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thenewgreen  ·  3183 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Jon Stewart, Patron Saint of Liberal Smugness

    But they are, as ever, praising him for the wrong thing. He did nearly as much to drive a wedge into the political spectrum as his opposite numbers on Fox News did. From personal experience, he destroyed the open-mindedness and critical thinking skills of an entire generation of liberals. Some hyperbole, sadly not enough.
I don't agree. I don't watch FOX or MSNBC, but when I can I will watch the Daily Show, which admittedly is about once a month. Still, I enjoy watching it. I've seen him be a pretty equal opportunity employer of comedy. He gives shit to both sides, don't you think? What the idiots that receive his comedy do with it is beyond his control.

I'm drunk. mk's garage is full of beer. Take this with a grain of salt.