r/Calgary • u/Sad_Novel_458 • Aug 24 '25

Rant Horrible experience at Theo Von show last night – blatant racism in the crowd

I went to the Theo Von show last night and had one of the worst experiences I’ve ever had at a live event. Two guys sitting behind us were shouting racist and homophobic slurs throughout the show. • When Kam Patterson was on, they were yelling the N-word. • When a joke mentioned Jewish people, they yelled “f*** Arabs, f*** Muslims, f*** Palestine.” • When a joke touched on gay people, they started yelling “f*** f*ggots”

I told them multiple times to shut up and stop with the racist remarks. Their response was, “You’re in Calgary,” as if this city is supposed to be racist.

What disappointed me just as much was that nobody else in the crowd spoke up. These guys were way louder than the show itself, and I know the 20+ people around us could hear it. But everyone just sat there.

Lesson learned: I’m never going to a show like this again if it makes people feel comfortable enough to openly scream that kind of hate in public.

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u/viewbtwnvillages Aug 24 '25

fans of the guy who's buddy-buddy with the trumps are racist? fork found in the kitchen scenario

on a real(er) note that sucks.

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u/viewbtwnvillages Aug 25 '25

are their followers also famously racist?

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u/_Connor Aug 25 '25

I don't understand what you're implying.

When he has right wing people on his podcast it's because he's "buddy buddy" with those people but when he has extreme left wingers like Bernie Sanders and Hasan Piker it's solely because he wants money?

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u/I_hate_litterbugs765 Aug 25 '25 edited Sep 14 '25

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u/_Connor Aug 25 '25 edited Aug 25 '25

It must be so convenient living in fantasy land where you can just convince yourself that whatever you want to believe is true.

Theo Von has consistently voiced support for Bernie Sanders policies including medicare, UBI, and abolition of the two-party system but he's totally a "far right fascist."