You’re allowed to use your own critical thinking skills to come to your own conclusions about what a conservative guest might say.
It isn’t necessary for the TDS (guest) host to hold every conservative person’s feet to the fire. It’s possible to have a normal conversation without setting up landmines and gotcha questions at every turn. It’s even allowed for them to spout their idiotic rhetoric, and for you to make up your own opinion without comedians spoon feeding you what to think.
Mace and Haley are amongst the “As good as it gets Republicans”. The kind you let into the house because you know they won’t eat the furniture or piss on the rug. I am sure this comes as a shock to you, but not every Republican is equally bad. There are levels.
Of course I would prefer every guest to be a historian, author, or a scientist, etc but it’s okay to invite a conservative on the show and have a dialogue with them. You don’t have to like it, but you should listen anyhow, although many of you won’t even do that. It’s possible to listen to someone you disagree without melting down over it.
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I didn’t see what Silverman said about Palestine, and quite frankly I am not going to look it up. Maybe it was fucked up, but I don’t have to follow every jot and tittle.
Just because she possibly (again, I can’t pass judgement because I didn’t see it) made a mistake about that situation, doesn’t mean she is incapable of making good jokes and points about other topics. She might make a good host. For me, she’s a better choice than Leslie Jones, or Desus Nice. Many of you enjoyed both of them when they had their turn, and while I didn’t, I can respect your opinion.
No host is going to be perfect for every person in the audience. No matter who is chosen, many of you are going to complain about it. I’ll probably quite if it is Jones, or anyone not a correspondent–and that list is obviously growing shorter with Roy Wood and Sloan gone.
I am just as disappointed with a host avoiding asking a tough question to a conservative as I am a liberal. I’m just glad there are shows where liberals are talking to conservatives.
I don’t think it was having Conservative guests on that was really the problem - Jon Stewart had many Republican guests on during his tenure, after all - the real problem was not having a host strong enough to give those politicians the level of questioning they deserved. You need a host that can give those interviewees the challenge they deserve, whilst remaining non-confrontational, and Charlamagne Tha God was not that host.
Charlemagne the Fraud is a terrible person and I have no idea why anyone listens to anything that shit talker says.
Honestly, it depends on what you mean by conservative. Are they going to be making fun of pronouns and encouraging people to run over peaceful protesters? Fuck that. Are they going to be ignoring climate science and undermining public health campaigns? That’s also bad for society. Do they hate taxes and want to legalize prostitution? Sure.
Realistically, The Daily Show has an established reputation and fanbase and would lose a lot of credibility if they had a conservative guest host. It is not a war crime as much as it is a dumb business move.
I don’t mind a conservative guest at all, that is kind of the point to hear from different perspectives. But Sarah Silverman is awful, not funny at all. I will be glad when she’s gone never to come back.
Agreed. Now I do expect the permanent host to be more hard hitting with politicians as guests from both sides of the aisle. But I’m not gonna criticize a guest host for lacking that skill.
And agreed that no permanent host will be perfect. They’ll grow and develop during their tenure. They won’t be perfect out the gate.
Conservatives aren’t going to like you, dude. No matter how fair you try to be, always remember–they wouldn’t do it for you.
I agree with you. Unfortunately, there is lack of value that many progressives and political active folks see in talking and hearing from people they don’t agree with. I don’t agree with that, to be frank. As President Obama once said, it’s easier to see someone clenching their fist if you reach out your hand.
I just know that y’all are as upset about Rashida Talib being censored in the House as you are about the idea that conservatives not be invited to the Daily Show.
its just weird.
Conservatives aren’t funny. Look at Trump, their funniest conservative. He just says mean shit, drawing from a pool of twelve schoolyard adjectives.