I love the guy and the courageous left-leaning progressive stances and slandering he’s doing to the you-know-who administration atm.

I think he’s up there with Ruby Setnik, Romesh Ranganathan and Stephen Colbert as my favourite leftist satirist, and his podcast is such a fun time-waster of a audio frequency too.

But I respect your opinion if you aren’t a big fan of his.

  • gigastasio@sh.itjust.works
    23·
    16 days ago

    Jon is on the side of common sense and that’s his biggest advantage. If you look at his career as a whole you’ll see that he’s not afraid to call out absurdities and injustices regardless of what side of the aisle it comes from. He critiques government, not just republicans.

    Also incase you haven’t picked up on it from others, you’re using the word ‘slander’ incorrectly.

  • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
    201·
    16 days ago

    Guy has called out abuses of power, non-stop, for decades. What’s not to like?

    And he doesn’t just do it on his show for ratings. Guy stood the fuck up, in person, in DC, for 9/11 responders for YEARS to get them what they deserved.

  • treesquid@lemmy.world
    16·
    15 days ago

    He started Tucker Carlson’s villain arc, which is at least hilarious. He has a higher hit rate than most but also occasionally suffers from old man syndrome. As progressive as he started, he is now an affluent old white man that’s been insulated from hardship for decades, and sometimes suffers from the lack of contact with reality that results from that.

  • Tattorack@lemmy.world
    11·
    15 days ago

    He’s my favourite Green Lantern. Sure, his constructs aren’t as inventive as Hal Jordan’s, and he’s not as powerful, but I think h-… Ooooohhhh that guy. Oh…

  • njm1314@lemmy.world
    10·
    16 days ago

    I generally like him, but he can be frustrating because his general mindset seems to be that of the comfortable liberal. Sure he sees problems, but he’s wealthy and comfortable and doesn’t really want the system changed because it works for him and at the end of the day that matters more than the people currently getting hurt. Order and property like all the rest.

    Thats why so many of his takes seem focused on market solutions. He’s a capitalist who refuses to acknowledge that capitalism is the inherit source of all the issues he claims to care about. So no matter how much I enjoy his wit or comedy he’ll always come across as somewhat hypocritical.

  • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
    7·
    16 days ago

    Very intelligent guy. He was always aware of his privilege and used his position to fight for the right things. Amazing interviewer.

  • Lexam@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    16 days ago

    He is a traitor to America and the American people! Who does he think he is to abandon me on my vacation! I have had an entire week with no Daily Show! Please come back Jon.

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
    4·
    16 days ago

    Top tier comedic timing and master of facial expression physical comedy. He just brings an energy to the Daily Show that’s unmatched.

    • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
      0·
      16 days ago

      Lanterns ended up being a solid show…assuming they allow it to be a miniseries.

      • BladeFederation@piefed.socialEnglish
        0·
        16 days ago

        I did enjoy it, but I’d prefer they not do thr TV show format for Green Lanterns moving forward. The writing, character development, casting, and acting was all quite good, there just was not NEARLY enough Green Lantern-ing. And it was interesting what they were able to do with a limited setting, but I don’t ever want to see that Nebraskan town or anyone in it ever again. Except the kid, for obvious reasons.

        • ApollosArrow@lemmy.world
          1·
          15 days ago

          4 years from now when there is a Green Lantern movie, the climax will take place in Rushville and somewhere in the world, I will be hearing a feint scream.