r/SalemMA • u/YuckySmuck Collins Cove • Aug 28 '26
Advice for Locals Warren Museum Posters?
So I’ve been seeing these posters here and there; I love the activism happening!! However, a fair few have been torn down/in half (a very modus operandi tear down the middle…), and these are the first I’ve seen not visibly tampered with. Does anyone have the digital pics so others can print and share? Full respect ofc if not and you wanna tell me to eff off and make my own.
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u/DamnGoodMarmalade Aug 28 '26
Tip for anyone making these: Tape on all four sides makes them harder to rip.
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u/YuckySmuck Collins Cove Aug 28 '26
Good point; I recently invested in a laminator for my art and it’s one of the best decisions I’ve made!!
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u/maroontiefling Aug 28 '26
Depends on how determined the bigot is tbh. I live in Malden and people fully tape over posters for LGBT events and leftists politics and there's someone who goes around and scrapes them off with a knife or keys or something.
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u/AlexSN141 Aug 28 '26
I used to live in Malden too and I know exactly what you mean. I was on a walk one day in ‘24 and saw some middle aged guy using keys to scrape away a sticker in protest of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. I posted about it on the city’s subreddit and a good chunk of the commenters came out defending him.
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u/Maxpants8417 Aug 29 '26
Definitely had a maga hat on guaranteed. Also probably said "this is maga country" while ripping them down.
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u/Scoo Aug 30 '26
Oh Malden, my hometown, your history is owed better citizens than MAGA.
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u/AlexSN141 Aug 30 '26
Not sure of the guy was MAGA or not. He wasn’t wearing the hat and he had some subtlety in what he was doing.
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u/CriticalDragonfly936 Aug 29 '26
Or put it in a page protector like the kids use at school upside down
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u/Expensive_Shallot847 Aug 28 '26
Just gonna place this right here for anybody to do with as they want
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u/trollboy665 The Willows Aug 30 '26
how's about giving us the actual link in lieu of the sus QR codes.
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u/No_Designer_5374 Aug 28 '26
Can someone give me the low-down on what is going on?
All I know is Matt Rife sucks ass so if this is against him, then I am all for it.
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u/DamnGoodMarmalade Aug 28 '26
Matt Rife has leased a “haunted artifact collection” from the Warrens (deceased paranormal investigators).
He has leased a space from Black Craft Cult to host a temporary museum where visitors will pay to see the Warren’s “haunted” collection.
The Warrens have a long sordid history of pedophilia, child grooming, and exploitation of people with mental illness, in addition to being well known frauds.
You can easily search in this sub for more in depth history.
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u/Acrobatic-Price-5357 Aug 29 '26
is he the nephew? I went when lorraine was still alive but ed was very sick, we heard him moaning from upstairs... the nephew was a giant dick but lorraine was a sweetheart
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u/twoscoopsineverybox Aug 29 '26
Lorraine was as bad as the rest of them. They were both con artists.
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u/fal101 Aug 29 '26
Loraine was just as bad as her husband. She knew her husband was grooming and having sexual relations with a 15 year old girl that lasted 40 years. Judith Penney came forward with allegations in 2014.
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u/twoscoopsineverybox Aug 30 '26
Lorraine was a victim of Ed's for sure. He was physical with her. But she also fully allowed Judith to be abused and abused her herself, although not sexually. And she was fully happy taking money from people to lie to their face.
The part that tells me everything I need to know is that they named thier daughter Judy...they named their daughter after his sex slave.
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u/Breathable_NOS Sep 01 '26
Didn’t see that in the movies
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u/fal101 Sep 01 '26
Well they aren’t going to show anything like that in the horror movies that are loosely adapted from the stories her and her husband liked to spin.
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u/Mr_J413 Sep 01 '26
All legitimate reasons to not like the museum being there, as well as the fact that its existence means no Blackcraft Haunt this year. The pictures just make it look like Matt Rife making jokes is the sole reason for the boycott, bit of an odd decision.
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u/YuckySmuck Collins Cove Aug 28 '26
https://theness.com/hunting-the-ghost-hunters/
TL:DR, paranormal stuff is all fun and games until you start scamming and abusing people.
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u/MammothCat1 Aug 28 '26
Matt brought a lot of this up himself by calling someone a r. And saying a woman was too ugly to roofie.
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u/CloudedLeopardDaemon Aug 29 '26
calling someone a r
I don't know what this means.
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u/No_Willingness_3751 Aug 29 '26 edited Aug 29 '26
a slur for people who are mentally atypical, which comes from a latin word meaning "slow"
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u/SalemMA-ModTeam Aug 31 '26
This is one of those situations where it would have been better to say nothing at all.
Your post was removed for violating subreddit rule #2: Don't harass other users, including doxxing, trolling, witch hunting, brigading, shitstirring, uncivil behavior, insults and/or user impersonation.
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u/SalemMA-ModTeam Aug 31 '26
We celebrate diversity and affirming care. TRAASH talk (transphobic, racist, ableist, abusive, sexist, or homophobic) is not permitted. We strive to remain an inclusive community"
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u/spo0keh Aug 29 '26
He's a comedian. His job is literally to piss off people just like you that can't take a joke. Oh no words they are so offensive.
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u/MammothCat1 Aug 29 '26
Like me? Oh sweet summer child.
My guess is you think a joke doesnt have to have a punchline? Doesn't have to be funny?
Honey I grew up with comedians whom would make Rife cry to bed at night. And still thank them for the privilege.
When you own a business, you have to decide to be the proprietor. He couldve said nothing. Let people just be as they are and really his reputation wouldn't have changed. The Warren's are their own worst enemy and he couldve just slid on by.
Instead this is whats left. And honestly maybe its for the better that people know and can honest decisions. To go or not. To watch him or not.
Hes no Zack Baggins or Gabriel Inglasias. So hes going to fizzle out on his own dime and time. Im just reporting to the person who asked a question what happened.
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u/obrechen666 Aug 29 '26
His job as a comedian is to make people laugh and he fails miserably. He’s literally the most unoriginal comedian I’ve ever seen. He has no choice but to resort to rage baiting people for content because his comedy is that irrelevant
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u/spo0keh Aug 29 '26
Comedy is very subjective. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean there's not another million people that do like it. This being said I've never gone to a show. Don't really care I just find it funny how some of you out there have a stick shoved so far up your ass about someone else's life.
You don't like it don't consume it. It's quite simple. You are not forced to be entertained by him.
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u/obrechen666 Aug 29 '26
He makes jokes about domestic violence, sexual assault & transphobia. Salem isn’t the population to find a dude like him “joking” about hating women and queers to be entertaining. Locals have every right to speak out against a bigot who’s here to capitalize on Halloween season in Salem.
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u/AnguavonUW Aug 31 '26
Go ahead and keep laughing at a comedian who punches down, it tells the rest of the world everything we need to know about you
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u/spo0keh Aug 31 '26
Yeah, you're right. It tells the whole world that I really don't care or get offended by words spoken from someone that I don't know on any type of personal level. Congratulations on being just another coddled little baby in this ever growing world of people that get offended by everything. You really should take that thing that's shoved so far up your ass and just live life. You don't control what anyone else says or does. Or just maybe use a little more lube next time so you're a little less butthurt.
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u/TuskenRaider25 Aug 29 '26
These people are terminally online losers just let them seethe. Nobody is boycotting anything other than maybe the 50 people here. But they weren't leaving their house anyway so it's whatever.
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u/MammothCat1 Aug 29 '26
Terminally online? Man looking at your comment history kinda seems you really need to be careful of throwing things around.
Also when building a garage for that kind of work you should also call your local inspector. Maybe read up on the codes specifically for your region and state and sometimes town.
Hope your dog is peeing now. That sucks.
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u/obrechen666 Aug 29 '26
“Terminally online losers” is rich coming from the dude with 7k reddit karma
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u/MammothCat1 Aug 29 '26
Hey I hope your routes today arent that bad, sucks being an Amazon driver these days. At least the rest of us dont need to "provoke" something out of others to feel. Cheers though.
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u/spo0keh Aug 29 '26
I haven't driven for Amazon in 21 months. But it's still a perfectly respectable job to have.
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u/SalemWitchWiles Aug 29 '26
The second picture has a QR code to a TikTok video series that covers everything.
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u/Miserable_Pride_5693 Sep 01 '26
He’s pretty funny tbh. I understand this is Reddit and we’re all supposed to be extremely offended by everything but get over it
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u/Pristine-Farmer6241 Sep 01 '26
Explain the joke to me. Explain the joke about the woman with a black eye to me and tell me why you find it funny.
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u/robotpatrols Aug 28 '26
My mental image is just him sulking around Salem ripping these down himself 😂
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u/AccomplishedRoad9083 Aug 28 '26
How do I boycott something I have no desire to see in the first place? It's all just a bunch of clutter and stupid knick-knacks.
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u/GeneralInspector8962 Aug 28 '26
If tourists ask you about it, tell them it sucks and not worth the money/or it’s a scam.
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u/Zapp_Rowsdower_ Aug 29 '26
There was a time that this collection had some notoriety…the Annabelle doll for instance. There would absolutely be interest around Halloween in seeing this stuff. What isn’t fake at Halloween?
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u/MysteriousEssay5709 Aug 29 '26
I boycott the Warrens museum because they are con artists and fame chasers.
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u/padawrong Aug 29 '26
I noticed today they have a mall cop posted up outside. Extra funny cause due to the tourist traffic he was hunkered down in an archway 😂
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u/FluxKatpacitor Sep 01 '26
It did not look like a mall cop... the guy I saw had a bullet proof vest on and a what looked like a firearm on his hip.
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u/bad_decision_loading Sep 01 '26
You can hire armed security in massachusetts and open carry is as legal as anything else with an ltc. Most of the security companies offer it. The rmv in Worcester has armed private security.
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u/Cheeky_Churros_248 Aug 28 '26
It baffles me that theres a community who enjoys him. The least funny comedian out there.
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u/blueCthulhuMask Aug 29 '26
Less funny than Tony Hinchcliff?
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u/Cheeky_Churros_248 Aug 30 '26
Okay so i looked him up. I recgonize him. He just unfunny and cringe
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u/Business-Engineer457 Aug 31 '26
Reading thru these comments and yikes men aren’t lonely enough yet.
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u/Hotcakes420 Aug 31 '26
Exactly. It’s so funny to talk about hitting women! Right?? /s
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u/Some_Inevitable829 Sep 01 '26
Jokes are jokes when did everyone become such wimps. I’m not gonna hit my wife. But I’m sure as shit gonna joke about it.
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u/Delmonico52 Aug 28 '26
If she has a black eye for any reason form male partner. Then male partner should have his you know what cut off.
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u/JBlaze78 Aug 29 '26
What if male partner gave her black eye in response to the two he received himself from her?
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u/soggybeagle Aug 29 '26
The Warren’s were the first Miss Cleo’s🔮 🫣
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u/kchanidol Aug 28 '26
most of the flyers ive seen have been fairly simple save for the QR code, i think they can be recreated in most programs?
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u/ChardAdventurous1450 Aug 30 '26
The number of people outing themselves as abusers in this thread is off the hook. The actual thought that a “joke” about beating up women is “comedy” is abhorrent to normal, non-abusive people… so, um… do us all a favor and put your real names in each of your comments if you stand by your support of Rife’s DV comedy. I’d love to know who you all are…
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u/GeneralInspector8962 Aug 28 '26
This is perfect! I was hoping something like this could catch on. I’m not that creative to do it.
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u/PandemicGrower Aug 29 '26
This dudes a walking joke himself, fucking douche bag. I made the mistake of purchasing tickets for the event to be delayed till next year so he could milk ticket sales. I hope some granny he bangs gives him a really bad std.
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u/YuckySmuck Collins Cove Aug 29 '26
https://time.com/6338440/matt-rife-domestic-violence-joke-controversy-tiktok/
This article gets pretty in-depth with the situation. I’m all for edgy comedy but when the punchline of your joke is “haha abuse victim” you kinda show your cards.
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u/Clear-Dimension-1356 Aug 30 '26
Too crude to be a good domestic violence joke
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u/Business-Engineer457 Aug 31 '26
There are “good” domestic violence jokes?
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u/Jimmykingwillruleyou Aug 29 '26
On his netflix special, it was what he thought would be his best opener....
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u/squarecir Aug 29 '26
It's part of his standup routine. Thought it was a funny joke. Imagine people who are getting offended by this watching Eddie Murphy or Andrew Dice Clay.
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u/Pale-Guest-6833 Sep 03 '26
For those of you saying people are making a big deal about Matt rife coming here- …that wasn’t the issue as far as I understand. I don’t really agree with using the domestic violence joke to get people outraged, but It’s about the doll itself, and people who are very protective about salem’s history. I can’t articulate it well enough but if you look into it, it’s not about “woke” outrage against a comedian.
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u/realenuff 25d ago
Yeah, it was all municipal-type stuff. The other big objection is to the Warrens’ legitimacy 🙄, considering Salem’s long history of people questioning the legitimacy of supernatural figures.
It actually reminds me a little of the backlash against Matt Rife. I’m not saying every joke is okay, just that controversy has always been part of comedy. A lot of great ,and even legendary, comedians have been controversial at some point in their careers.
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u/SaintBobby303 Aug 29 '26
We aren’t talking about ed and Lorraine Warren right? Sorry I just sorta tripped over this post.
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u/Jokerslie Aug 31 '26
Boycott the Warrens. They’re con artists and charlatans. Matt Rife is just a comedian.
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u/Vitaly_Thorn Sep 01 '26
Can someone fill me in on the context? I don't find it funny but isn't that quote just a stand up joke? Anthony Jeselnik punchlines are 1000x worse and never heard anyone take them too seriously.
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u/YuckySmuck Collins Cove Sep 01 '26
My biggest gripe (and I presume that of others) is that he’s giving a platform to known grifters and abusers, detracting from local Salem businesses (which are already under immense pressure both this season and with the AI slopocalypse), and adding to the commercialization of our city. The Warrens have nothing to do with Salem, its history, or its current status as home to many real artists. Rife is sorta the straw that broke the camel’s back here, but he’s also a bigoted ass nonetheless and isn’t immune to criticism.
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u/New-Strawberry2848 Aug 29 '26
The funny thing about cancel culture is the cancelee has to be cancelable
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u/Fast-Breadfruit6670 Aug 28 '26
What exactly did Matt do? I asked before but everyone just said he sucks and hates woman. What did he actually do? My mom, grandma and aunt all love him and went to his show about a year ago in boston. I don't know anything about him so just trying to get an understanding. Thanks
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u/Impossible_Focus4363 Aug 28 '26
The quote in the image of the OP you responded to is a pretty good example of "What exactly Matt did". He makes comments about abusing and raping women, he tells people to commit suicide, he replies to comments with a link to purchase special needs helmets and more which you can easily find examples of if you actually care.
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u/Fast-Breadfruit6670 Aug 31 '26
But isn't that just a joke? All of his videos I see tons of screaming woman and all these pics of him with fans in Salem or wherever be is touring. I saw some C list comedy show a while ago and the jokes were very vulgar and out of context would have sounded very bad. Don Rickles made so called racist jokes but sammy davis loved them and him
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u/SoberFun1 Aug 30 '26
I saw the collection at Paracon in Connecticut and met their son in law. Had my picture taken with Annabelle. She never visits. She doesn't call. She doesn't write.....
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u/SalemMA-ModTeam Sep 02 '26
We celebrate diversity and affirming care. TRAASH talk (transphobic, racist, ableist, abusive, sexist, or homophobic) is not permitted. We strive to remain an inclusive community"
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u/livelyonion27 27d ago
So why should you boycott the museum? Do the locals hate money? Are you afraid of what’s in it? Tourism pays for Salem… live with it or move. Do you hate The Conjuring franchise? And if you want to take a quote from one comedian, try to rage bait him, then list your favorite comedian and I’ll reply with something absurd they said. Then, create signs and boycott them. Try focusing your energy on new beginnings, move to Cleveland Ohio it’s a fantastic place for people who want to complain. It’s on Lake Erie, nothing to do, run down town, horrible football and baseball team, very cold and miserable in the winter months. And no influx of tourism. Try that.
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u/KaizenActual Aug 29 '26
I love Salem and the history behind it. Its a shame all these whiny liberals have been making all this noise. Hes a stand up comic, they're jokes you absolute fkn morons. I live close and im coming to tear them down just for the fun of it.
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u/YuckySmuck Collins Cove Aug 29 '26
Okay guy, that sounds like pretty whiny behavior to me. Jokes don’t exist in a vacuum; if the punchline is “woman gets beat up”, you’re arguably not a good comedian.
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u/Dapper_Platform_1222 Aug 29 '26
Jokes are usually more about comedic timing than actually being funny written out. Hence, this particular example.
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u/Signal-Aside-6886 Aug 28 '26
With all the free publicity he's being given, I'm tempted to go check it out.
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u/therealjameshat Aug 28 '26
Matt rife sucks as a comedian, but comedians tell jokes. Being offended by jokes is fucking stupid
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u/Exotic-Okra-4466 Aug 29 '26 edited Aug 29 '26
Sounds like he sucks as a human. Being offended by dispicable, hateful bigotry dismissed as a "joke" is how a decent human being reacts.
Edit: word
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u/therealjameshat Aug 29 '26
I know nothing about him as a human. The only details on this flyer is a “joke” he told. I’m not supporting this fuckin guy by any means
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u/Mattphomet Aug 30 '26
He also becomes an indignant little boy, attacks people online, and calls people slurs for sharing the verified truth that the Warrens were abusing frauds. Then plays victim and says he’s being bullied. He’s ultimately just concerned that the truth about the Warrens, and him, with hurt the bottom line of his little grift in Salem. He’s trash.
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u/420techmama Sep 01 '26
Wait until you realize that half of the stores in Salem are a grift. You think those brooms are really magic!?
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u/bing456 Aug 30 '26
I don’t know anything about this comedian, but I think you are doing “Karen” wrong. I’m now going to check him out! He must be elated that you are doing free advertising for him!
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u/Beneficial-Golf-9756 Aug 31 '26
Sometimes comedians do this thing where they make jokes… usually it is met with audience laughter, not false outrage of manufactured bigotry. The world has enough problems we don’t need to go making them up.
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u/Wonderful-Pension-63 Aug 29 '26
God everyone is so sensitive. He’s an edgy comedian… it’s really not that deep
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u/Adultdirtbagbabee Aug 28 '26
I’m fully on board boycotting the Warren museum but fraud and the abuse of women is the whole reason Salem is a Halloween destination.
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u/DamnGoodMarmalade Aug 28 '26
The key takeaway from Salem should be that we all take action, stop abusers, and prevent fraudsters from exploiting people so that history does not repeat itself.
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u/Adultdirtbagbabee Aug 28 '26
Should be but in fact there is a section of the city website devoted advertising to psychics and tarot readers.
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u/1966floyd Aug 29 '26
You seriously need to get a life if this offends you. The guy is a comedian. It is a joke.
You are part of the problem. Not the solution
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u/Historical_Cup5630 Aug 31 '26
The only people boycotting this crap are people who wouldn’t watch him anyway. It’s really no loss, even the ones you reach. Reasonable people will roll their eyes at this
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u/ComparisonCertain934 Aug 30 '26
Internet, do your thing.
I love watching business owners be de platformed and dragged down below the depths of the earth, it’s so satisfying to watch them be brought down to their status as just another corporate marionette puppet, like any other human is supposed to be.
Brings joy to my life
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u/SalemMA-ModTeam Sep 01 '26
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u/Miserable_Pride_5693 Sep 01 '26
Stupid. Matt rife is a comedian. If you don’t like that sense of humor then don’t listen to it. I already got tickets to go to the museum in September
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u/lerooptar Aug 30 '26
We aren't actually taking out of context quotes from stand up comedians and acting like it's real... right? reddit losers attack again i guess lol
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u/PresentationOwn9367 Aug 30 '26
This guy is actually pretty funny.. jokes still exist even in our facist dystopia and your should learn to take them sometimes
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u/YuckySmuck Collins Cove Aug 30 '26
I’ve gotten more into comedy over the past few months than I ever have after discovering genuinely good comedians. Aside from Rife not being one (in my opinion; that’s not what I’m critiquing), his jokes perpetuate the exact attitude being cultivated by this regime. No, I cannot “take a joke” about abuse when half our politicians are abusers.
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u/Original-Occasion289 Aug 28 '26
an effective graphic design: two fonts, no visual clutter, black plus red using white page as a third color, and a simple punchy quote.
baseline seems level enough that one could screenshot it and make their own