Discussion: John Oliver And The Wall (VIDEO)

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Satire doesn’t work for me anymore. The issues are so deadly for so many innocent people that I find it hard to laugh.

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Oliver doesn’t do satire. He injects humor into straight reporting. You may remember straight reporting, unless you are youngish.

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You remember satire, unless you are youngish.

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I’ll agree that my enjoyment of this particular bit was tempered somewhat by the knowledge that tens of millions of Americans really, really think that the fence is a good idea. That’s pretty sad.

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One more gift of the Gingrich “revolution,” one more gift of the 8-year-long collective nightmare of the non-reality-based community: so-called “professional journalists” so bitch-slapped into subservience out of fear of being accused of “bias” that the most informative, most important reporting in America today is done by comedians.

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The best news reporting in America is through Comedy Central and HBO. I’d throw NPR and PBS into the mix, but they’re not as funny


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The reason why Marco Rubio,and the “gang of eight.” endorsed a path to citizenship is because they have known for years the wall has not worked,and will never work. Unfortunately common sense,and facing reality can cost you your career in the GOP.

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This isn’t satire, or even close to satire. He is basically giving the facts and pointing out how completely absurd the notion of the wall is. Waffle irons for everyone in America IS a better idea (and cheaper), though also completely nonsensical. But so is the wall, which is sort of the whole point here.

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sat·ire
ˈsaˌtī(ə)r/
noun
noun: satire

the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
synonyms:	mockery, ridicule, derision, scorn, caricature; More
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You picked the wrong ally to have a semantics fight.

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and the point sails right over your head.

Take a step back and consider. Oliver is actually bringing some facts to the discussion of just how nuts the idea of a wall is, in a very humiliating way towards Trump. In effect, he is arguing to reject the notion of building a wall.

And your response is to attack Oliver, because his delivery mechanism doesn’t suit your precious sensibilities.

Way to go in advancing Trump by attacking your allies.

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I didn’t attack Oliver. Learn to read.

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Hmm. Something intended to hurt or kill people. That will cost a lot more money than claimed. That has no chance of achieving its stated purpose. I don’t understand why Oliver thinks there’s a problem.

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The fence is a good idea. Border security is a good idea. Stopping narcotics coming into the country is a good idea. Obeying the law is a good idea. Legal immigration is a good idea. Exploiting cheap labor is a bad idea. Overpopulation is a bad idea. Drug gangs are a bad idea.

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"We don’t need no education
We don’t need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey teacher leave them kids alone
All in all it’s just another brick in the wall
All in all you’re just another brick in the wall "

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And ding ding! That’s right- zero of these things will be helped by a fence.

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Who couldn’t use use a good, American made waffle Iron.

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Simplistic cliches. But if you say so, they must be true, right?

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You know what the worst idea of all is? The idea that Donald J. Trump would be anything other than an utterly disastrous President, or that he hasn’t already damaged this country. And yet you’re a Trump supporter. And you’re here. It’s baffling. Honestly, I’ve gotta tell ya, PO, you have your work cut out for you if you think you’re going to win any hearts and minds around this neighborhood. But hey, it’s a free country, at least for the time being.

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