Color Me Shocked
By Mitch Berg
Steven Colbert – a person who’d still be playing character parts on Law and Order if there weren’t a wave of pervasive liberal smugness to ride – is in a bit of “trouble” for saying the sort of thing that would have gotten a Congressional hearing if Rush Limbaugh had said it.
It’s all just wind in sails, of course; Urban Liberal Privilege means that there’s no penalty for violating PC codes when one is attacking apostates (and as an NYC plutocrat, who should be a “progressive” and was a Democrat, Trump is surely an apostate).
Honestly? Up until the last year or two, I’d have figured it would fly for the same reason that black people can drop the n-bomb or the Irish can call themselves “harps” but have license to pound the stuffing out of anyone else who does; I always figured Colbert was gay.
I’m told he’s not.
Now, I don’t care either way. I’ve seen a lifetime grand total of 40 minutes of Colbert. I don’t plan to add to it. Ever. Even if he has a late-life epiphany and becomes a conservative firebrand. His delivery, his style, and even the timbre of his voice annoy the living bejeebers out of me. Also, he’s just not very funny.
May 10th, 2017 at 7:52 am
No surprise homos are upset, they live for drama, but what about cock holsters?
Paging Dunning_Kruger. Dunning_Kruger please pick up a white telephone!
May 10th, 2017 at 9:07 am
The broadcast spectrum is a commons. If the government doesn’t regulate the commons, abuse by some will ruin it for all. Licensing the commons to prevent abuse effectively grants monopolies which generate gigantic profits but also come with limitations on use. Employees enjoying the giant profits of monopoly licensing of the commons cannot now be heard to complain about the limitations on use – that was part and parcel of the bargain.
Of course, that analysis is based on logic and public policy which makes it man-splaining, a hate crime in modern America.
May 10th, 2017 at 11:32 am
I am actually getting great amusement out of Colbert’s statement, despite the fact that the 40 minutes Mitch has watched is 40 minutes more than I believe I’ve seen. (Mitch, I bet you’re jealous!)
The reason is that the “holster” is where you put your gun when you’re not using it, so Colbert’s use of the phrase he used to describe a sex act shows that, like the guy who invented the phrase “necking” (H/T Groucho Marx?), he’s a poor judge of anatomy.
May 11th, 2017 at 7:04 am
Repeat after me: Money Is Speech.