Jon Stewart skewers two right wing hypocrisies

Comedians are the most honest truth-sayers.   Jon Stewart has proved over 16 years as host of "The Daily Show" that he is unsurpassed at skewering political bloviators and those who spout talking points to avoid the truth.

He's not letting up, even though he has announced that he will leave the show later this year;   and his replacement has already been chosen, South Africa's brilliant young comedian/satirist, Trevor Noah.

In the meantime, Stewart continues to expose falseness.  Here are two recent examples:

1.  Defenders of "religious freedom" laws claim that it is their rights that are being denied, and some defenders have likened having to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian wedding to a Jewish deli being forced to cater a neo-Nazi rally.'

     Stewart:  “Is that what you’re saying? ‘I’m not discriminating, I have nothing against gay people; I’m just saying, for some Christians, catering an elderly lesbian wedding is like making a Jew slow-dance with Hitler.’ . . .  "

     Mike Huckabee blamed the backlash in Indiana on the pressures put on businesses by "the militant gay community"

    Stewart:  "So when gays want equality, it’s militancy. And when Christians want to deny service, it’s freedom. .  .  .  Do you see how f*cked up that is?”


2.  "What's the matter with Kansas?"   Draconian Gov. Sam Brownback has pushed Kansas back into a disastrous budget crisis by his austerity budget of slashing spending on schools and welfare to pay for his huge tax cuts for the rich.

Meanwhile, they have also passed a law giving even more freedom to gun owners, while at the same time putting "petty and insulting" restrictions on how welfare recipients can spend the meager amounts they are given.

In response, Jon Stewart offered Kansas a solution:   Given that Kansas receives $1.29 from the federal government for every $1.00 they pay in taxes, perhaps the feds could require similar "petty and insulting" restrictions on how Kansas gets to spend the federal dollars they get.

Stewart added:   "Maybe they'll motivate you to escape your culture of federal dependency.  But until then, let's see how you like being treated like the welfare queens you are."

Ah, Jon Stewart.   You will be missed.   

Ralph

I’ve still yet to have anyone explain to me the point of these “religious freedom” laws if they’re not intending to use them to discriminate. Why would any religious person need protection unless they planned to try to break some sort of laws that would be in violation of someone’s civil rights? During the back and forth about this law I encountered several individuals who tried to use hypotheticals such as an African-American bakery selling a cake for a KKK event, or a Jewish deli being forced to cater a neo-Nazi rally, to ask me if I felt those businesses should be forced to provide hate groups with their service. As if being a homosexual equated to being part of a vile hate group. Well, Jon Stewart was back on The Daily Show last night, and he absolutely destroyed those using such nonsense to try to defend these bigoted attempts to legally discriminate against homosexuals. “It’s been awhile since I’ve taken the SATs, but I believe the formulation as you defend yourselves is this: This couple [two lesbians] is to Christian business as these folks [members of the KKK] are to everyone else,” Stewart said. “Is that what you’re saying? ‘I’m not discriminating, I have nothing against gay people; I’m just saying, for some Christians, catering an elderly lesbian wedding is like making a Jew slow-dance with Hitler.’” “Do you see how f*cked up that is?,” he continued. “Basically, you see people celebrating love as a hate group.” That’s exactly how I felt dealing with these fools trying to use many of these same ignorant examples, as if gay Americans wanting equal rights is the equivalent to a radical hate group. He also hammered Mike Huckabee who last week suggested that the reason Indiana and Arkansas had to backdown from their attempts to discriminate was due to the “militant gay community” putting pressure on businesses. “So when gays want equality, it’s militancy. And when Christians want to deny service, it’s freedom,” Stewart quipped.

Read more at: http://www.forwardprogressives.com/jon-stewart-absolutely-destroys-bigots/

I’ve still yet to have anyone explain to me the point of these “religious freedom” laws if they’re not intending to use them to discriminate. Why would any religious person need protection unless they planned to try to break some sort of laws that would be in violation of someone’s civil rights? During the back and forth about this law I encountered several individuals who tried to use hypotheticals such as an African-American bakery selling a cake for a KKK event, or a Jewish deli being forced to cater a neo-Nazi rally, to ask me if I felt those businesses should be forced to provide hate groups with their service. As if being a homosexual equated to being part of a vile hate group. Well, Jon Stewart was back on The Daily Show last night, and he absolutely destroyed those using such nonsense to try to defend these bigoted attempts to legally discriminate against homosexuals. “It’s been awhile since I’ve taken the SATs, but I believe the formulation as you defend yourselves is this: This couple [two lesbians] is to Christian business as these folks [members of the KKK] are to everyone else,” Stewart said. “Is that what you’re saying? ‘I’m not discriminating, I have nothing against gay people; I’m just saying, for some Christians, catering an elderly lesbian wedding is like making a Jew slow-dance with Hitler.’” “Do you see how f*cked up that is?,” he continued. “Basically, you see people celebrating love as a hate group.” That’s exactly how I felt dealing with these fools trying to use many of these same ignorant examples, as if gay Americans wanting equal rights is the equivalent to a radical hate group. He also hammered Mike Huckabee who last week suggested that the reason Indiana and Arkansas had to backdown from their attempts to discriminate was due to the “militant gay community” putting pressure on businesses. “So when gays want equality, it’s militancy. And when Christians want to deny service, it’s freedom,” Stewart quipped.

Read more at: http://www.forwardprogressives.com/jon-stewart-absolutely-destroys-bigots/

I’ve still yet to have anyone explain to me the point of these “religious freedom” laws if they’re not intending to use them to discriminate. Why would any religious person need protection unless they planned to try to break some sort of laws that would be in violation of someone’s civil rights? During the back and forth about this law I encountered several individuals who tried to use hypotheticals such as an African-American bakery selling a cake for a KKK event, or a Jewish deli being forced to cater a neo-Nazi rally, to ask me if I felt those businesses should be forced to provide hate groups with their service. As if being a homosexual equated to being part of a vile hate group. Well, Jon Stewart was back on The Daily Show last night, and he absolutely destroyed those using such nonsense to try to defend these bigoted attempts to legally discriminate against homosexuals. “It’s been awhile since I’ve taken the SATs, but I believe the formulation as you defend yourselves is this: This couple [two lesbians] is to Christian business as these folks [members of the KKK] are to everyone else,” Stewart said. “Is that what you’re saying? ‘I’m not discriminating, I have nothing against gay people; I’m just saying, for some Christians, catering an elderly lesbian wedding is like making a Jew slow-dance with Hitler.’” “Do you see how f*cked up that is?,” he continued. “Basically, you see people celebrating love as a hate group.” That’s exactly how I felt dealing with these fools trying to use many of these same ignorant examples, as if gay Americans wanting equal rights is the equivalent to a radical hate group. He also hammered Mike Huckabee who last week suggested that the reason Indiana and Arkansas had to backdown from their attempts to discriminate was due to the “militant gay community” putting pressure on businesses. “So when gays want equality, it’s militancy. And when Christians want to deny service, it’s freedom,” Stewart quipped.

Read more at: http://www.forwardprogressives.com/jon-stewart-absolutely-destroys-bigots/