Colbert Report & irritating anti-gun content...

[takhtakaal]

Folks, if you find something on TV offensive, or if you think that its content only serves to feed the self-righteous outrage of people whose political agenda is 180º in opposition to yours (i.e., people who would disarm you and me, too), why watch it at all? Why rationalize it in the least by admitting that some of it is funny?

I used to watch Conan O'Brien. He's amusing, but he's also willing to say just about anything to amuse. I came to the realization, after watching him say some crap that was patently offensive to 2A supporters, that it wasn't worth supporting him by sitting through his show. So, I don't any more.

Watch the BO suck-up job: http://www.nbc.com/Late_Night_with_Conan_O'Brien/video/index.shtml#mea=209738

 

[kthxbye]

I stopped watching The Daily Show some years ago due to the seemingly anti-gun content/leftist/anti-funny content on it, so i never even gave The Colbert Report a chance.

That about sums it up. It was around the time when John Stewart came on that it really took a nosedive. I really don't think it's even that great on the aggregate, they just have a massive base of angry liberals that will blindly give their hearts and minds to anything that mocks Bush.

 

[RPCVYemen]

It was around the time when John Stewart came on that it really took a nosedive.

Who was the host of the Daily show before Jon Stewart?

Mike

 

[hso]

Here's the thread in Activism on what Colbert was poking fun at - http://thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=347372

If you're a resident of TN or just pass through from time to time it might be a good idea to email the folks that will decide if these bills even make it to the General Assembly for a vote.

 

[nosliw]

Conan O'Brian wasn't excessively sucking-up to Osama (oops! Obama). he's a talk show host and did his job.

 

[XDKingslayer]

Then a couple days ago he does a piece on Tennessee and the push to allow CHL holders to carry in bars. He finds a couple yahoos who say dumb things like rednecks, guns, and alcohol don't mix so the law is stupid, one guy shoots pool using a pump shotgun for a cue, you get the idea. He takes the dregs of society and makes them "gun experts", quoting their uninformed opinions as representative of gun owners and gun rights advocates, which sickens me. After this second piece I'm pretty well done with his show, clever as it occasionally is, because I can't stand to sit through another smirking rendition of "gun owners are backward, toothless morons who just want to shoot people".

Ok...

If you have become so wrapped up in political sided gun issues that even satire raises your blood pressure, you really need professional help.

You should really unclench.

 

[Nicky Santoro]

Colbert Report & irritating anti-gun content...

I don't watch him or that other snide asshat. Took one viewing to figure out those two putzes.

 

[che_70b]

Why hate on on conan, I have actually seen him listed as a pro 2a celeb.

 

[romeo212000]

I saw the show and I thought it was quite comical. As stated above, it was done in satire. From what I have seen Stephen Colbert is not really anti-gun and actually makes fun of the extreme liberals a lot. Honestly, I will probably get nailed to the wall for saying this but I really think it's a stupid proposal. Guns and alchohol don't mix. I am about the strongest supporter of the second ammendment you will find but I found this proposal to be a little too far out there.

 

[Justin]

Who was the host of the Daily show before Jon Stewart?

Craig Kilborn.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

I'll not voice my opinion, I'll just say I don't watch either and you can decide how I feel about both shows!

 

[MakAttak]

Guns and alchohol don't mix. I am about the strongest supporter of the second ammendment you will find but I found this proposal to be a little too far out there.

>.<

Yeah, because this law was about letting people carry firearms and get drunk.

Let me direct you to another thread:


http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=348410

 

[SoCalShooter]

I also no longer watch colbert or the daily show the underlying leftist current is sickening.

 

[che_70b]

About guns and booze. I have never had a problem drinking and being around guns at the same time. My home is full of guns, I drink at home, I have have never been temped to do anything reckless with the guns while drunk. Locking them up is not fair since other people live here who want access to them.

 

[nosliw]

if you were drinking at a bar and some obnoxiously drunk frat-kid came over to you and started a fight, would you be more likely to grab for your gun than if you were sober? let's just say the circumstances to a sober person wouldn't warrant the use of deadly force.

 

[Pilot]

Craig Kilborn.

Whom I thought was actually funny and entertaining, unlike Stewart who someone else summed up nicely as being a "snide asshat".