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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEx-producer for Daily Show told Mistah KURTZ show's m.o. is to hate from inside the bubble
He now works for AOL.
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http://www.salon.com/2012/04/27/the_daily-show_guide_to_my_enemies/
[font size=5]The Daily Show guide to my enemies[/font]
by Mike RUBENS
.... ...Bachmann supporters, fans of Rush Limbaugh, and people who wear tricorn hats and exercise their Second Amendment rights at Tea Party rallies. You know assholes.
Now, I like to loathe people. It just feels so good. I particularly like to loathe the sorts of people described above, and when I see them on TV or read their blogs I sigh contentedly and say, ahhh, it is now morally permissible for me to loathe this person. So imagine how irksome it was to have to deal with persons like that on a constant basis and discover that those persons, in person, generally werent loathsome persons after all. In fact, to my great consternation and disappointment, I often liked them. ....
By the way, the converse also held true: Id occasionally meet people who were on the right side (that is, my side) of the issues, and theyd turn out to be insufferable jerks. You know assholes. (A quick word to the wise: If someone shows up with a time machine and offers you a chance to attend a vegan potluck fund-raiser for Dennis Kucinich, politely decline. (Just to clarify: the congressman himself, delightful. His supporters ... yeesh.) ) ....
...Being a friendly person doesnt excuse heinous beliefs or deeds Im sure there were plenty of pleasant Klan members, and Hitler loved dogs and so on. But surely theres a middle ground. We can disagree over the best way to provide healthcare, or what optimal tax rates are, without assuming that the person on the other side of the argument emerged steaming from Satans fundament. I might, for example, find Rick Santorums views and rhetoric repugnant, but I bet if I spent time with him or his supporters, theyd turn out to be honest citizens and good company. ....
...I lived in a little bubble surrounded by people who think more or less like me. And when I considered people with opposing viewpoints I would turn into a fabulist, concocting an entire narrative of who they were and what they were like and what they were like was yucko. Because I was not really interacting with them. I just thought I was, because, hey, look, there they are on the TV, or theres that guys post in the comments section. But that stuff doesnt count. Meeting people counts. Talking counts. ....
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(70,645 posts)This dude sounds like a namby pamby "third way" type. If that's not enough, I'll say Jon lost me when he did the response rally to BecKKK's circus at the D.C. mall, where Jon did a why-can't-we-all-just-get-along crapfest. I knew when I saw the Mythbusters dudes there that this was supposed to be some kind of numb-your-Hippie-minds kind of thing. It crystallized Jon for me and I've seldom watched him ever since, never more than a clip.
I don't want a Faux type of choir-only approach, do not want a Lib who only tells me what I want to hear. But we are in a scorched earth political scenario, ever since LIMBOsevic made it the template, and Third Way/Moderation only means (to me) that the bad dudes WIN: We meet halfway and they will roll us over.
At the end of the interview, Mistah KURTZ said to the camera, "He still loves you, Jon," plus he offerred Jon a slot to respond. Like we can't see through *that* ploy, to get Jon on for ratings and for prestige for himself. Plus, this RUBENS dude was only with the Daily Show for two years AND now works for AOL?!1
Hookay, NOW the thread can be killed, not that it needed the help.