Jon Stewart Stepped into the Cold War

Why his Appearance on Colbert Proved Just How Neutered Comedians and Journalists have Become

America is a country at war. It’s a cold, uncivil Civil War where each side goes to battle every day on social media and in mainstream media. We tear each other apart without actual weapons. Clickbait headlines that go viral will do enough damage. Maybe someone will get fired. We go along with headlines and narratives we know aren’t true because they support our side of the fight.

It really did used to be the job of comedians to speak truth to power, to challenge the established order, to mock the pretentious, expose the hypocrisy and say things most people couldn’t or wouldn’t say. Any comedian still committed to the whole point of comedy has left the Left and taken to podcasts or Youtube to grow their audience outside the mainstream, where dissent is discouraged and compliance is demanded.

This is really what has happened across all institutions controlled by, or depended upon by, the new “left” of this country…