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Mountainguy

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15. What part was he wrong about?

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Thu Feb 20, 2025, 01:39 AM

Feb 2025

"I'm very big on- and I know it's annoying, but specificity and nuance," Stewart said. "And I think if you cry 'fascism' at every administrative overreach, even the ones that are constitutionally OK, you will find yourself out of fascism bullets when the time really comes."

Hit the nail on the head.

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What I'm sick of: Being kibbitzed about saying "fascist...Nazi...dictator..." - no, Jon STEWART. [View all] UTUSN Feb 2025 OP

why did Stewart start turning into such an apologist Skittles Feb 2025 #1

My monitoring of him goes back, like with Tweety. UTUSN Feb 2025 #4

"kvetch" is "to complain" Behind the Aegis Feb 2025 #7

Thanks UTUSN Feb 2025 #11

As a head's up, it can be a noun too. Behind the Aegis Feb 2025 #12

Well, that fits STEWART for me! Even better, or really *worse*. UTUSN Feb 2025 #14

Blame ignorant voters. trump told them exactly what he was going to do, and enough voters preferred it. Silent Type Feb 2025 #2

Why is he wasting his time lecturing us on this? newdeal2 Feb 2025 #3

Thank you, me also. UTUSN Feb 2025 #5

Terrible statement from him Meowmee Feb 2025 #6

Thank you. UTUSN Feb 2025 #9

I love him but he's past his expiration date. Crunchy Frog Feb 2025 #8

Yeah, we grow. UTUSN Feb 2025 #10

I always wondered about the timing of his retirement Skittles Feb 2025 #25

He's Sickening.. just How FULL of SHIT is Jon Stewart? Cha Feb 2025 #13

COLBERT is a loyal friend who sticks by him like in a hostage video. UTUSN Feb 2025 #17

Colbert sticks by Stewart? In spite of him being WRONG? Cha Feb 2025 #29

What part was he wrong about? Mountainguy Feb 2025 #15

The many parts that what we describe & call out are *true*. UTUSN Feb 2025 #18

I agree....everything is Hitler.....everything is Nazi.. Melon Feb 2025 #20

so let me get this straight Skittles Feb 2025 #22

verbal "weapons" are absolutely useless anyway without the backing of a huge propaganda network thebigidea Feb 2025 #31

So Musk Nazi-saluting twice as trump stood by approvingly didn't give you a clue that fascism might be in the offing? brush Feb 2025 #37

America's democracy is literally starting to disappear Skittles Feb 2025 #21

Is it? Mountainguy Feb 2025 #23

the very idea that a multi-felon rapist conman WHO TRIED TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT is "PRESIDENT" Skittles Feb 2025 #24

Won't disagree with you there Mountainguy Feb 2025 #27

I wonder what he would have thought of the Electoral College Skittles Feb 2025 #30

"Its"/Possessive, not "it's"/contraction - also, the crux of the dispute here is that you (& STEWART) UTUSN Feb 2025 #32

Nobody cares Mountainguy Feb 2025 #33

Things matter. UTUSN Feb 2025 #34

They don't Mountainguy Feb 2025 #35

Yeah, they are abusing the great power vested in the executive Blues Heron Feb 2025 #26

So what trump and the AfD-backing, Nazi-saluting Musk aren't exhibiting fascism to you? brush Feb 2025 #36

The time has fucking come. choie Feb 2025 #38

We are supposed to elect people who don't abuse the office. If they do yeah we hate that. Blues Heron Feb 2025 #16

Thank you. I just don't know what the heck he is. Just that he doesn't help. UTUSN Feb 2025 #19

Stewart should go back into retirement. He isn't particularly funny either, same as Bill Maher. JohnSJ Feb 2025 #28