Just when you thought Stephen Colbert couldn’t get less funny, he interviews Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who’s running for president as a Democrat.
She holds terrible views on many things. I know that. Not even close to the point, though.
Colbert had about as much charm, charisma, and humor as a hostage reading a ransom note.
Normally, a Democrat can expect light banter, friendly questions, and plenty of humor from a late-night talk-show host.
(Republicans not so much: I recall seeing Rand Paul on David Letterman, and the host spent the time not looking for common ground, pointing out what a unique politician Rand was that he could find points of agreement with pretty much everyone, but instead lecturing him — why, teachers should be paid more! Letterman boldly insisted, for instance.)
Not Gabbard.
She opposes the U.S. empire and has made this opposition a primary rallying cry of her campaign. This is not allowed.
No longer does the left exist to question authority, if indeed it ever did. It exists to defend orthodoxies and expel dissidents.
Every mainstream outlet at this point is an echo chamber for the U.S. regime’s talking points. Even — or perhaps especially — so-called comedy.
So instead of humor, Gabbard (quite unlike her opponents) was treated to relentless hostility, and the kind of fact-free talking points one might hear from Hillary Clinton, Henry Kissinger, Joe Lieberman, or any person drawn at random from the Establishment.
As usual, Caitlin Johnstone wrote what I was thinking, faster and better than I could have: Read the rest of this entry »
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