No, Trumpsters, One Colbert Joke Is Not an OReilly Equivalent

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/05/03/no-trumpsters-one-colbert-joke-is-not-an-o-reilly-equivalent

by Dean Obeidallah at the Daily Beast



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Stephen Colbert has done it now. He has triggered an army of Donald Trump supporters outraged by one of the late night comic’s jokes about their beloved leader. In fact, these Trump snowflakes are in such a tizzy over Colbert’s politically incorrect joke they now want to silence Colbert by demanding he be fired.

This controversy exploded late Tuesday when Breitbart.com, in between articles demonizing immigrants and Muslims, published an article to whine about Colbert’s joke that sent Trumpers looking for a safe space. So what was this horrific joke that mandates Colbert be silenced in the eyes of Trumpers?

Well it was part of a block of jokes where Colbert quipped: “Sir, you attract more skinheads than free Rogaine. You have more people marching against you than cancer. You talk like a sign-language gorilla that got hit in the head.” And then the line that cause Trumpers to freak out: “In fact, the only thing your mouth is good for is being Vladimir Putin’s cock holster.”

And cue the outrage. Come Tuesday night the number one topic trending on Twitter was #FireColbert. And the tweets there offered up the biggest display of hypocrisy since the last time Trump opened up his mouth.

This Colbert joke was the bridge too far for Trumpers. Sure, they were on board when during the campaign Trump mocked a disabled reporter. And when Trump demonized Mexican immigrants as “rapists” and stoked hate versus Muslims by saying “Islam hates us.” Many of them defended Trump’s bragging about grabbing women by the genitals as “locker room talk.” And Trumpers literally cheered at his campaign rally in October when he called the courageous women who came forward to report that Trump had sexually assaulted them “horrible liars”.

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Fuck them, Colbert is an American fucking hero and they cant stand it.

[narnian60]

8. Yes.

[Mc Mike]

2. Another day, another 'RaHo Waaahhhh!' from the repuglinazis. nt

[elleng]

3. Thanks for the info (I guess! LOL! )

A high school classmate of mine, with whom I discussed politics last year gingerly, asked whether this was 'good' for me, or some such. I did NOT respond, and won't. He and some of his other 'friends' were AWFUL about President Obama, so I won't engage. (This in spite what was a very good public education!)

[gratuitous]

4. They're upset because Colbert said mouth?

He was probably just being circumspect. Get over it, you poor deluded conservatives.

[oasis]

5. Greta Van Sustern says Colbert should respect the office of the presidency.

As if her MSNBC audience wanted her Foxified opinion on this, first thing out of the box, on a very busy news day.

[roamer65]

11. She should STFU.

[Mr. Ected]

6. The right wingers have spent many Obama years reframing the narrative

Being blasphemous about the President is in vogue. Everybody's doing it. You earn respect. Etc., etc.

I'm sure Colbert is loving the free publicity.

[Squinch]

7. So let's all make sure our TV's and DVD's are tuned to Colbert!

[Historic NY]

9. Putins #co-k holster.......must have bruised the fruit

[doc03]

10. That is worse than I grab them buy their pussy? His mouth cetainly looks

like he is sucking on something.

[Leith]

12. Poor Lil Snowflakes

They've been dishing it out so long that it's a terrible shock to their systems to be on the receiving end of it.

Am I the only one who wonders if Putin has heard about orange boy's mouth being his cock holster and what his reaction was? If he has heard, he probably had a good laugh. Since it doesn't rely on a play on words, it would translate into Russian. But then, he might get repulsed over the homoerotic overtones.

[GoCubsGo]

13. They are such little snowflakes.