• FunkyStuff [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    I feel like Penn Jillette would be the first to do this lol. At least once upon a time, I think he started to recover from his libertarianism last I heard of him. He also had Michael Parenti on his show once shrug-outta-hecks

    • Findom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      3 months ago

      I think he started to recover from his libertarianism

      God, I hope so. Of all of the heinous shit that I’ve done in my life, I consider reflexively trying to catch him when he tripped over the stage steps when I saw him at the Rio to be, well, it’s in the top 50.

      The best part of that night was waiting for a cab next to a bunch of Aussie tourists who were genuinely freaked out by his “keep a tiny metal bill of rights in your pocket when you go through TSA” and “carry a 3-D printed gun with you on the plane in case the gubbermint tries to take your guns away while you’re on a plane” schtick. Like, yes, gaggle of early-20something Aussie girls, it is that level of batshit here, and you decided that it sounded like a fun tourist destination, “gambling Mecca run by organized crime” notwithstanding.