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Marc Maron Calls Out Comics Driving “The New Fascism” As Comedians Slam Trump Rally’s Tony Hinchcliffe

Comic and podcaster Marc Maron is calling out his peers who use their positions to drive what he terms "the new fascism" just a day.

Comic and podcaster Marc Maron is calling out his peers who use their positions to drive what he terms “the new fascism” just a day after right-wing comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made racist and sexist jokes at Donald Trump ‘s Madison Square Garden rally. “When comedians with podcasts have shameless, self-proclaimed white supremacists and fascists on their show to joke around like they are just entertainers or even just politicians, all it does is humanize and normalize fascism,” Maron writes. In response to the backlash – and, specifically, criticism from Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz – Hinchcliffe posted a clip of the late, great insult comedian Don Rickles at a rally for Ronald Reagan, seeming to draw a comparison to himself.

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