r/Enough_Sanders_Spam • u/Starbuckshakur • Nov 04 '24

John Oliver telling it like it is.

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u/CountNightAuditor Nov 04 '24

Feels a bit like he's trying to cover his ass at the last minute after doing a lot to contribute toward those attitudes.

"Both parties are totally the same and this is indefensible! But since actually a Trump presidency would obviously be way worse to anyone actually in America, let me hold up and point out that out in case I have to live with the consequences of my rhetoric."

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u/fyhr100 Nov 04 '24

I've only watched halfway through and I'm already put off by it. It's completely a false equivalency.

This definitely feels like a PR answer, he even starts off telling people that he knows people won't change their minds, and he's like that's okay.

I never knew why reddit was so obsessed with this dude but now I have reason to dislike him.

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u/Ethiconjnj Nov 04 '24

Reddit wants to be angry. His whole schtick is being mad as fuck. Reddit loves that.

Same reason they think Carlin was a genius.

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u/JacobStills Nov 05 '24

Yeah, I can't stand him. His staff does do some really good research on the topics they cover but they are just like all the other daily show spin offs where you can tell they all live in that "ivy league educated New York comedy writer" bubble where they act like the majority of the country is as far left as they are.

I remember when he covered the 2020 DNC he bitched about how there were more moderate Republicans speaking than there were progressives and that it might as well been called "the Republican National convention."

You know, because it's a terrible strategy to have big name Republicans tell moderate conservatives that it's okay to vote for a Democrat because Trump is literally that bad. Instead they should have given more air time to the "defund the police" crowd. s/

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u/bgva Nov 05 '24

So I'm annoyed by John Oliver for other reasons. I find him funny at times*, but every. Single. One. Of his diatribes are loaded with a bunch of absurd analogies that feels like they belong in a Family Guy cutaway. I could deal with it every once in a while, but he does it about a dozen times per episode.

*Someone on Youtube analyzed the comedy style of late night hosts and apparently they all use that style of writing now. Weekend Update does it at times too, but not every story.

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u/TPDS_throwaway Nov 04 '24

Same, we have the privilege to vote for Harris

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u/CrushingonClinton Nov 05 '24

What is the Gaza obsession with these people?

His main objection to voting for democrats is ‘muh genocide.’ Absolute omnicause nonsense.

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u/ionizing_chicanery Nov 05 '24

The broader message may be reasonably made for his particular audience but his harsh condemnation of Harris on Gaza should not stand unopposed.

Let me tell you this much: there is nothing that Netanyahu would like more than for Harris to waver on support for Israel. Because she would lose the election. Guaranteed 100%, I seriously have never been more certain of a political counterfactual. And the rhetoric would give him a much needed sympathy boost back home.

But let me also say this: Biden and Harris may look feckless against Netanyahu right now but if Harris wins tomorrow Netanyahu is fucked. Not just because his legal and electoral luck will run out but because he has ratfucked the wrong US federal government and political party for the last time.

Believe you me, Harris may not show it now but she is PISSED beyond belief at how this bastard has taken advantage of our allyship and good will for his own gross self serving and partisan whims. Dude played some real stupid games with the world's biggest superpower and if his dumbfuck bestie doesn't derp his way back into the whitehouse he'd better get ready to win some real stupid prizes. It might not be conditioning aid as much as getting the CIA to decorate the Knesset floors with every skeleton in this motherfucker's closet.

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u/alpacinohairline Hitch Bitch Nov 05 '24

I can't stand this British fuckstick but atleast he is vouching for the best option.

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u/Starbuckshakur Nov 04 '24

I don't agree with him all the time but he's completely right here.