It doesn’t take a lot to set Jon Stewart off nowadays.
It’s a part of his shtick, a faux-moral outrage that aligns with the progressive narrative du jour. A latest rant revealed way more concerning the “Day by day Present” host than he realized, although.
The topic? Patriotism. The GOP owns the problem, for apparent causes. Conservatives don’t bemoan Mount Rushmore, combat to cease July 4th fireworks shows or tear down historic statues.
Chances are high, the following Land Acknowledgment screed you hear will probably be from a nose-ring-clad progressive.
Republicans have their flaws, little question, however likelihood is most received’t apologize for hanging up Previous Glory or getting teary-eyed throughout “Miracle.”
In the meantime, far-Left heroes like Dangerous Bunny can’t even stand for “God Bless America,” and Minnesota AG Keith Ellison refused to clap for U.S. Navy members coming dwelling from an abroad flight.
Which brings us again to Stewart. He raged throughout a latest “Day by day Present” look that his fellow progressives are simply as patriotic as conservatives declare to be.
“This nation isn’t yours! You don’t personal it!”
“You don’t personal patriotism! You don’t personal Christianity!
“You certain as hell don’t personal respect for the bravery and sacrifice of army, police and firefighters!”
Gorgeous and courageous, assuming we take Stewart at his phrase. To take action, we should ignore the Left’s assist for Antifa, which routinely clashes with cops, and protesters hurling bricks at ICE brokers. And, in case you haven’t seen “The Fall of Minneapolis,” the documentary’s description of BLM protesters burning a police precinct into oblivion is heartbreaking.
But simply days later, Stewart slammed the Founding Fathers. Why? He needed to blame somebody apart from his fellow Democrats for shutting down the federal government indefinitely.
“Who’s liable for the federal government shutdown? I’m gonna go along with the Founders, who got here up with this f***ing fakakta, overly complicated bureaucratic internet of nonsense that it takes to get something accomplished, and I believe it’s very tough when one political occasion that represents 75 million voters has zero say, authority, heft, and in a functioning political atmosphere that isn’t a zero-sum sport, there would have been conversations up till now that took some consideration. Some, I’m not saying so much … So yeah, as soon as once more, f*** you, James Madison. Increase!”
That wasn’t an remoted second. He’s been lower than patriotic for a while. Keep in mind this rant, all the best way again in 2016? The set off? A sure actual property mogul turned politician.
After all.
“When was America nice? What is that this time that he speaks of? ‘81 to ‘82? Like, what are we speaking about? And who took your nation away from you?” Stewart requested. “Who’s nation – Who’s nation is it? Take up the argument with the Founders. Take it up with the Age of Purpose. That’s — All males are created equal. That’s f***ed the entire thing up.”
Extra lately, Stewart fell in with the hard-Left to declare that America within the twenty first century is flat-out racist. His 2022 present on Apple TV+, “The Drawback with Jon Stewart,” invited pundit Andrew Sullivan on to primarily assault white folks and the USA.
The identify of the episode? “The Drawback with White Folks.” Actually.
Sullivan, no rock-ribbed conservative, chronicled the episode’s dialog on his Substack web page.
[Stewart] additionally recommended that nothing had been accomplished by whites to assist African-People from 1619 (sure, he went there) … until now…
His montage of “black voices” insisted that African-People are nonetheless granted solely conditional citizenship, are nonetheless barred from proudly owning property — “we don’t personal something!” — and ended with Sister Souljah — sure! — explaining that the factor that kills black persons are not bullets, however white folks….
Stewart then used crude metrics of inequality to argue, Kendi-style, with none proof, that the one factor that may probably clarify racial inequality right this moment in America continues to be “white supremacy.”
Does that sound like a patriotic American to, nicely, anybody?
To paraphrase Jimmy Failla – when you’ve got the info, pound the info. Once you’ve bought nothing, pound the desk.
Stewart generally does that. Actually. Different occasions, he simply spins the reality till it’s barely recognizable.