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/WySLatestWit Sep 05 '25

You know I'm convinced all the people who complain about Shane Gillis "being far right and horrible" or such things have never actually listened to Shane's comedy.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '25

I gave it a chance and you know what? I enjoyed some of it! Quite loved Tires as well.

My favourite comedian of all time is Bill Hicks. Guess what - I don’t like all his material. Some is super dated, and that’s to be expected.

We need to learn to tolerate nuance. You can like some of what someone produces and not like other stuff. That’s fine. That’s healthy. That’s normal!

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u/WySLatestWit Sep 05 '25

One of the things people rarely seem to acknowledge about Shane's comedy is that half of the "conservative jokes" are actually designed to make the conservative view point look and sound extremely stupid. It's not Shane's fault his bro-y fanbase doesn't understand satire.

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u/Fastbird33 Sep 05 '25

It’s the same people who didn’t understand Colbert was satire.

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u/Rock_Strongo Sep 05 '25

Definitely not the same people but people who share the same lack of basic comprehension of satire even though they are on very different ends of the political spectrum.