I’ve been asked for my opinion on the Riyadh Comedy Festival and rather than answer the same question 23 times, I’ll just put this out here. Oh, and I should preface this with the fact that I was not offered the gig but it should go without saying that there’s not enough money for me to help these depraved, awful peopl
Yes one could argue that performing at this festival would show more direct support for the Saudi government because of that.
Those that have performed for the Trump administration have received some ire. Perhaps not to this level. Which brings us back to the my team vs your team arbitrary tribal culture war level thinking which many uniformed fall into.
The human rights record of the US government is not exactly stellar, particularly on a global scale.
In my view if you do work at a venue that pays taxes in the US (which is everywhere) you are financially supporting the government via those payments. In other words, you are indirectly funding the worst genocide we’ve seen so far in the 21st century.
I doubt anything Saudi has done recently comes close to that scale.
American media is currently whitewashing all aspects of the genocide its government is funding including protests in Italy. By this argument, we should be boycotting American media companies and any comedians who have their content distributed through them if we are being morally consistent.
Yes one could argue that performing at this festival would show more direct support for the Saudi government because of that.
Those that have performed for the Trump administration have received some ire. Perhaps not to this level. Which brings us back to the my team vs your team arbitrary tribal culture war level thinking which many uniformed fall into.
The human rights record of the US government is not exactly stellar, particularly on a global scale.
In my view if you do work at a venue that pays taxes in the US (which is everywhere) you are financially supporting the government via those payments. In other words, you are indirectly funding the worst genocide we’ve seen so far in the 21st century.
I doubt anything Saudi has done recently comes close to that scale.
American media is currently whitewashing all aspects of the genocide its government is funding including protests in Italy. By this argument, we should be boycotting American media companies and any comedians who have their content distributed through them if we are being morally consistent.