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Hasn’t Larry heard that racism was fixed back in 1982?
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I thought it had to do with them having a temper tantrum over them not being allowed to take away rights from LGBT people, women, minorities…you know EVERYONE!
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Interesting that McGrumpy is against the confirmation because of what Obama did and not something Lynch has done. Why should she receive blame for something she was not involved in? Huh John? Geeze McCain I wish you had retired instead of running for the senate again.
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Recently, Larry Wilmore did a segment on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s ultimate punishment. After mentioning that the U.S. is rare among developed countries in that it has a death penalty, he pushed for it in Tsarnaev’s case. His idea of an appropriate punishment: make Tsarnaev run a marathon and then blow him up. Stephen Colbert, he is not. I vowed that I would no longer watch his show, and I haven’t.
I turned to Comedy Central every night from 10:00 to 11:00 because it was an oasis of progressive thought for someone living in a deep red state (Alabama). I don’t need to hear more comments like the one above – they’re part of daily life here!
More Republicans need to practice the “count to 3” rule before opening their mouths. Granted, it’s not easy when you have a group of smarter comedians with you as their target.
Oops: misfired. This was meant as a reply to JC.
Even though I disagreed with Wilmore and the two men on that panel more so than I can recall disagreeing with any panel discussion on the Nightly Show I’m no less likely to watch. I’m with Alex Wagner - the state shouldn’t have the ability to execute people, without exception. I thought the most offensive comments were the ones made by one of the guests about forcing Tsarnaev to have a sex change so that he can fully enjoy the benefits of prison rape. But, that one discussion doesn’t make me any less likely to watch The Nightly Show, and I still think it’s the best and “most important” show on television. As a middle-age white male I sometimes find myself feeling defensive in conversations about race. But there’s something about Wilmore’s approach, in both his own comments and in his abilities as a moderator, that, rather than make me feel defensive makes me feel more open and sympathetic. Ta-Nehisi Coates is the same way. Those guys can discuss white people, white privilege, white male privilege till the cows come home and I never get defensive about it. Unlike, for example, Brittney Cooper at Salon.
Anyway, didn’t mean to get all pedantic on you. I just like The Nightly Show.
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I was so disgusted by Larry Wilmore’s comment that I didn’t even watch the rest of the show. Sorry, but that did it for me.
I’ve wanted to like the Nightly Show, but it’s just too lazy. They don’t put any effort into actually researching a topic and the panel discussions just seem like filling airtime at the best of times.
But last night’s episode was actually upsetting. In talking about rape, Larry called the victims horny idiots, “When I was 17 I wanted to have sex with anything. But I was also a complete idiot”. The panelists said that rapists shouldn’t be punished, “Okay, you had sex with him, so help him out on his Spanish grade, wink wink.” The whole issue was altogether brushed off by only focusing in on the hypothetical “What if he’s 17 and she’s 18?” scenarios, not the reality of thing. Worst of all, the whole issue was brushed off as being a victimless crime, with the only real stake being “teenage innocence”.
Telling a kid that Santa Claus isn’t real is nowhere near the level of rape.
Before the show started, Wilmore went on the record saying that he wanted his show to give a voice to those people who usually don’t. Last night’s show didn’t do that. It told any victim watching that what happened to them was a joke, that they were begging for it, and that if they need help, there must be something wrong with them because why weren’t they laughing about it?
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I haven’t seen last night’s episode, but wow. I may have to reconsider.
Quadratic, I think your description of the Nightly Show rings true with me. I tried to like the show, but I’m simply not impressed by a panel of non-experts giving their opinions. And your description of the episode about rape seals the deal.