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So Stephen Colbert is going to be hosting The Late Show

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Neko_Ali:
I never was into #CancelCobert because in that case, it was a satirical statement taken out of context that got people up in arms. In specific,  he was making fun of the racist owners of the Washington Redskins. We knew it was racist because he was running a story about them opening a charity in support of Native peoples, then he turned around and said he was opening his own racist charity. It was clearly satire, but people only focused on the second part, and it made HIM look racist.

When he makes transphobic comments though, he's talking about a story that features or in some way affects trans people, then tells a joke that hurts THEM, not making fun of people who say, want to fire us or strip away our rights. That is not satire, that is taking an easy pot shot at a group that is systematically repressed, and is 'okay' in society's eyes to mock.

And no, with this show 'he's just playing a character' is not an excuse. Nor is it okay to give his writers a pass. They went in for the cheap laugh at the expense of an oppressed minority. Not to expose inequality, but just for that cheap laugh. He's not playing a character in a movie, this isn't Twelve Years a Slave here. And he's never gone out and said 'I know I've made some offensive comments towards trans people. But they were part of a role I was playing, and I do not really feel that way.' Notably, he DID say that over the whole #CancelColbert racist thing.

Aimless:
#CancelColbert was the first example of so-called hashtag activism I could get behind because it was a satirical response to bad satire that successfully highlighted problematic attitudes without even intending to. It started off with the problem of focusing on "worse racism" and then moved on to the problematic way in which some people are always seen as deserving of explanation and consideration of context while others are taken literally with no regard for context in the most uncharitable manner.

But what I meant with my remark is that, when I entered this thread, I expected to see something about #CancelColbert but instead found this discussion about Colbert's transphobic utterances. It was unexpected to me because I hadn't thought much about Colbert recently beyond the aforementioned hashtag.

LeeC:
I like it when he does "The Word" on his show.  Great Hyperbole.  Though I doubt that will transfer well to the new show unless he still does news (other than the opening monologues most talk show hosts do).  Same with the "Hat Tip of the Week."  Because of a new show format it will be interesting to see what new things we'll see.  He may even be better than Conan (my favorite late night show for the past century). Any news on when the transfer will take place and he takes late night?

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