> The left seems to view the opposition as backwards and deserving of contempt, > as a group of bumpkins and idiots and sometimes subhuman. This. John Oli

> The left seems to view the opposition as backwards and deserving of contempt, > as a group of bumpkins and idiots and sometimes subhuman. This. John Oliver, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert each have an amazing ability to use humor/satire as a way to make a point. But I can't hardly watch This Week Tonight without feeling like he's portraying "the other side" in exactly this light. And it's a gimmick. A cheap way to put your viewpoint on display without actually lending any credence to anything your opponent would say (would it be fair to call this tactic an Ad Hominem?). The sad part is, I get the impression that the generation who are now in their 20's and 30's have grown up knowing only this kind of "political discourse". They don't recognize that by sheltering their ideas from opposition in this way their viewpoints remain intellectually weak and stunted.