Jon Stewart's first episode back on The Daily Show : moviesandtv

[–] [email protected] 40 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Goddamn that was good. I had forgotten what an actually good political late night show was like.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Why do you hate the pūteketeke?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago

Nice to see him back, never thought he would return.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

Previous record... By 4 years!!!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

Absolutely watching this, the man is a legend.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I forgot how short they were. Watched at 2× speed, granted, but it was over in a flash.

Still, it was good. As a Canadian, it will be nice to have a succinct, entertaining summary of America's descent into fascism. (I'm not feeling very hopeful, can you tell?)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Wow! Had no idea he was already on the air.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

This isn't the full episode. It's just his opening monologue. The full episode has more interaction with the news team and an interview.

[+] [email protected] -11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

does he touch in the genocide?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Which one?

Chinese of Uyghur’s
Israeli’s of Palestinian’s
Russian of Ukrainian’s

I’m sure I’ve missed some others too.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Myanmar Rohingya genocide

it's brutal

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I mean the one thats currently being tried in the ICJ (Palestine)

[–] [email protected] -3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What China is doing constitutes severe human rights abuses, including arbitrary arrests and reported destruction of shrines and mosques. It includes reported torture and violence, but it's not a genocide. It's done under the guise of anti terrorism and anti extremism.

Read the UN investigation https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/countries/2022-08-31/22-08-31-final-assesment.pdf

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Yes. You're right. It's pretty close, though, and "genocide" is handier than a drawn-out, nuanced description for which there isn't a convenient term. Abusing the word "genocide" is little worse than using the extremely broad and easily downplayed "human rights abuses." The latter is as equally appropriate to US police treatment of minorities as to China's treatment of the Uyghurs, but you'd agree they're vastly different in scale and scope, right?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

Very briefly, but he says he may cover it in a future episode

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