Re:John Oliver buys $15M in debt and forgives all of it on '...
by nhangen on Monday June 06, 2016 @10:54AM
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Exactly! It's more condescending and "holier than thou" than anything, with such clear bias that I don't find it fascinating or interesting at all.
Re:John Oliver buys $15M in debt and forgives all of it on '...
by monksy on Monday June 06, 2016 @12:23PM
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> he was perfectly able to explain (using comedy) why he believed something without implying that you are lesser for disagreeing with it.
Not completely. If there was a subculture that he didn't get along with, he'd feel completely at home with completely steam rolling them. (I.e. Dungeons and Dragons) What I liked about Colbert is that he would try to jump into the culture and make absurd jokes with the community.
We're talking about comedy v. preaching to the audience, not when to make a joke and when to make a serious point. They're completely different discussions.
And to the Stewart point, he was perfectly able to explain (using comedy) why he believed something without implying that you are lesser for disagreeing with it. Oliver seems to be able to do that at most 1/3 as much as Stewart. The remaining 2/3 is "not only am I right for believing this, and not only are you wrong and you should feel bad about yourself if you don't, but you're so wrong that I can't even comprehend how you could possibly disagree."