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My complaint is that Colbert's humor reflects wealthy New York values - and he never makes jokes about the actual problems which caused many to vote for Trump (

My complaint is that Colbert's humor reflects wealthy New York values - and he never makes jokes about the actual problems which caused many to vote for Trump (yes, some Trump supporters are racist - but many have real issues with the wealth transfer to the 1% and the myriad consequences of that transfer.) Where are the jokes about hiding billions offshore and avoiding taxes and undermining community values? Colbert, sadly, is part of the problem. Like Trump and Clinton, Colbert thinks he illuminates while he is really only promoting a different set of class values.

DDickson 9y ago
He made a joke about Trump's taxes in the very same monologue.
dragonwriter 9y ago
> but many have real issues with the wealth transfer to the 1% Then why'd they vote for the party of wealth transfer to the 1%? Or do you mean "have a problem with" in the same sense that an addict is said to "have a problem with" a drug?
- gozur88 9y ago
  >Then why'd they vote for the party of wealth transfer to the 1%? Oh? Which party is that? Who do you think unrestricted immigration benefits - blue collar types or wealthy industrialists?
  - kibwen 9y ago
    The typical answer is "immigrants".
    - gozur88 9y ago
      I suppose. But you can't very well blame people looking at joblessness and depressed wages for voting their own interests.
  - majormajor 9y ago
    > Oh? Which party is that? Both of them, but the Democrats make a more convincing pretense of wanting policies to offset it :|
    - gozur88 9y ago
      I don't think very many people are convinced any more.
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mhh__ 9y ago
1. They do make jokes about that. 2. It's not as funny as you suggest: The Poor voting for Trump is, depending on your own perspective, either pointless or tragic. I mean, what could be funnier than decades of crippling inequality? 3. "Colbert thinks he illuminates while he is really only promoting a different set of class values". That's rather vague, I think it's reasonable to say that we all do that whenever we talk about anything political.

DDickson 9y ago

He made a joke about Trump's taxes in the very same monologue.

dragonwriter 9y ago

> but many have real issues with the wealth transfer to the 1% Then why'd they vote for the party of wealth transfer to the 1%? Or do you mean "have a problem with" in the same sense that an addict is said to "have a problem with" a drug?

gozur88 9y ago
>Then why'd they vote for the party of wealth transfer to the 1%? Oh? Which party is that? Who do you think unrestricted immigration benefits - blue collar types or wealthy industrialists?
- kibwen 9y ago
  The typical answer is "immigrants".
  - gozur88 9y ago
    I suppose. But you can't very well blame people looking at joblessness and depressed wages for voting their own interests.
- majormajor 9y ago
  > Oh? Which party is that? Both of them, but the Democrats make a more convincing pretense of wanting policies to offset it :|
  - gozur88 9y ago
    I don't think very many people are convinced any more.
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mhh__ 9y ago

1. They do make jokes about that. 2. It's not as funny as you suggest: The Poor voting for Trump is, depending on your own perspective, either pointless or tragic. I mean, what could be funnier than decades of crippling inequality? 3. "Colbert thinks he illuminates while he is really only promoting a different set of class values". That's rather vague, I think it's reasonable to say that we all do that whenever we talk about anything political.