• ameancow@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I have very little faith in our liberal late night hosts in shaking the boat very much.

    I mean, he never even said anything actually controversial in the first place.

    I hope I’m wrong, I hope the first thing he says is “Fuck Trump the Fascist! Retake the white house! End the genocide in Gaza!” and then gets turned off immediately, because he’s going to have a LOT of people watching him. He has an opportunity to say something shocking and lasting and he will still retire with wealth and respect.

    But I am not holding my breath.

    edit: yeah it was pretty tepid. Good on him for showing emotion and compassion and trying to be unifying, it will look “alright” in the history books, but he lost a chance to utterly denounce Trumpism and the right’s war on the social contract.

    • aceshigh@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Colbert has been great since his cancellation… although tbh I haven’t watched the late show since he moved. I was salty about the Colbert character retiring… which apparently he came back.