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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThat Real News feature on Colbert last night was
the most offensive thing I've seen on any of his programs to date.
It was not funny - it was merely normalizing this fucking idiot monster and his goons.
Having that African-American look like a circus clown was even more offensive.
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/gone-viral/os-fe-stephen-colbert-trump-orlando-20190621-pkpfgw4p6nbyrm452dks7p22ju-story.html
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That Real News feature on Colbert last night was (Original Post)
malaise
Jun 2019
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Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)1. Just watched it...
And I didn't see any clowns. I just saw good satire.
malaise
(268,967 posts)2. knew it was attempted satire
but it will be seen by fans of the goon as normalizing the behavior of sycophants
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)3. It was mocking the goons!
OnDoutside
(19,956 posts)4. To be fair, there's little difference to what Jordan Klepper does regularly.