Brilliant: Jon Stewart on #OWS protests & Fox
10:30 am - October 6th 2011
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Last night, the Daily Show’s Jon Stewart covered the Occupy Wall Street protests, explaining that the media’s coverage as gone from “blackout” to its only other setting, “circus”.
He also asks how there protests are that different from the Tea Party protests, and why Fox covers them differently.
Brilliant, as always.
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I can’t believe someone seriously came up with a Nazi comparison. Can we not have one political debate without it?
hallo Occupy Wall Street, NATO killing childrens in Libya is occupy Wall Street designed to steal the headlines away from NATO’s atrocities- SAy NO
“I can’t believe someone seriously came up with a Nazi comparison”
It was Ann Coulter;
http://lazarus-on.blogspot.com/2011/01/christian-taliban.html
http://lazarus-on.blogspot.com/2011/03/glowing-report-on-radiation.html
1.
“I can’t believe someone seriously came up with a Nazi comparison. Can we not have one political debate without it?”
That’s Ann Coulter. Read up about her sometime. The very definition of crazy.
that is brilliant. Why haven’t we got a Jon Stewart?
[Maybe it's because we don't have a Fox New or Tea Party]
We had Chris Morris, but he moved on, sadly.
It’s a bit annoying that Jon Stewart is so good. He gives cover to some lefties who aren’t, and let’s them be lazy and a bit smug (I’ve found personally).
He’s bang on here. Hannity is such a dick.
Is this the same ‘liberal’, ‘free thinker’ who held a liberal love-in rally last year that had Cat ‘BURN RUSHDIE TO DEATH, STONE WOMEN, I HATE GAYS’ Stevens as a special guest?
Sunny, please check out your use of “there”
@ 8
Liberals letting a diverse group of people on the telly, who’da thunk it?
A ‘diverse’ bunch of people??
Really?
A fanatic Islamist who wished a man burnt to death for writing a book?
Yeah…well that’s ‘diverse’ I suppose!
Rushdie wasn’t to impressed by this ‘liberal’ poster boy inviting Cat Yusuf Stevens to his ‘Sanity’ rally though…Probably because the Islamist guitar strumming prick is not remotely sane!!!
And oh so liberal of course given it’s meaning nowadays after moronic cunts like you destroyed the word.
I guess you would have defended a KKK spokesman there.
A BNP envoy perhaps…although perhaps the BNP are not ‘diverse’ enough for your liberal mind as they have not wished they had personally burnt a man alive for writing a book!
Dig that hypocritical, loser, hole boy.
Lets see this liberal (hee hee) do a rally to put an end to ceaseless Islamic atrocity around the globe…OOOPS! Sorry. Islam is to be defended not attacked. Sorry I forgot how ‘liberal’ you all are….
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/06/somali-militant-suicide-attack-secular?newsfeed=true
“”Forget secular education: Somali militant’s message before suicide attack”"
The suicide bomber who killed more than 100 people, including students seeking scholarships, in an attack near Somalia’s education ministry had declared that young people should wage jihad and forget about secular education.
Bashar Abdullahi Nur, who was to blame for the huge explosion, gave an interview before the attack.
The UN said on Thursday that more than 100 people had died in the explosion in Mogadishu, in an attack that killed some of Somalia’s brightest young minds, including students gathered around a noticeboard to find out who had been awarded scholarships from the Turkish government.
I rather more worthy ‘liberal’ war to fight I think. If any of you were actually, truly, liberal.
@ 11
“A fanatic Islamist who wished a man burnt to death for writing a book?
Yeah…well that’s ‘diverse’ I suppose!”
Yep.
“And oh so liberal of course given it’s meaning nowadays after moronic cunts like you destroyed the word.”
I’d love to know what you think it means.
“I guess you would have defended a KKK spokesman there.”
I would have done, yes.
“A BNP envoy perhaps…”
Likewise. Defended Question Time’s decision to include him on its panel, in fact.
“although perhaps the BNP are not ‘diverse’ enough for your liberal mind as they have not wished they had personally burnt a man alive for writing a book!”
Sigh… it’s not about being diverse “enough”, it’s about not refusing diversity. It’s called freedom of expression, look it up sometime.
“Dig that hypocritical, loser, hole boy.”
How am I hypocritical?
@ 12
“I rather more worthy ‘liberal’ war to fight I think. If any of you were actually, truly, liberal.”
Plenty of people who consider themselves liberal backed the Iraq War on that very basis.
Bugger: in post 13, the “him” in “include him on its panel” is Nick Griffin. Rewrote the sentence and took the subject out by mistake!
A religious delusionist who wanted to burn a man alive for writing a book is invited to a ‘liberal’ held ‘Rally for Sanity’.
And that’s okay.
We truly have lost haven’t we?
I fucking hate you all with every fibre of my being.
“We truly have lost haven’t we?”
Seeing as you’re complaining about liberalism and people being allowed to express their opinions, I assume the “we” in that sentence is “people who only want authorized viewpoints to be heard”?
If so: yep, you’ve lost.
@6. Cherub: “We had Chris Morris, but he moved on, sadly.”
But Chris Morris was funny and he had a go at everyone. Chris Morris attacked conventional thinking in an apolitical fashion. His creative team was like Private Eye. The target was anyone who was so puffed up that they couldn’t see an arrow.
The video above does not appeal to me. It is Americans shouting about, to and around Americans. It displays the subtlety of a fart in a suit of armour. Jon Stewart only talks to Jon Stewart’s fans.
@18 Charlieman, I can understand if you have no interest in America, then the above clip will not interest you, but it’s not the case that Stewart only talks to an American audience. He may not be subtle, but American politics has never been subtle.
The point he’s making is important, but it does cut both ways. I’d be interested to know how many tea party protesters are also involved in these protests, because there is an overlap, especially as the Federal Reserve is also being targeted.
Jon Stewart! So sensible, progressive and liberal he invites insane religious fanatics who want to burnt people alive to a liberal hosted ‘SANITY’ rally!!
Trust LC to champion this fellow fake liberal and hypocrite…
And not champion this guy;
Who speaks common sense about fanatic zealotry raping British children’s minds…while you cunts champion a man who embraces one of the rapists!
“Richard Dawkins attacks Muslim schools for stuffing children’s minds with ‘alien rubbish’ “
@ Laughing Boy / When Horses Attack / whatever you’re calling yourself for the next half-hour
1) Changing names to make it look like several people agree with you? Trolling.
2) Repeating the same rant while ignoring people who actually reply to you and address it? Trolling.
3) Randomised whataboutery? Trolling.
4) Accusing people of being “fake” liberals because they’re prepared to listen to varying political views? Moronic.
Either grow up and engage with the conversation, or fuck off.
I’m all men.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
You can’t defend yourself…so you attack. Truth hurts cunt.
“You can’t defend yourself…so you attack. Truth hurts cunt.”
Defend against what? I pointed out @13 why your accusations against me are bullshit. For some reason you’ve ignored that post… can’t imagine why! It certainly appears that “you can’t defend yourself… so you attack” applies to you rather than me.
I love trolls who go around throwing accusations at others which actually only apply to themselves. It’s hilarious.
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