokes. Go ahead Jer, you dim witted zionist piece of shit. You certainly got us Goys for a minute. We’re on to you & the rest of your despicable kind. The zionists, NOT the people that are/ and or identify as followers of Judaism. The christians in the USA need to separate themselves with some serious terms from the christian nationalists. Otherwise, it will be a lump sum, winner take all. And believe me if you have the faith a made up god is on your side to deliver justice & defend from other perspectives, I am frightened b/c I do not honestly know how to handle this bunch of wretched miscreants. I do worry for their safety.

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