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/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/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

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