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The Daily Show addresses the shootings in Tucson

Jan 11, 2011 11:34

Starting just after the 2:30 mark, Jon gets pretty serious in addressing this incident. Some of his comments may surprise you, and even those who don't care for JStew may agree with him on some points. Worth watching.

jon stewart, arizona, the daily show

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suzermagoozer January 11 2011, 17:13:07 UTC

this actually helped me out a bit last night.
jonny comforts me.

blamography January 11 2011, 19:28:11 UTC

honestly, agreed
nuanced, no, but pretty excellent imho

ladyanneboleyn January 12 2011, 00:05:06 UTC

Me too. It was like ~group therapy~ in a way.

spinnigold January 11 2011, 17:14:03 UTC

Has it been youtubed yet? Daily Show no for non UStanis

bagelofdeath January 11 2011, 17:18:29 UTC

Does the Canadian site work any better? http://www.thecomedynetwork.ca/Displayblog.aspx?bpid=f7eb2f9d-fe35-422d-9770-874ca758cde7

supermouse January 11 2011, 20:11:03 UTC

Sadly, not in the UK. Wah! I don't suppose you've seen a transcript anywhere about?

supermouse January 11 2011, 20:11:49 UTC

Oh oops you are not the OP, just a random helpful person I am badgering. Sorry about that.

purple01_prose January 11 2011, 17:18:33 UTC

Jon, I don't think that violent rhetoric *caused* it--I think it *led* to it.

ladypolitik January 11 2011, 17:39:54 UTC

co-signed

jesidres January 11 2011, 17:49:41 UTC

Thiiiis.

Rachel Maddow had said something similar, but pointed out that there is a distinctive difference between rhetoric and the literal threats that began being used in political speech- "I'm going to kick Obama out" vs. "If Ballots don't work, Bullets will". And that Jon just skipped over that kinda made me go "close, but no cigar."

purple01_prose January 11 2011, 17:52:33 UTC

I recognize he has a time limit, but seriously, does it take too long to specify something like that?

/grumblegrumblecomplaincomplain

He does this a LOT, which is why I don't watch TDS anymore. We don't live in a world that's easy to generalize; we live in a world of nuance, and sometimes I feel like he skates over the nuance because he can't be bothered with it.

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eugeniedfranval January 11 2011, 17:24:08 UTC

that's nice jon, and i know you mean well, but some of these people, who were living good lives are now dead.

that makes me very sad and very angry and there's just no happy spin on that.

kseda January 11 2011, 18:05:56 UTC

Seriously, that was...I don't even know.

zoram January 11 2011, 17:37:30 UTC

I am so not loving the way he blames everything on "crazy" people.

doverz January 11 2011, 17:38:12 UTC

Word

dharmavati January 11 2011, 17:45:16 UTC

Thirded.

resounding_echo January 11 2011, 18:33:04 UTC

He and everyone else, apparently.

That's actually the point I stopped watching this video, while I was appreciating it up to that.

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