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<p>Synergistic/Syncronistic to this thread, Jon Stewart and the
current Daily Show crew rolled onto <i>my Idiot Box</i> as I was
typing up this last response:<br>
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<p>Very parallel/salient... ?<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/14/24 7:37 PM, steve smith wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:45649566-13a4-6d69-9d9c-edbc3c4438de@swcp.com">ericS>
Russell Brand, right?
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I am put in mind of Joaquin Phoenix’s style of preening as Joker
in whichever batman movie it was.
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I remember when Dennis Miller was a comedic darling of the left
until after 9-11 when he seemed to do a full 180... and my lefty
friends (mostly women) went crazy when he started loving on Bush
and the Patriot Act and Authoritarian and Intolerant memes.
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Somehow Jon Stewart has managed not to take that fall... I think
he's safe but not sure...
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I have never heard his side of that story, but I've presumed he
took the same line more than a few of my previously Lefty friends
of taking such exception to realizing that we (Americans/Western
Culture) are the "Great Satan" to a lot of very angry (and
sometimes very capable) folks from the middle east. Like there
are "no athiests in foxholes" some might say "there are no
liberals on the wrong end of crime/terrorism"? I'm not sure the
distinction is left/right so much as something like
Abundance/Scarcity?
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I did love the Joaquin Phoenix Joker presentation... I think many
high-profile "charismatic" characters *are* on some psychotic
spectrum...
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I think we are drawn to a little bit of crazy?
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