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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNOT THE ONION- "Green Party Calls for National Conversation on Oppressive Comedians"
https://bogardiner.wordpress.com/2016/10/30/jill-stein-calls-for-national-conversation-on-oppressive-comedians/We need to begin having honest conversations about the oppressive tactics corporate comedians continue to do towards already-marginalized groups of people.
This country was built on oppressing The Other (Blacks and indigenous people) and Im not going to stand for more of this while we deal with major crises in this country that could determine whether well even survive as a species.
Read my statement about how deceptive comedy continues to silence anyone who speaks out against it: jill2016.com/oliveremail
Lolno. Poor Jill, being silenced by that mean John Oliver.
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NOT THE ONION- "Green Party Calls for National Conversation on Oppressive Comedians" (Original Post)
X_Digger
Nov 2016
OP
Some self-proclaimed "progressives" hate free speech and don't understand the 1st Amendment.
Warren DeMontague
Nov 2016
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sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)1. John Oliver needs to rewrite Sunday's episode, LMFAO.
emulatorloo
(44,130 posts)2. I bet Samantha Bee will get a good segment out of this n/t
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)3. Now THAT'S Entertainment!
But it gets better! The embedded video is of "comedian" Jimmy Dore masterfully illustrating how truly humorless the alt-left are:
Yes, Virginia, they really DO write themselves.
renegade000
(2,301 posts)4. This is funny until you realize Stein is also a Putin stooge...
In which case it kind of becomes a bit dark and dystopian...
Gman
(24,780 posts)5. Obviously it's lost on her
What a hilarious joke she is.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)6. Some self-proclaimed "progressives" hate free speech and don't understand the 1st Amendment.
Especially the wack-a-doodles, like Stein.