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Myq Kaplan's avatar

dear matt,

a very interesting question and answer.

one point... when you say "you have Colbert, Fallon, Stewart, Oliver, Kimmel, and Meyers all marching in lockstep formation with The Agreed Upon Correct Views with their jokes," i think it is fascinating to conflate all of them.

for example, John Oliver is doing something VERY different from Jimmy Fallon.

and even if they do share many social and political views (which i'll grant seems so), and even if there IS some "The Agreed Upon Correct Views" to it all (which i necessarily don't agree with, though i understand the spirit of what you're getting at), then i would say that many right-leaning comics are essentially marching in lockstep formation with The Agreed Upon INCORRECT Views with THEIR jokes.

like, i've seen so many versions of "but what if bullying is GOOD actually?" not to mention of course "you can't say anything anymore" peppered with an assortment of r-words and old stereotypes and transphobic slurs and such.

not to mention (or, to mention!), "Spouting the establishment corporatist view" isn't what Colbert, Fallon, Stewart, Oliver, Kimmel, and Meyers are doing. all three branches of the US government are majority right wing, so for someone to be LEFT-leaning these days is, i would say, more anti-establishment than the other way.

you know?

thanks for sharing as always!

love

myq

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Jens G's avatar

No, its just the pendulum swinging back after left-wing mind terror for ages.

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