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In reply to the discussion: Jon Stewart should stand aside and let someone younger run the show [View all]ramen
(793 posts)the first link is pretty clearly not bothsidesing. To quote your quote, "And that is not to say she's not preferable to Donald Trump because at this point I would vote for Mr T over Donald Trump." That is a very clear endorsement. The fact that he dared to have an opinion about Hillary Clinton but also responsibly contextualized that opinion with his response to it being to advocate for Hillary Clinton, right there in the same breath, makes it pretty plain. I'm old enough to remember when we wore pins and shirts that said "Dissent is patriotic."
Regarding the New Republic link, pinning American cynicism on this one guy seems like a stretch, to me. Cynical Americans gravitated towards a funny show hosted b a cynical American. Correlation is not causal. Further, this bit
doesn't add up. What public figure believes themself to be or actually is exempt from mockery? Comedians do comedy, often about people, frequently public figures.