Everyone who shared a "Stephen Colbert eviscerates X" link. PLEASE consider this "Gitlin eviscerates Colbert" piece. http://billmoyers.com/story/whats-matter-stephen-colbert/ …pic.twitter.com/WxqnviSqkS
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Everyone who shared a "Stephen Colbert eviscerates X" link. PLEASE consider this "Gitlin eviscerates Colbert" piece. http://billmoyers.com/story/whats-matter-stephen-colbert/ …pic.twitter.com/WxqnviSqkS
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Josh Centers
No, this is also the old Colbert. He may be an amazing person; but politics cannot be outsourced to comedian snark.https://twitter.com/jcenters/status/798963569580769286 …
zeynep tufekci added,
"Forget politics, it just divides us", as Stephen Colbert advised is not just irresponsible. It guarantees some outcomes over others.pic.twitter.com/3bLQRAo3vP
zeynep tufekci Retweeted
Okay. Still an important moment; maybe comedians have played an outsize political role? Not fair to them either. https://twitter.com/dannagal/status/798969998626717697 …
zeynep tufekci added,
Going after Colbert regarding the political temperature is like blaming climate change on polar bears.
.@maladroitone @zeynep I don't know about "going after", but Colbert disowning a political role would be disingenuous.
Eviscerates usually indicates a negative connotation.
.@maladroitone @zeynep I'm not in favour of violent imagery in normal political discussion. But that doesn't mean that critique is not sound
Sorry, but I watch Colbert for his savage humor not for current affairs. 60 Minutes? It's is a joke & they shouldn't be.
.@maladroitone @zeynep This is now, but it was entirely different at the time I'm discussing. You don't get to abdicate from that so fast.
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