Jon Stewart was cut from the same cloth as Stephen Colbert and Bill Maher and many other self-styled "old school liberals". Some of them play the game of being fair, balanced and reasonable but they're essentially fools who can't draw lines of correlation between the people they support and the disastrous outcomes that follow in their wake.
They all think large government and authoritarian government are completely unrelated, so they continue to vote for larger government then act surprised when government continues to grow ever more authoritarian.
They all continue to support mainstream Democrats and then act surprised when Democrat constituency groups -- who are utterly insane -- continue to grow in influence and power.
They balk at the most extreme aspects of identity politics but can't seem to draw any correlation between the influence of these groups and the politicians that they continue to support and put in positions of power over and over.
Some of them are more well-intentioned and honest than others, but they're essentially the blind leading the blind, with no actual political wisdom or insight. People -- particularly young people -- just liked them because they were charismatic and witty. Now those people are growing up and realizing there's no wisdom underneath all those layers of charisma.
Jon Stewart was cut from the same cloth as Stephen Colbert and Bill Maher and many other self-styled "old school liberals". Some of them play the game of being fair, balanced and reasonable but they're essentially fools who can't draw lines of correlation between the people they support and the disastrous outcomes that follow in their wake.
They all think large government and authoritarian government are completely unrelated, so they continue to vote for larger government then act surprised when government continues to grow ever more authoritarian.
They all continue to support mainstream Democrats and then act surprised when Democrat constituency groups -- who are utterly insane -- continue to grow in influence and power.
They balk at the most extreme aspects of identity politics but can't seem to draw any correlation between the influence of these groups and the politicians that they continue to support and put in positions of power over and over.
Some of them are more well-intentioned and honest than others, but they're essentially the blind leading the blind, with no actual political wisdom or insight. People -- particularly young people -- just liked them because they were charismatic and witty. Now those people are growing up and realizing there's no wisdom underneath all those layers of charisma.