Jon Stewart went woke and by no means seemed again.
He stated nothing as “sensitivity readers” censored books, pressured comedians to carry their tongues and forbid open debates on hot-button points.
Stewart even apologized for having a principally white employees at “The Every day Present.” His temporary tenure at Apple TV+ flexed his woke bona fides.
Now, he’s demanding fellow progressives to not let go of woke simply because their social gathering received smoked on Election Day.
The far-Left host teed off on a Maureen Dowd column blaming the Democrats’ woke views on Kamala Harris’ Election Day defeat. Dowd even echoed the “get woke, go broke” mantra from the Proper.
She additionally gave sober-eyed examples of the disconnect in play.
Democrats discovered the arduous approach on this election that moms care each about abortion rights and having their daughters compete pretty and safely on the taking part in subject.
That steamed Stewart.
“I’ve one drawback with the woke principle: I simply didn’t see any Democrats operating on woke s***,” he stated. “They didn’t speak about pronouns. They didn’t speak about Latinx. It was the other!”
He’s proper. And he’s mistaken.
Sure, many Democrats pretended to tack to the middle in the course of the election cycle. They understood their actual views alienated many citizens. Besides they’ve been going woke for a while now, and placing that genie again within the bottle proved not possible.
And the voters knew it. Inform that to Stewart.
“Democrats have been principally operating in opposition to an id that was outlined for them based mostly on a few months of submit George Floyd, defund the police, #MeToo Instagram posts from 4 years in the past,” he stated.
It wasn’t only a few months. We’re now studying Harris refused to look on “The Joe Rogan Expertise,” partly, as a result of it might anger components of her social gathering.
The woke components, to be actual.
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Stewart could also be in denial, however he’s received some firm.
Fellow far-Left host Seth Meyers additionally gained’t quit the woke struggle. He raged in opposition to progressive pundits who recommended the social gathering’s woke allegiance price them on the poll field.
“If you’re a well-played Democratic marketing consultant otherwise you’re a cable information pundit, it’s a lot simpler to beat up on some pretend woke boogie man than do any precise self-reflection. After they’re not busy blaming wokeness, they’re throwing trans folks below the bus.”
He’s conflating actual issues about surgically altering kids to the trans group basically. It’s the form of stuff a “clown nostril on, clown nostril off” host does.
Like this:
“If you happen to’re selecting this second—for those who’re selecting this second to scapegoat and demonize weak folks fairly than intention your criticism on the highly effective elites and moneyed pursuits who paved the way in which for the return of Trump, and stand to profit from his second time period, you’re approach off.”
Jimmy Kimmel didn’t tackle the matter head-on at his ABC showcase. He was too busy holding again tears to remark.
Trump made Jimmy Kimmel cry. pic.twitter.com/55CQ3vaa3D
— Jack Montgomery (@JackBMontgomery) November 7, 2024
Late-night comedians might have helped Democrats avoid the woke iceberg. Sure, we wish to be accepting and inclusive, however not when it hurts kids or threatens inventive freedom.
Stewart and co. can take twisted delight in realizing their incapacity to warn Democrats is partly why the GOP holds the White Home, the Senate and Congress.