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Originally Posted by powerclown
Dear Jesus,
Where did I say "Stop Using It?"
Where did I say Jon Stewart should stop doing his schtick?
Show me, please. Did I say this? Somewhere, Anywhere?
I didn't say anything of the sort. These are you're own phantom ideas conjured up and falsely attributed to me. Naughty, naughty...a debate faux paus, sir. For the record, I don't think he should stop what he does, why should he? This is AMERICA!!, where you are free to take the good with the bad. Do I think he's a disingenuous, hypocrital little weasel? Most definitely, but I don't think his opinions should be censored, no way. Are you implying that I don't have the right to criticize him?
Now, please join willtravel, me & tecoyah-san over at the opium pipe. We're going to learn about Truth & Enlightenment!!!  |
I apologize if I jumped to conclusions about your stance. I guess I should have asked, instead, "How should he show his gratitude?" Isn't exercising his rights and freedoms to make fun of the administration the best gratitude he can show? Isn't that how we judge if a family member or friend likes our gifts, by using them?
Now, we have been talking exclusively of his portrayals of the Bush Administration, but he does take equally biting jabs at Kerry and his followers on his show.
I think what he was criticizing on Crossfire was their format and the formulaic format of other "debate" shows where talking heads and pundits shout over each other. He was saying that this type of political discussion does a serious disservice to intelligent discourse and helps polarize the populace. I happen to agree with him. I lump all the Bill O'Reillys, Sean Hannities, Michael Moores, James Carvilles, et al in the same dungheap of paritsan bitchfest-ers. They are not interested in truthfulness and intelligence; they are only interested in dumbing down issues to the lowest common denominator then spinning this dreck into a ratings extravaganza that makes their producers gleeful. We watch them and end up increasingly ignorant.
Janeane Garofalo was a guest on Bill O'Reilly after the Democratic Convention. O'Reilly was trying to lure her into a contradictory statement and she was refusing to take the bait. She said to him that she was tired of the mouthpieces on television and radio that play "gotcha" with their guests in a game of semantics that served no purpose other than to embarass the guest. This is done on both sides; and while Ms. Garofalo and Mr. Stewart might not be as quick to accuse liberal hosts of similar tactics, I believe they are right. How informed are we when someone like Sean Hannity is constantly yelling over his guests to quit giving detailed answers and just say yes or no. The truth is that we are not interested in detail. We're only interested in making the other side look foolish. This does not serve the betterment of our society. This was what Jon Stewart was talking about. The hosts of Crossfire were hoping for a ratings boost by having a funnyman on their show, and instead got their asses handed to them. They deserved it, too. They wanted Stewart to act like a trained monkey and instead he shit in his hand and threw it at them.
How is this showing ingratitude for his rights and freedoms?
Sorry for being so long-winded with that response.
Now, if there is any opium left, truth and enlightenment are only an hallucination away.
