On Monday evening, Jon Stewart returned to The Daily Show to lay into the conservative media ecosystem in a tour de force rant about so-called cancel culture and censorship hypocrisy, reserving particular animosity for Fox News host Sean Hannity, whom he unforgettably branded “a meat bag support system for a forehead vein.”.
Jon Stewart returned to The Daily Show on Monday evening to lay into the conservative media ecosystem in a tour de force rant about so-called cancel culture and censorship hypocrisy, reserving special venom for Fox News host Sean Hannity, whom he unforgettably branded “a meat bag support system for a forehead vein.”
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The liberal comic hero has returned to the comic Central show that made him famous just in time for the 2024 election year, dedicating his newest monologue to what he characterized as “an entire industry devoted to complaining about not being allowed to say the things they say all the time.”
He went on, “The idea that there is an all-pervasive, all-powerful threat to free speech called ‘cancel culture’ has become a central tenet of modern conservatism.”
“They take pride in their inability to speak out at conferences. They celebrate their quiet on podcasts and streaming platforms. They celebrate their quiet with nearly 700 book titles about being canceled.
“Why are there so many of these f***ing books?” “Unless you don’t know, nobody reads anymore.”
Mr. Stewart then displayed a large variety of real books authored by conservative media leaders, ranging from Alan Dershowitz’s The War on Woke to Vivek Ramaswamy’s Woke Inc.
“Conservatives have a whole industry dedicated to moaning about not being able to say the things they always say!” he remarked. “Their victimhood defines the entire brand!”
The anchor made his case by presenting a montage of Fox commentators such as Dana Perino, Jesse Watters, and Laura Ingraham whining about being barred from using specific terms due to purported sensitivity concerns, only to shamelessly use them later on.
“They are so filled with s*** that even Sean Hannity can say, ‘I’m not the type of person who gets outraged,’ Sean Hannity!” “Sean Hannity!” Mr. Stewart made a joke.
“He’s basically just a meat bag support system for a forehead vein!”
He went on: “Look, it is certainly true that in our modern, social media-driven culture, our relationships are incentivized and monetized for indignation, and it is f***ing stressful for everyone.
“However, we are not censored or silenced. We are surrounded and inundated with more speech than at any other time in human history, and it is all weaponized by professional outrage hunters of all stripes scouring the globe for graduation speech snippets, offhand comments during promotional tours, out-of-context comedy bits, lame marketing ideas, or any words and phrases they believe they can latch onto to generate and monetize clicks.
“Outrage is the engine of our modern media economy.”
He finished by stating that there is just one significant force for cancellation in modern American culture, and his name is former President Donald Trump.
Mr. Stewart used Liz Cheney, an ex-Wyoming Republican congresswoman who has effectively been excommunicated from her party for opposing Mr. Trump and his MAGA movement and leading the House inquiry into January 6, as a prime example of cancellation.
