• Perplexiglass [they/them]
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              4 years ago

              I feel if you asked Jon Stewart his thoughts today on trans issues he'd whistle a more enlightened tune.

              Excoriating people for shitty things they said 20 years ago when he helped a generation move left seems absent-minded.

              • CrimsonSage [any]
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                4 years ago

                Yeah no, if hje wants to apologize for this I would consider forgiving him, but this kind of shit had consequences for people in their lives. You dont get 'get out of being a shit head' points because you do more good things than bad in aggregate.

              • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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                4 years ago

                Jon Stewart is a libertarian. He didn't lead anyone left, he trapped them in his garbage ideological jail.

                • spectre [he/him]
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                  4 years ago

                  This is not true at all. He's not "good" or anything, but what you're saying generally just isn't true....

                  • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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                    4 years ago

                    When I considered myself a libertarian, Jon Stewart basically re-enforced all my bad ideas. I went left in spite of him, not because of him.

              • grisbajskulor [he/him]
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                4 years ago

                You're both making valid points. Consider scenario #2 - Jon logs back on Twitter, having hibernated himself into a Maoist and begins to lead thousands in weekly theory readings - would Chapo Chat be cancelling him for his 2003 transphobia? Probably not right?

    • lilpissbaby [any]
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      4 years ago

      if you're gonna make a bigoted joke it at least has to land, or come close to it. that was really bad.