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I can't wait to see Stewart obliterate O'Reilly in their debate.
 
deacvision7 said:
I can't wait to see Stewart obliterate O'Reilly in their debate.
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You're seriously going to fork over five dollars to see those two buffoons talk at each other for an hour or so?
 
For charity and entertainment, why not?

And Stewart isn't a buffoon.
 
deacvision7 said:
For charity and entertainment, why not?

And Stewart isn't a buffoon.
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Right, he's a visionary. What was I thinking?

It's amusing to see him unleash all that self-righteous indignation over bias from Fox News when he basically does the exact same thing. He plays clips of the other side saying and doing stupid or hypocritical things and laughs at them. Sure, he'll make the occasional joke at the expense of Democrats, but anyone who has ever watched O'Reilly knows that he doesn't exclusively target Democrats himself. Why do you think these two get along so well? They are cut out of the same cloth.
 
TuffaloDeac10 said:
This. I like TR most the time, but he keeps a very short list of people who aren't idiots.
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I don't think they are idiots. I think they are buffoons. This is from dictionary.com, if this doesn't describe Stewart, I don't know what does:

"noun
1.
a person who amuses others by tricks, jokes, odd gestures and postures, etc. "
 
TR1982 said:
Right, he's a visionary. What was I thinking?

It's amusing to see him unleash all that self-righteous indignation over bias from Fox News when he basically does the exact same thing. He plays clips of the other side saying and doing stupid or hypocritical things and laughs at them. Sure, he'll make the occasional joke at the expense of Democrats, but anyone who has ever watched O'Reilly knows that he doesn't exclusively target Democrats himself. Why do you think these two get along so well? They are cut out of the same cloth.
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Game recognize game
 
TR1982 said:
I don't think they are idiots. I think they are buffoons. This is from dictionary.com, if this doesn't describe Stewart, I don't know what does:

"noun
1.
a person who amuses others by tricks, jokes, odd gestures and postures, etc. "
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Fair enough. Still think you keep a very short list of people who aren't buffoons, idiots, or hacks. It's all good though.
 
TuffaloDeac10 said:
Fair enough. Still think you keep a very short list of people who aren't buffoons, idiots, or hacks. It's all good though.
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A very short list of people whose opinions are commonly discussed on the Tunnels, sure.
 
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TR1982 said:
I don't think they are idiots. I think they are buffoons. This is from dictionary.com, if this doesn't describe Stewart, I don't know what does:

"noun
1.
a person who amuses others by tricks, jokes, odd gestures and postures, etc. "
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Fair enough.
 
TR1982 said:
Right, he's a visionary. What was I thinking?

It's amusing to see him unleash all that self-righteous indignation over bias from Fox News when he basically does the exact same thing. He plays clips of the other side saying and doing stupid or hypocritical things and laughs at them. Sure, he'll make the occasional joke at the expense of Democrats, but anyone who has ever watched O'Reilly knows that he doesn't exclusively target Democrats himself. Why do you think these two get along so well? They are cut out of the same cloth.
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Except one of them freely admits that he's a comedian while the other claims to be an unbiased member of the newsmedia whose parent company then treats him as such. Big difference.
 
PhilliesDeacs said:
Except one of them freely admits that he's a comedian while the other claims to be an unbiased member of the newsmedia whose parent company then treats him as such. Big difference.
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Not really. They are both still buffoons that parrot talking points. What difference does the network they are on make? O'Reilly could be on ESPN and Stewart could be on VH1 and they'd both still be buffoons parroting talking points.
 
PhilliesDeacs said:
Except one of them freely admits that he's a comedian while the other claims to be an unbiased member of the newsmedia whose parent company then treats him as such. Big difference.
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Which is a huge, massive distinction. As a liberal comedian, Stewart is one of the most bitingly influential political satirists, of all time.

The other big difference between the two -- Stewart nearly always passes fact check, while O'Reilly very often doesn't. But O'Reilly is the only one to put on airs.
 
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ArlingtonDeac said:
Which is a huge, massive distinction. As a liberal comedian, Stewart is one of the most bitingly influential political satirists, of all time.

The other big difference between the two -- Stewart nearly always passes fact check, O'Reilly nearly always doesn't. But O'Reilly is the only one to put on airs.
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this
 
TR1982 said:
I don't think they are idiots. I think they are buffoons. This is from dictionary.com, if this doesn't describe Stewart, I don't know what does:

"noun
1.
a person who amuses others by tricks, jokes, odd gestures and postures, etc. "
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Ok, that's fair. Wasn't the definition that came to my mind at first, but it certainly works for Stewart.
 
Buffoon is usually about a clown or a jester. It's not usually tied into being a political satirist.
 
yeah. i'd say there's a connotation of low-bro humor there, but i really couldnt care less.
 
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