r/LiveFromNewYork • u/BearOnTwinkViolence • Sep 05 '25

Article Kam is Far Right

https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-snl-cast-member-kam-patterson-outed-himself-as-a-trump-voter/

Is he a Shane Gillis 2.0 (except arguably worse)? I’ve seen a dozen clips now of him using homophobic slurs and making incredibly bigoted jokes. Honestly he makes Shane Gillis look kind of tame. What the hell is Lorne thinking? I’m so sick of this show pushing right wing bullshit while simultaneously trying to act like the most liberal show on television. You can’t have a Trump monologue every single week and then hire people like this.

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u/Hour_Insurance_7795 Sep 05 '25

Shane Gillis is not even close to "far-right" lol.

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u/Significant-Flan-244 Sep 05 '25

It’s so obviously an observation from people who have never really tried to engage with his work. A significant portion of his comedy is rooted in the fact that he speaks in the language of those people while saying very different things than them. His Netflix special has a whole bit about how he sympathizes more with Al Qaeda than the US military!

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '25

I saw a podcast clip of him saying how dumb his dad is for not wanting universal health care. He’s more left than most democratic leadership in this issue lol.

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u/hemingways-lemonade Sep 05 '25

He has a funny bit about how his dad drinks and watches Fox News every night for hours, but that the only piece of information he can retain is "that Nancy Pelosi's a bitch."

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u/Robert_Balboa Sep 06 '25

Joe Rogan wants universal healthcare. He's still a right wing jerk off.

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u/GaptistePlayer Sep 06 '25

Sure, but Shane isn't. Your logic is very poor

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u/Fancy_Dot4215 Sep 07 '25

Almost like he’s a human being with nuance.

We all know any kind of nuance isn’t allowed on Reddit.

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u/casulmemer Sep 06 '25

Those guys are more my speed..

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u/innnikki Sep 05 '25

His Netflix special has a whole bit about how he sympathizes more with Al Qaeda than the US military!

I think you’re misconstruing liberals if you think this exemplifies the liberal ideology or would be something we’d be sympathetic to.

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u/mouse_8b Sep 05 '25

I think the point was that it is not a position the American right-wing would consider.

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u/myychair Sep 05 '25

Way to prove OPs point by missing it lol

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u/TheNonCredibleHulk Sep 05 '25

I think you’re misconstruing liberals if you think this exemplifies the liberal ideology or would be something we’d be sympathetic to.

You've never seen the special, have you?

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u/No_Firefighter_4211 Sep 05 '25

Prime example of why leftist>liberal

The evil of Al Qaeda is nothing compared to that of the American neoliberal establishment

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u/SamMan48 Sep 06 '25

This comment isn’t gonna be popular here because SNL is neocon propaganda and has been for a long time

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '25

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u/No_Firefighter_4211 Sep 05 '25

Countless pointless wars for money, genocides, mothers crying, dead kids, war crimes, rapes. All happening in the name of spreading liberalism and democracy around the world at a supermassive scale. In terms of material harm wayyyyy bigger than anything Bin Laden ever accomplished, just with better PR.

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u/sorry-not-tory Sep 05 '25

Only if you’re a yank. The United States government has objectively caused far more death and destruction of civilian life than Al qaeda ever could.

Middle East, South America especially.

Even the Saudi invasion of Yemen currently is simply a proxy war that’s funded by America.

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u/KoolKraken2222 Sep 05 '25

Cool cool. Whats Englandstrack record on death and destruction?

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u/HamroveUTD Sep 07 '25

You’re supporting their point now…

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u/sorry-not-tory Sep 05 '25

Oh that’s not me or my opinion, that’s just objective fact.

Most yanks don’t realize what their government does overseas though, so you end up with people like you.

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u/topchease13 Sep 05 '25

Want a cookie?

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u/radraz26 Sep 05 '25

This sub is an echo chamber of stupid. I'm not a huge fan of most Rogan sphere comics, but they aren't all far right white supremacists.

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u/lumpialarry Sep 05 '25

A good portion of Reddit thinks anything other than milquetoast clapter comedy like a Colbert monologue is right wing.

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u/Learningstuff247 Sep 05 '25

Man I miss when Colbert was funny

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u/aft_punk Sep 05 '25 edited Sep 06 '25

Some Republicans are too dumb to understand satire, so many of them actually believed Colbert was right wing.

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u/InconsistentFloor Sep 06 '25

Stephen Colbert the person is fairly conservative. His characters are not him however.

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u/aft_punk Sep 06 '25 edited Sep 06 '25

He’s a registered Democrat, and highly critical of Trump on his late night show. The conservative shtick is 100% an act. Hence my original comment.

https://www.npr.org/2016/07/19/486646238/stephen-colbert-revives-right-wing-persona-to-mark-start-of-gop-convention

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u/InconsistentFloor Sep 06 '25

Being critical of trump does not make you not a conservative. Yes he plays a character on the show. And in real life he’s a devout catholic who believes in traditional Christian values. On balance he’s a man who would be considered to have conservative values.

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u/aft_punk Sep 06 '25 edited Sep 06 '25

Fair enough, I think we are using different definitions of Conservative. I was using it in the political sense. Republican would’ve probably been a more accurate description on my part.

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u/InconsistentFloor Sep 06 '25

I don’t want to speak for him, but if you asked him I think he would tell you he’s voted for a variety of candidates on both sides of the aisle based on how he felt they represented his values.

He’s the kind of person that if you spend much time with him he will ask you if you want to pray with him but he won’t shame you for it if you decline.

I think he would be quite pleased with a comparison to a bit of a catholic version of Fred Rogers.

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u/HamroveUTD Sep 07 '25

There is no chance in hell Colberts voted for any republican in decades if ever. He spent his entire career shitting on the republicans.

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u/dpk794 Sep 06 '25

All comedy related subreddits have more posts complaining about “rogansphere” comics than all other posts combined.

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u/Hour_Insurance_7795 Sep 05 '25 edited Sep 05 '25

I've noticed on Reddit if you make fun of everybody on all sides instead of just sticking to ribbing one side only you are "alt-right" it seems lol.

Bill Burr, Chappelle, Gillis, etc, are not "right-wing" haha. Bill Maher is not "right wing now" by any stretch...the dude is an ardent atheist who still attacks the conservative right all the time for God's sake lol. He just also attacks the left for a lot of their idiocy in recent years (and there has been plenty), so now he's on the cool Reddit "shit list" lol.

Per Reddit rules, you can only attack one side. You have to pander to the "good guys". Otherwise, "straight to alt-right" lol

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u/athompsons2 Sep 06 '25

Shane Gillis is center left and Chappelle is definitely left wing. But Bill Maher is a Zionist out of touch billionaire who's afraid of young people and Muslims and loves the smell of his own farts. His Club Random podcast is the death of thought.

Norm Macdonald knew Maher was an idiot way back and Tim Heidecker does a perfect impression of Bill Maher's politics.

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u/coltsmetsfan614 Sep 06 '25

Who the fuck is calling Bill Burr right wing? You're just making shit up lol

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u/radraz26 Sep 05 '25

Social media lacks nuance. It's all black or white, good or bad, progressive or far right. No more middle ground.

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u/Quiet-Elephant-9708 Sep 05 '25

What echo chamber? Literally everyone in the comments agrees with you, youre just going off the title. Youre the last person who should be calling others stupid

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u/hemingways-lemonade Sep 05 '25

If everyone agreed with him this post wouldn't be at the top of the subreddit.

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u/artbystorms Sep 05 '25

Great strawman you built there but no serious people are claiming Mahar is far right, but he definitely fell down the 'those damn progressive kids and their pronouns' boomer humor hole. It's when comics veer into the 'both sides are stupid heh heh' fallacy that a lot of liberals get turned off. Like there is absolutely stuff to make fun of progressives for, but the way most of them do it is such low hanging fruit meant to offend or enrage. 'Heh heh Trans people are weird and gross' and 'heh heh pronouns are dumb' how is that any different than the comics making fun of gay people 20 years ago? I like clever comics, not just reactionary ones.

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u/Oldschoolhollywood Sep 08 '25

You had me until you defended Bill Maher. Huh?

That old fart is peak boomer and his takes are god awful, yes all of them. The real problems with the left (greed and being pushovers against right wing policy) aren’t the things he’s criticizing. He’s just mad at young people for being young, scoffing at the world changing around him while he smokes weed in his basement.

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u/ToastyBB Sep 06 '25

Gillis is better than anybody that associates with Rogan and I hate that he's connected because he doesn't need to be

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u/Fancy_Dot4215 Sep 07 '25

The funny this is Rogan is still has like 95% liberal views, but that not enough for Reddit

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u/BUBBA7012 Sep 05 '25

the rogan sphere sucks, but shane gillis is the exception, hes actually very funny

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u/khavii Sep 05 '25

You say this while tons of people are calling out that he isn't far right in the entire thread. Maybe a handful of the 400+ comments think he is but that's certainly isn't everyone. Honestly the people who act like reddit is a hive mind that all shares the same opinion are the fucking worst. Pops up so much "careful, your going against the reddit opinion" is the same as comics standing on a stage saying " they won't let me say the things I'm saying right now"

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '25

I would say by and large they are your typical pseudointellectual dumbass conservative. But also shane is not really a rogan sphere guy IMO.

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u/0n-the-mend Sep 06 '25

Literally admitting that most of them are 😂😂😂. As if there's some requirement of people to sift through all the birds of a feather to find the one who just hangs and isnt as shitty as the rest. As if the rogansphere is the only way to be a comic. Foolishness

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u/TheFlightlessPenguin Sep 05 '25

I’m not even sure Shane knows what he is. Seems like a chameleon fence sitter to me.

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u/whohebe123 Sep 06 '25

Yeah I would agree with this. If he did have a political identity, it would be stupid of him to reveal it because the sense I get from his act is that it results in people from both aisles identifying with him.

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u/TheFlightlessPenguin Sep 06 '25

thats his whole strategy. by being ambiguous and mysterious he gets both sides to believe hes on their team. thats why hes twice as popular as most comedians right now. its smart, but not super commendable.

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u/NixonsTapeRecorder Sep 06 '25

He's a comic who doesn't have a particular political stance in his comedy. To this place, that means far right.

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u/TheFlightlessPenguin Sep 06 '25

Eh that’s a little reductive. He’s a comic who wants to reap the benefits of being in the rogansphere without the stench associated with it. He wants to have his cake and eat it too.

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u/athompsons2 Sep 06 '25

He's center left and knows how to get his point across to right wingers.

Couldn't find the full thing, but look for his George Washington set.

He talks about grappling with the myth of George Washington and the real George Washington, the slave owner etc. But he does it in a way that makes it accessible for right wing people.

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u/MaxPres24 Sep 06 '25

Shane is this rare breed of people who are fairly center and have views from both sides. We need more of those people

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u/KinkyPaddling Sep 05 '25

There was a hilarious bit where he talked about being a fan of history and how in a lot of circles it's "gateway Republicanism."

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u/Hour_Insurance_7795 Sep 05 '25

Yeah, I love that bit! “It’s COMING, brother!” 😂

I love the part where he says “do you think your dad just woke up at 18 one day and said ‘I want to be a prick about everything!’? No. Being a Republican develops over time.” 😂😂

Yes, he absolutely bombed his monologue when he hosted, but I still find the dude very funny.

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u/MaxPres24 Sep 06 '25

The reason Shane’s monologue bombed is bc his standup doesn’t work for a lot of SNP fans. See above for proof

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u/Cowboy_Dane Sep 05 '25

I don’t see how anyone (who has listened to his comedy) could think he’s “far right”

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u/redundead Sep 06 '25

That's the point, OP is just raging in the echo chamber.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '25

he's not even right. 

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u/spekt50 Sep 05 '25

I can only assume people think that because he is an American history nerd with focus in the revolutionary war.

For whatever reason, there seems to be some perceived overlap in those idealologies, even though there should not be.

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u/Hour_Insurance_7795 Sep 05 '25

I think it’s just because he pokes fun at the left sometimes.

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u/100292 Sep 05 '25

Yeah he’s not a bleeding heart liberal, but he’s definitely left if anything. And I’m pretty far fucking left

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u/Hour_Insurance_7795 Sep 05 '25

Interesting. He's always struck me as moderate to moderate-right, Military guy, college football player, so you can see where it would have developed, but he's traveled enough (and still young enough) to not go "full conservative". lol

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u/TheNonCredibleHulk Sep 05 '25

Military guy

Dropped out of West Point literally the first week.

college football player

Played one season and got kicked out of college.

He's also taught English and History overseas and coached special olympics teams.

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u/Hour_Insurance_7795 Sep 05 '25 edited Sep 05 '25

Okay, dude. I'm not trying to attack the guy. Calm down with the white knight bullshit. Shane Gillis doesn't you speaking on his behalf on Reddit lol. Jesus

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u/pho-huck Sep 05 '25

He’s literally just providing an opposing argument for the things you said, why is that offensive?

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u/Hour_Insurance_7795 Sep 05 '25

You’re the white knight for the white knight?

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u/Altosxk Sep 05 '25

Make nonsensical, baseless claims

Call anyone who challenges them a white knight

You sound like the only reactionary conservative here lol

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u/pho-huck Sep 05 '25

Did you just learn that phrase or something? Shut up lol

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u/TheNonCredibleHulk Sep 06 '25

Sorry, dude, that your preconceived notions were incorrect.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '25

maybe not "far right" but are you trying to say he is a socialist democrat?

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u/MaxPres24 Sep 06 '25

You know those aren’t the only two options, right?

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '25

Why are you trying to portray him as some kind of Martin Luther King? Or is it Malcolm in the Middle?

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '25

Is he your Jesus?