• Perplexiglass [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Literal brain worms.

    Jon Stewart is one of the heroes of the 21st century in terms of waking people up, even if he's still lib.

    • Marximus
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      4 months ago

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      • antifanatic [comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        I probably wouldn't have such a holistic picture of the right's propaganda machine without the Daily Show and wouldn't be able to see how Liberal news pushes a lot of the same messages. Jon Stewart was an early part of my radicalization.

        • ennuid [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          It's ok to have sentimental attachment to something you liked when you were younger without being like he's a hero of the 21st century lol

          • Perplexiglass [they/them]
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            4 years ago

            My heroes are flawed, and that's perfectly okay. And he's a Bernie guy, so he's still relevant.

            It's funny that pockets of people here lampoon libs for fetishizing Marvel but think their heroes need to wear capes.

            • ennuid [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              I actually didn't know he was a Bernie guy. That's a marginal improvement

              but think their heroes need to wear capes

              That's corny were you just watching a marvel movie?

              Sorry but the guy is not a leftist icon and no amount of nostalgia or whatever will change that

    • englesintheoutfield [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      I never gave a shit about politics until I stumbled across the daily show when I was 12. seeing his interview on Crossfire and realizing the hollowness of the media as an institution was a major part of my radicalization. he certainly did not take me beyond left-lib beliefs and has a world of shitty takes but as a suburban kid with no day to day interactions with politics he was the first window i had into that.