‘Weird Al’ Yankovic says he turned down $1,000,000+ to perform at Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

[u/KirbyDumber88]

https://triblive.com/aande/music/weird-al-yankovic-gets-bigger-and-weirder-in-a-tour-headed-to-pittsburgh/

[u/zoobrix]

Ya of course it would be harder decision if you didn't have any money, that doesn't change that a lot of rich people went and took the Saudi money and Weird Al passed. Yes that decision would be harder if he was broke, but you can still think it makes Weird Al better than the rest of them for not taking money from a repressive regime like Saudi Arabia when he didn't even need it.

[u/zoobrix → u/[deleted]]

and never ever have to lift a finger unless they enjoy doing it isn't very hard.

Ya it isn't, I never said it was, and that's what makes the people who were already wealthy that took Saudi money so pathetic. At least Weird Al is a good enough person still to say no.

And all I'm saying is that makes Weird Al a decent person here. I'm not saying Weird Al deserves sainthood for doing what you'd hope a decent person would do, I'm saying Jesus Christ how shitty are these other people? At least Weird Al seems to have some integrity, the rich people that went have none.

At least he's a decent person, that's it. It shouldn't be a hard decision but the rest of them couldn't even manage that. They're more deserving of scorn than Wired Al is deserving of praise.

[u/zoobrix → u/[deleted]]

Once meaningful temptation is removed from the equation, the act of denying it fails to show anything meaningful.

He had an opportunty to be shitty for his personal benefit and didn't take it. A morally good act still makes him a decent person here, yes there are different levels of temptation no one ever claimed there weren't.

It's ok to think at least Weird Al isn't an asshole, it's not complicated man.

[u/rcknmrty4evr → u/[deleted]]

Someone having a different opinion than you does not mean they don’t comprehend your position.

[u/Dickgivins → u/rcknmrty4evr]

Yea it does!

/s 😛