PLEASE DON’T WATCH TRUMP ON SNL TOMORROW

zquidward:

guys i’m not sure if this is gonna get any attention at all but it’s worth shouting into the void: whatever you do, and please spread the word, please please PLEASE don’t watch the donald trump snl tomorrow. nbc is counting on people watching as much out of hate as support and hoping to see an uptick in ratings. it’s a shallow, spineless attempt to use controversy to increase viewership but it has the potential to do lasting damage. as if it wasn’t enough that donald trump is a noted and shamless racist and misogynist (and honestly, if that isn’t enough for you, then what’s wrong with you??) the decision to make trump the host – and not a walk-on role, as with hillary earlier this season – goes against something called the equal time policy. essentially, every presidental hopeful is supposed to get equal time in late night programming. this usually applies to talk shows and the like, but it applies just as strongly here. look, lorne michaels is about as liberal as a multi-millionaire can get. i don’t think he (if he’s even the one who made this decision) is actively endorsing trump by giving him such a platform on his show. but by handing such inequal airtime over to trump for him to spout his sexist, xenophobic bullshit, lorne/snl is giving unfair bias to trump’s idiotic and literally hate-filled ideals. i just find it absolutely abhorrent that nbc thinks it’s okay to let such a vile man – a man whose entire platform subsists of alienating a HUGE percentage of americans – host the show. no ratings boom is worth that in my opinion.  i’m going to be protesting, and i hope you do the same. please don’t watch, and please spread the word.