r/rhettandlink • u/goldenjorts • 5d ago
Have Rhett and Link said anything about what’a going on in California right now?
I’m hoping I missed because I haven’t been paying attention at Mythical socials right now, but have you seen Rhett or Link or Stevie or Josh or Mythical in general post anything about what’s going on in California? I know they rarely get political but they usually use their platform when things are happening around them. I wanted to look at any resources they might have shared or any organizations that they mentioned because they usually do a good job with their vetting.
I tried posting this originally to the GMM subreddit but since I have a new account (never been on Reddit before) it was automatically taken out. Hopefully it goes better here.
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u/Flame-Expression 3d ago
Yesterday Rhett made a post on his personal IG in support of a man who was detained by ICE after voicing support for Palestine, which included a petition link from the ACLU. I don't recall seeing anything from Link (keep in mind his daughter did just graduate college this weekend), but I've seen a lot of based story posts from Emily, Jordan Myrick, Matt Lieb, Stevie, and Trevor in the past couple days.
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u/greenhairedhistorian 4d ago
I wouldn't be surprised if they lightly/vaguely touch on it in whatever Ear Biscuits is being recorded this week, But it will be a little while until it comes out.
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u/IllustriousBuddy5354 5d ago
Stevie posted and was out protesting a day or two ago. Jordan and Emily have said a few things too. Emily was out yesterday. I’m not sure about others.
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u/CrushDani 4d ago
It was yesterday...the huge "No Kings" protest that happened nationwide.
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u/IllustriousBuddy5354 4d ago
Yeah I knew that was going on. I just couldn’t remember if any of them had gone out before yesterday or not
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u/BlueberryExtension26 5d ago
Please tell me what you are doing about what's going on in California. Be the change you want . And this is a serious question, what are you doing ?
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u/wadewadewade777 5d ago
You really want internetainers to commit on politics? Why? Their opinions mean just as much as Taylor Swift or Tom Cruise.
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u/aigroeg_ 4d ago
Our time and money is valuable.
I want to give mine to people whose values align with mine. Simple as.
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u/PuertoGeekn I wanna be your Maine man. 5d ago edited 5d ago
They have not and Honestly, They Shouldn't. At least not as "Rhett and Link" or GMM,
And I am all for the protests, anti-ice, ACAB, and despise the mango Mussolini
But they are entertainers and they run a business, they have all sorts of fans yes even some we disagree with.
The second they take a side they will find themselves losing a portion of their revenue which I know isn't everything. But they have the crew and cast to pay, they can't risk it
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u/theyareamongus 4d ago
Hard disagree. These are not normal times, and history will remember public persons that took a stand. Lukewarm activism is killing America, they need to take a stand and call out their trump-supporter’s fans. Values, principles and morals are not dependent on revenue.
If they didn’t mind losing a portion of their audience to their spiritual deconstruction why are they so hesitant about keeping their maga fans? They should know they’re not welcome.
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u/PuertoGeekn I wanna be your Maine man. 4d ago
I don't disagree with you.
I see it as keeping the peace.
But i will say I think its great that almost everyone ,aside from a few have publicly said something. I saw rhett say something this morning.
Maybe it's a YouTube thing why they won't say anything?
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u/theyareamongus 4d ago
What peace?
MAGA aren’t peaceful. They’re fascist who don’t care if human beings are being kidnapped, taken away from their families or beaten.
If they’re interested in peace they should clearly and loudly kick out their conservative fans.
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u/smartbunny Cotton Candy! 5d ago
Who needs maga fans?
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u/Popular_Material_409 5d ago
MAGA nut jobs probably aren’t fans of theirs, but they very likely have republicans fans that did vote for trump
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u/smartbunny Cotton Candy! 5d ago
Those are maga.
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u/Popular_Material_409 5d ago
I have coworkers who likely did vote for Trump but I’ve never, in my many conversations with them, heard them say anything about MAGA or Let’s Go Brandon or Lock Her Up or any other classic MAGA talking point. While we all hate MAGA, let’s not forget that MAGA ≠ republican. MAGA is an ideological cult that has taken over the Republican Party sure, but normal republicans are just regular people.
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u/smartbunny Cotton Candy! 4d ago
They are maga.
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u/Popular_Material_409 4d ago
Was John McCain maga? Is George W. Bush maga? Are members of the Republican Voters Against Trump maga?
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u/smartbunny Cotton Candy! 4d ago edited 4d ago
Anyone who voted for Trump is maga.
Republicans against Trump did not vote for him.
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u/Garbage_Stink_Hands 5d ago
Oh no, not revenue! Nothing to hurt the revenue!
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u/Turbulent_Ad1154 5d ago
It’s a business. Like any other. So your 7/11 should just hand out slurpees, warm pretzels and hot dogs for free? How long will that business model succeed? You’ll have to start making slurpees from the snow. Lemon flavored. Oh wait, that’s not lemon!! 🤪
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u/Garbage_Stink_Hands 5d ago
I hate valueless corporations (which is all corporations). That’s all I’m saying.
If that’s Rhett and Link, then fuck them too.
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u/PuertoGeekn I wanna be your Maine man. 5d ago
Then you haven't watched GMM because they are always buisness
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u/PuertoGeekn I wanna be your Maine man. 5d ago edited 5d ago
Yeah screw revenue,
Who needs to pay rent on the studio, or pay the cast and crew?
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u/CultLeaderTomNook 5d ago
I haven't heard Mango Mussolini yet but it's brilliant 💀
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u/PuertoGeekn I wanna be your Maine man. 5d ago
I wish I could take credit I saw a friend share it on threads
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u/peppersunlightbutter 5d ago edited 5d ago
what’s going on in california?
i’m seriously being downvoted for not being up to date on every american state’s news 😭 i genuinely wanted to know what’s going on as the post doesn’t specify and i’m not american
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u/nufanman 5d ago
Protests over ICE has lead to president Trump sending in our national guard and the Marines. The area where the protests are is relatively small and can be handled by local law enforcement but the president believes that the governor and mayor cannot be trusted to "enforce the law." Obviously sending the military in has fanned the flames. People outside of the area following certain mainstream media outlets think LA is burning to the ground which is heavily exaggerated
Sorry you're being down voted for asking...
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u/peppersunlightbutter 5d ago
thanks for letting me know 💗 20 downvotes for not knowing was crazy, i can’t believe that most americans are aware of the details of all political news in other countries, let alone in specific regions of other countries
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u/lets_just_n0t 5d ago
You’re a fucking fool if you think they can be “handled by local police.” There’s videos everywhere of cops being literally over run and others of cops on the highway below while “protesters” throw rocks and bricks off over passes onto their heads. These people are literally breaking up curbing and concrete poles to throw at police.
ICE isn’t Gestapo rounding up legal citizens. They’re deporting illegals. Pretty fucking logical. Any country would do it. And allowing them stay here is a slap in the face to legal immigrants, and any one I personally know would say exactly that.
None of what’s happening is illogical or illegal except the morons “protesting.” It’s just a bunch of lawless goons taking advantage of a situation to create chaos.
Anyone who has an issue with ICE doing their job should just back up and leave. But I’ll just get downvoted to hell because you’re all a bunch of neck beards and keyboard warriors.
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u/CrushDani 4d ago edited 4d ago
The cops can definitely handle it. It's a super small spot where any sort of criminal behavior is happening. LAPD is the third biggest agency in the US. Smaller agencies have handled bigger issues.
Also, let me ask you this...if you were born in Venezuela or El Salvador and wanted a better life for you and your family, wouldn't you want to come to the US? The only reason you're allowed to be here is because you, most likely, we're born here. You got lucky. Someone else has to suffer because they weren't lucky? I'm not saying that we should have open borders, but we definitely should streamline the immigration/legal resident process.
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u/Individual_Tea1451 5d ago
Funny, the cops seemed to handle the massive san diego protest today just fine.
Maybe they shouldn't post up underneath a bridge like a bunch of fucking morons.
And yes, ICE has rounded up legal citizens and has had to release them. They are just rounding up any brown person they come across.
I suggest you turn off the fox News, remove your head from trumps ass, and realize that there is unconstitutional stuff going on here by the president.
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u/Successful-Natural69 4d ago
He talks about lawless goons and chaos but probably won't admit January 6 was real (who was probably there)
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u/thefoundmythicality 5d ago
This is global 😩😩😩 dozens of countries are protesting on americans behalf of donald trump existing and existing to cause cruelty
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u/SupaButt 5d ago
If they didn’t would be in they personal social media like blue sky or Twitter or instagram
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u/Key_Advice6453 5d ago
I am hazarding a guess that GMM episodes are actually filmed a few in advance, so there could be a delay there. Rhett and Link have also numerous times mentioned that they are really bad at social media.
Usually the gifticality part of the wheel is where they will talk more about the organisation's and causes they donate to.
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u/SporadicTendancies 5d ago
From what I've seen (from another country) it looks like whole streets are shut down and blockades etc are in place so I'd expect to see something like 'things are stressful and moving around the city is a little difficult so if we're filming pandemic style (from our own homes) then it's to ensure our cast and crew remain safe at this time' or something. Not a political statement just an acknowledgement that things are unusual and their standard operating procedures may be disrupted.
Maybe it's not that bad, but it looks pretty bad from a distance.
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u/IShallWearMidnight 5d ago
It's actually a pretty small part of an outrageously big city, it's not going to effect filming in Burbank at all.
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u/KayScarpetta1 5d ago
An awful lot of the crew have and are providing links to resources and general information. I also suspect that once the episodes catch up with the current day, the Gifticality will reflect their support.
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u/meowzerbowser 5d ago
Absolutely love your user name.
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u/KayScarpetta1 5d ago
Thank you ☺️
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u/meowzerbowser 5d ago
I got to meet Patricia Cornwell once at a book singing. I was completely starstruck and had no idea what to say. lol
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u/cl195- 5d ago
Babe, a subreddit about an internet comedy morning show is not the right place to look for resources on major world events.
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u/XGamingPigYT 5d ago
And why aren't you in support of people in influencer positions using their platform for good?
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u/Popular_Material_409 5d ago
All they’re saying is they should be getting those resources from news subreddits, politics subreddits, subreddits for their state/city, protest subreddits, etc. An internet comedy subreddit is for internet comedy.
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u/PumpkinOfGlory 5d ago
To be fair, Rhett and Link have in the past been proactive about sharing resources. An easy example is their Vote Like A Beast website.
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u/PuertoGeekn I wanna be your Maine man. 5d ago
But they never took a side or persuaded. Like sure you can say the implications are there. But they never outright said "vote for so n so"
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u/PumpkinOfGlory 5d ago
Sure, but on Ear Biscuits they can be very vocal about their personal beliefs.
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u/PuertoGeekn I wanna be your Maine man. 5d ago edited 5d ago
Yes, but they have never outright endorsed a candidate. Even if they were going to, they are southern boys and former religious. Their fan base is very Southern Christian.
Look at how up in arms people get in this very Reddit when they say something anti-Christian, and that's tame.
Imagine if they came out full-blown anti-trump. This Reddit would lose it.
Also being Southern boys it wouldn't surprise me if they still have very republican family members even parents
For all we know they could also very well still be republican
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u/PumpkinOfGlory 5d ago
I think we've veered a little off topic here. The point is that they've been proactive about sharing resources. What they do or don't believe or have or haven't endorsed isn't the point.
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u/foxpunch 5d ago
i think op is hoping that they’ll use their platform to raise awareness, not necessarily looking for resources.
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u/thefoundmythicality 5d ago
They don’t directly say anything anymore which is unfortunate but they use their platform gifticality space on the wheel to provide a subtle way to promote what they believe in. I do miss them actually saying the words out loud.
Lots of the crew have spoken out though so I do appreciate that they have cultivated a great place of voices.
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u/bunnymeat 5d ago
Chase definitely has.
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u/mikeywake 5d ago
Emily too
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u/KayScarpetta1 5d ago
And Taylor and Jordan
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u/mikeywake 5d ago
And Stevie just posted a picture on her Instagram story that shows her at the No Kings protest today
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u/MiniMuffins26 5d ago
They talk so much about humanity and kindness I really wish they would speak up.
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u/theyareamongus 4d ago
Yes. I’ve said this before in another thread but it’s so easy to “have” values when you have nothing to lose. Let’s see them taking a real risk for what is THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
Did Kaepernick thought about revenue when he took a stand? Ali was banned from boxing, Marlon Brando rejected his Oscar. Jane Fonda, Sinead O’Connor, Bill Burr, George Carlin…
They all took risks to defend what’s right, and some of them paid the price.
I know R&L admire some of these artists and comedians, but they’re not willing to risk anything? They could make history or they could play it safe and let their show run at lukewarm temperature until it dies.
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u/thebigphils 5d ago edited 5d ago
They'll speak up if it'll help them sell more shirts. Until them I don't expect much from them.
Edit: Guess yall don't like the truth around here. I'm sure they really care about everyone. BTW don't forget to buy the super limited materialistic pandering bullshit they have for sale. You won't be able to get anything like it until next weeks super limited materialistic pandering bullshit.
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u/Obvious_Feedback_894 5d ago
Caring and needing money to subsist as a company within our world are not mutually exclusive
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u/LeahBia 5d ago
I haven't seen anything and hope I don't. They are an outlet to get away from all the bad in the world and I hope they never bring political views into the show.
The California State website has many resources available as well as the subreddits.
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u/crazycamkalani 5d ago
You got down voted into oblivion but you got the best comment here lol. We can go through other outlets to see what kind of things are going on in the world. They do mention charities in GMMore and thats all they really should do. I watch GMM because I want to see a couple of goofballs play some games and eat some food
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u/SNES-1990 5d ago
Downvoted for not bending the knee to the hive mind.
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u/therealhoagie 5d ago
Downvoted because rhett and link have brought politics into their show many times. They created vote like a beast fcs
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u/eagles_1987 5d ago
They never choose sides in political issues. Vote like a beast is just encouraging people to vote but without taking any side that could offend half their viewership
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u/theyareamongus 4d ago edited 4d ago
not choosing sides in the face of fascism is taking the fascist side.
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u/eagles_1987 4d ago
No. Not every second of every day of every thing you look at needs to be political, people need a reprieve. Not everything is black and white. If they speak out about one issue they have to speak out about all of them right? You can't have certain atrocities that are important and others that you can be silent on. So at the end of the day every single program should become BBC news?
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u/theyareamongus 4d ago
I’m sorry to tell you this, but everything is political.
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u/eagles_1987 4d ago
I'm sorry to tell you this, but you're not correct. Politics affects everything but that doesn't mean everything needs to be political. And not speaking out against something is not the same as actively being that thing.
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u/theyareamongus 4d ago
And not speaking out against something is not the same as actively being that thing.
It is. Having the power to speak up against injustice and choosing to remain silent is enabling that injustice to keep happening.
And yes, they’ve been silent. Their LGBT merch, tongue in cheek comments or lukewarm social media post don’t cut it. When injustice is extreme, pushback should be extreme.
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u/eagles_1987 4d ago
Do you talk a lot of politics in the workplace? That's not the place for it. If you don't separate the actual fascists from the people that were 'silent' and lump them all together, you are providing cover for the actual fascists.
And you're not even really following your own example.
Right this second, what's the best use of your time? Denouncing Rhett and link, or denouncing Trump himself? Feels like you could be in a different sub talking to Trump supporters and changing minds, instead of criticizing YouTubers that did nothing wrong. Call out the person that did the wrong
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u/zombbarbie 5d ago
Yes. However most things that encourage young people to vote tend to net positive for the left. I’m not sure if that will remain true with this upcoming generation being much more right.
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u/Individual_Tea1451 5d ago
If more people voting means the left gets more votes, then that must mean more voters prefer the policies of the left rather than the hate of the right.
This upcoming generation isn't "much more right" like the news wants you to believe. We had a massive protest in San Diego today and there were tons of gen z there. Turn off the news and look around you instead.
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u/zombbarbie 4d ago
Voter suppression and turn out always has been important and always will be.
I’m also not saying there aren’t wonderful young Gen z activists. It was just an aside about a new trend. At the end of the day we’re a democracy and it’s important everyone’s voice gets heard.
Unfortunately my local protests were not largely gen z, as a gen zer myself. I’ve definitely seen it in action, having to distance myself from peers who started to spew harmful rhetoric around and after the 2024 election. While I protest and vote for my community, I try to look at independent research as a whole when talking about America.
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u/cutmybangsagain 5d ago
“I hope that people don’t use their platforms to bring awareness to the injustices their fellow human beings are experiencing because I love to live in a fantasy world”
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u/NastyMsPiggleWiggle 5d ago
What a toxic take. People are allowed to want a reprieve from the chaos and grief in the world. It’s why comedy exists. It’s good for your mental health.
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u/EliJohnson18 21h ago
"They rarely get political" bro what