Comments on: Jon Stewart tells a small part of the COVID lab origin story

By: Zaphod

Zaphod — Sat, 19 Jun 2021 06:32:50 +0000

“an attack on expertise.”

Oh! Say it ain’t so! The Humanity!

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Sat, 19 Jun 2021 06:25:18 +0000

Update – somebody didn’t get the memo.

https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/what-republican-voters-really-think-about-big-tech-companies/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=blog-post&utm_campaign=river&utm_content=top-bar-latest&utm_term=second

Well, we’ve figured out what it would take to get Jon Stewart’s once-adoring fanbase to turn against him. Paul Waldman of the Washington Post watched Stewart’s routine on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert mocking the doubters of the lab-leak theory, and wrote, “This provides an important lesson about celebrities: You shouldn’t get your political opinions from them, or your scientific opinions either.”

Oh, really? Now? Now? Decades after celebrities lined up to join the Rock the Vote movement; movie and TV stars campaigning with Al Gore; marathon concerts for John Kerry; the Yes We Can music video celebrating Barack Obama with near-religious fervor; Hillary Clinton’s “Fight Song”; the 2020 Democratic National Convention being hosted by Eva Longoria, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kerry Washington, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus; LeBron James weighing in on the proper U.S. response to the Chinese crackdown in Hong Kong; the wholesale embrace of Black Lives Matter by Hollywood celebrities . . . now we’re being told we shouldn’t get our political opinions for [from] celebrities?

But don’t worry; Waldman anticipates the argument, “That’s just because this time a liberal celebrity is taking a position you don’t like!” and insists that just isn’t the case. He’s upset because Stewart’s routine is, in his words, “an attack on expertise.”

By: OBloodyHell

OBloodyHell — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 14:48:17 +0000

}}} In the dictionary next to the word “smary” is a picture of Jon Stewart.

I think you’re missing an “M” there…. “smarmy”?

Actually, there’s a picture of Timothy Dalton, which is why he sucked as Bond despite being an excellent actor.

But yeah, Stewie is the captain of low-quality snark.

By: OBloodyHell

OBloodyHell — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 14:45:25 +0000

}}} is that his major talent is for smirking

Well, given that this is the only actual response The Left has to facts not in agreement with their worldview (aka Officially Accepted Liberal Dogma®).

It’s an interim response until the Liberal Midnight Reset Button® gets a chance to do its job.

A more complete discussion of these concepts here (Yeah, I’ve done it on Neo, but, if you don’t know him, I figure y’all might find Larry amusing, too. He’s a pitbull.):
https://monsterhunternation.com/2020/11/09/election-2020-the-more-fuckery-update/#comment-99392

By: OBloodyHell

OBloodyHell — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 14:35:32 +0000

}}}
(1) What convinced you now that this was true?
(2) What about the fact that this information about the location of the lab was known shortly after the pandemic began in China?
(3) What did you say about Trump and others on the right over a year ago when they were voicing the lab origin possibility/probability?
(4) When do you think this information was learned?
(5) Why was it suppressed earlier?
(6) What do you say now about this sequence of events? Does it trouble you? Make you reconsider anything about your politics?

My predictions:
1 – I was told it was true by The People Who Tell Me What To Think
2 – What difference does that make?
3 – What difference does that make?
4 – What difference does that make?
5 – What difference does that make?
6 – Huh?

:-S

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 00:13:55 +0000

We could all be internet influencers, like this one. (via Revolver News link)

https://twitter.com/AuronMacintyre/status/1404966492836352001
“They seriously pulled their favorite clown out of retirement to manage the narrative switch.”

By: HumphreyP

HumphreyP — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 21:13:22 +0000

A Rumble clip posted today on Bannons War Room illustrates his style of “reporting”. It seems it is being filtered here but the title includes “soy boy”. In the early 2000s, I seem to recall a poll showing that Jon Stewart’s Daily Show was the only source of news for most college students.

I agree with Nonapod and others here, including you Neo. 🙂

By: neo

neo — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 21:04:28 +0000

HumphreyP:

I give Stewart no credit either, unless he wants to start answering my questions. He’s trying to do damage control, basically, and is performing a little dance with Colbert playing the good cop to Stewart’s bad cop (from a leftist point of view, that is).

By: HumphreyP

HumphreyP — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 20:44:26 +0000

Sundance gives him no credit
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/06/15/its-called-cultural-marxism-for-a-reason/

By: DNW

DNW — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 20:22:09 +0000

Aggie, above, has a good point. Stewart may seem to be ahead of the curve and courageous, but that is only by his now announcing what everyone already knows, who’s not living in La La land literally, or figuratively.