The frustrating thing about this characterisation of Stewart's first night back, is that it's flat out wrong. Haviing watched it myself, after listening to the outraged left commentariat, his supposed "both are just as bad" routine was not at all what it was made out to be. It was quite obvious he was parodying their supposed equivalence. He clearly played Turnip's obvious culpability off against the inanity of every accusation against Biden. It wasn't particularly subtle. I think far too many people jumped to instant outrage because they were primed to, and weren't actually listening, they were already busy writing their screeds for clicks.
His second week started with a broad slap back at the overheated, missed-the-point critics, in the form of a parody of a Communist Chinese/Mao Zedong style, “criticism and self-criticism” session aimed squarely at the self-righteous, self-appointed guardians of the wHoly Left.
If that didn't register, you might be tipping into that territory. It wasn't subtle either time, and you appear to have entirely missed it. I read you guys because you're usually astute. This coverage certainly wasn't. If you missed this boat so completely, what else might you be missing?
Ben you are absolutely right, these Alt-right media influencers are indeed paving the way for fascism. It has been going on for many years and now we sadly see it escalating. As a citizen in one of the neighbours (Finland) to Russia I don´t know if I should cry or laugh when I see this Tucker Carlson figure bragging about his interwiew with Putin. All the while people are suffering in Ukraine. It´s incomprehensible to me. And yes, I know people are suffering in Gaza, Sudan, Afghanistan and Myanmar and other places as well. Just in case someone thinks I´m concerned about Ukraine.
He’s a both-sides fool and yet another pathetic “ceasefire now” ‘progressive’ going off on the evils of Israel, while forgetting to mention the existence of Hamas and the October 7 atrocities carried out by his Pals. He’s always been overrated and age hasn’t improved his comedy or his political takes.
The frustrating thing about this characterisation of Stewart's first night back, is that it's flat out wrong. Haviing watched it myself, after listening to the outraged left commentariat, his supposed "both are just as bad" routine was not at all what it was made out to be. It was quite obvious he was parodying their supposed equivalence. He clearly played Turnip's obvious culpability off against the inanity of every accusation against Biden. It wasn't particularly subtle. I think far too many people jumped to instant outrage because they were primed to, and weren't actually listening, they were already busy writing their screeds for clicks.
His second week started with a broad slap back at the overheated, missed-the-point critics, in the form of a parody of a Communist Chinese/Mao Zedong style, “criticism and self-criticism” session aimed squarely at the self-righteous, self-appointed guardians of the wHoly Left.
If that didn't register, you might be tipping into that territory. It wasn't subtle either time, and you appear to have entirely missed it. I read you guys because you're usually astute. This coverage certainly wasn't. If you missed this boat so completely, what else might you be missing?
Ben you are absolutely right, these Alt-right media influencers are indeed paving the way for fascism. It has been going on for many years and now we sadly see it escalating. As a citizen in one of the neighbours (Finland) to Russia I don´t know if I should cry or laugh when I see this Tucker Carlson figure bragging about his interwiew with Putin. All the while people are suffering in Ukraine. It´s incomprehensible to me. And yes, I know people are suffering in Gaza, Sudan, Afghanistan and Myanmar and other places as well. Just in case someone thinks I´m concerned about Ukraine.
He’s a both-sides fool and yet another pathetic “ceasefire now” ‘progressive’ going off on the evils of Israel, while forgetting to mention the existence of Hamas and the October 7 atrocities carried out by his Pals. He’s always been overrated and age hasn’t improved his comedy or his political takes.
In parts of the multiverse, Jon Stewart's nightly clowning of trump lost him the election in 2016.
Yes, the many universes generated by Jon Stewart’s sense of his own self-importance and delusional belief in the wide appeal of his politics.
Of course, every possibility exists in the multiverse.