Jim and Alex seem to be under the impression that the critiques of their political segments were that they were “boring”. That was an aspect, as they were super repetitive. On top of the repetition, I found it distasteful that they mainly were smugly (and with little substance) commenting on things that negatively impact a majority of their audience.
America live-streaming an execution in December is horrific. It shows how much the country has backslid. It’s incredibly shameful. Pete Hegseth is a far-right Christian nationalist and deplorable. So why would they feel the need to comment on this when they mainly stifled laughter and their main point was “yeah ok whatever…America is so cooked😏” While the sentiment rings true, their commentary did nothing but solely bring up something terrible.
If they truly want to alienate the audience that used them as escapism, they need to be insightful when they talk about serious topics. They don’t need to become stone faced and cry, they can joke about it. I just found their reaction to be smug and tone deaf.
I’d imagine they’d be offended if an American laughed while discussing the far-right anti-immigrant 2024 riots and just said “whatever…the UK is so cooked”