Is Steven Crowder's show "Louder With Crowder" basically the daily show for conservatives?
It’s not really a comedy show like John Stewart. More a commentary show. He is funny though and ballsy to go into the lions den of the left armed with facts. Facts are not welcomed. Mostly Crowder goes and confronts the people at the leftist events, on either their hyperbole, their threats against him or he does interviews where he says something Obama said, attributes it to Trump, and watches the outrage until he tells them it was Obama. He does this to take a look at the hypocrisy of the left and the uninformed opinions they have, and are using against people unknowingly, (Someone told them some supposed fact, which they never checked for accuracy, but keep saying it anyway. And it’s just not true. So also basically educating young people on what the Constitution says, what their rights are and are not. It’s like a Jay Leno “Jaywalking” segment where they question the public on what a federal holiday is about, or how government works or history and see if they have the answer. I would consider his segments teaching moments for the people who don’t have the facts. He made a difference because when they wanted to refute the facts, he presented, they went and researched and found out they were wrong, not Crowder. Candace Owens had one of those moments and chose to #WalkAway. Crowder presents facts to a factless society. Fact: capitalism is the only method that has ever allowed anyone living in poverty to become a millionaire withsacrifice, hard work, ethics and morals. You can achieve here in the USA, what you cannot in any other type of system. That’s why everyone wants to immigrate here. There are people born into poverty in India called the Untouchables who must beg and cannot get a job, it’s prohibited, because of the caste into which they were born. Ask anyone immigrating from a Socialist country, like Russia, if they want that here, they lived it, they know. PS The answer is no.
The Daily Show: What is the your favorite video of Jon Stewart available on thedailyshow.com?
As much as I like Jon Stewart as a comic, his talents as in interviewer are second to none and never fail to impress. So much so that I'm fully convinced that he is simply the best interviewer of our generation.I say this because of his uncanny ability to intuitively shift the tone and questions for what is right in the moment: light, funny, reflective, serious, etc. He can also gets to the heart of the matter, even with guests on the other end of the ideological spectrum, all without attacking or dismissing them. When authors are on the program, you often have the distinct impression that he's read the book (at least most of the time). When actors come on the program, he knows they are tired of the same old diatribe from press junkets and he usually doesn't mention the movie until the end of the interview. With other comedians it's usually a delightful interplay that is always very funny. With politicians it's often a more serious tone with substantive discussion of issues we could only dream of in our so-called "news" networks.A few examples:Jim Cramer interview after the 2008 crash (Part 1): Exclusive - Jim Cramer Extended Interview Pt. 1 (my pick for favorite interview)With Will Ferrell: Will FerrellWith Tea Party far right republican Jim DeMint: Exclusive - Jim DeMint Extended Interview Pt. 1In the end, whether you looking at examples of comedic genius or great interviews, for me there are too many to pick from. I could never single out just one.
Why is Yahoo answers so conservative?
I know! I've noticed that too. Most of the people I know HATE Bush, his ratings are low, and the Congress that supports him had a recent 16% approval rating. I even know some moderate Republicans that voted Democrat this year. Yet people still say that "liberals are idiots" and "Bush is great." Don't they realize that most of America and practically ALL of the world disagree with them? Yet they still act all high and mighty. Quite a god complex they have, isn't it? BUSH SUCKS!!
What does conservatives' humor look like? Is there a conservative equivalent of Jon Stewart or Trevor Noah?
That’s a great question. The answer illustrates both the main difference between the two ideals of US conservatism versus US Liberalism.I often wondered why it is that the airwaves, cable, and media in general is full of Right Wing blowhards preaching the conservative gospel, but there is no Liberal equivalent. The answer to this question is the same as the answer to the question you posed.Essentially, our minds are just plain wired differently. The Liberal would for example, reject the constant media reinforcement of Liberal ideals that the conservatives seem to be unable to live without. Like religion, conservatism must be constantly bellowed from every source to keep the conservative constantly repeating the Right Wing mantra, or reality will seep in to their consciousnesses and they will begin to see that the real world is actually nothing like the fiction that Limbaugh, Hannity, Alex Jones, and the rest, constantly convince them of. In order to get people to believe a lie, or to believe in a doctrine that is diametrically in conflict with human reality, it must be repeated over and over and over, and the targets of this repetition must be simultaneously convinced to reject any information that conflicts with the indoctrination.Same with humor. The Liberal mind is much more open to abstraction and much more flexible. The conservative simply wants to be told what to believe, and has neither the capacity or the will for openness or flexibility in thinking. This is a product of the evolution of conservative dialogue from what it was a generation ago, to what it is today.In the 1960s, the face of conservatism in the media were people like William F Buckley. Buckley was a brilliant speaker, debater, writer, and wit. One might not necessarily agree with him, but he was logical, entertaining, and most of all, the pinnacle of civility. By contrast, today’s so called “conservative” is defined by the likes of Limbaugh and Alex Jones. The ideals are defined by prejudice, ignorance, fear and hate.And in the context of rage, anger, ignorance, and hatred, there is little room for humor.
Who are the conservatives on MSNBC and ABC?
You have people listed who are not on the payroll, but are regular guests - two different things. So in the spirit of what you have just done, I am listing paid conservative analysts for MSNBC and regular conservative guests: Pat Buchanan Ron Christie Joe Scarborough Liz Cheney Tony Perkins John Warner G. Gordon Liddy Dick Armey Bobby Jindal Mike Murphy Michelle Bernard Michelle Malkin Tom Delay Stephen Hayes Ben Ginsberg Jonathan Turley Sol Wisenberg Rita Cosby Monica Crowley Along with many more conservative members of Congress that I see on their shows daily. I do not watch ABC, so will not bother with that. EDIT: You are most welcome!
What do you think of comedy news shows like The Daily Show?
I used to watch The Daily Show with Jon Stewart regularly and The Colbert Report occasionally. I even attended the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear in October 2010. It was that experience that led me to start publicly blogging and ultimately brought me to active participation and discussion on Quora.I still enjoy occasionally enjoy some clips of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, but I’ve dialed back tremendously on the genre. I came to find that the act of watching was substituting for substantive participation & action and ultimately not helping anything actually get better.Jon Stewart himself summed up the issue in an interview he did with the New York Times’ James Poniewozik in late November 2017 in the wake of the election while promoting The Daily Show (The Book): An Oral History. Here’s the standout bit for me:I think of one of the lessons of this book and what we’re talking about is to put satire and culture in its proper place. That controlling a culture is not the same as power. And that while we were all passing around really remarkably eviscerating videos of the Tea Party ― that we had all made great fun of ― [they were] sitting off a highway at a Friendly’s taking over a local school board.And the lesson there is, as much as I love what we did and I liked it, there is a self-satisfaction there that is unwarranted, unearned and not useful.From my perspective on the Left, I still see this phenomenon among my political peers with regular satire/comedy show watchers, MSNBC devotees, and regular podcast listeners. Media consumption is mistaken for a meaningful political act and it isn’t a meaningful political act at all. If it gives you a reprieve or some sense of solidarity or a much needed laugh, then that’s all well and good (up to a point)… but democracy isn’t a spectator sport.
Does anyone watch the show The League or know who Jon Lajoie is?
i watch the league. love it. glad it's coming back for season 2. i'll check out his youtube stuff.