ABC now

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I've watched both, you are wrong! Jon Stewart spends most of his show bashing conservatives or anybody that doesn't tow his liberal agenda.

It's hard to find real journalism, real reporting these days, without some sort of political spin being thrown in!

It's amazing how fast this thread went from the topic of actors in pilot uniforms drinking in a bar, to politics!

He bashes liberals pretty hard when they deserve it-
and show me where he bashes conservatives as generally as you just claimed. He will bash their actions and point out hypocrisies (like the "mosque-drummed up for politics-controversy")- but he doesn't bash conservatives for simply being conservative-
think about that- a practicing and unapologetic Jew, who for weeks has used airtime on almost every one of his shows to defend the rights of an Islamic group to build a mosque in his home city.

There's a lesson in that- and it's a good one for everyone

 

[Motown]

- a practicing and unapologetic Jew,

Unapologetic, yes, I am pleased to say.
But practicing? Where do you get that?

 

[waveflyer]

That's what you took from that post? Really?
Are you the guy who must find some fault somehow and latch onto that?
I can't speak for Jon Stewarts religious practice habits or what you would define as "practicing" - maybe you could grab an US weekly or People mag and let me know if he's a "real" Jew or not.

 

[Motown]

That's what you took from that post? Really?
Are you the guy who must find some fault somehow and latch onto that?
I can't speak for Jon Stewarts religious practice habits or what you would define as "practicing" - maybe you could grab an US weekly or People mag and let me know if he's a "real" Jew or not.

Whoa... calm down. I am not "the guy who must find some fault somehow and latch onto that," I am "the guy" who quietly lurks in the background following most conversations but rarely commenting on them. I am not a fan of most public media figures on either side of the political spectrum, Jon Stewart included.

I can't speak for Jon Stewarts religious practice habits...

And yet you did, right here:

"...think about that- a practicing and unapologetic Jew, who for weeks ..."

I can't speak for Jon Stewarts religious practice habits or what you would define as "practicing" - maybe you could grab an US weekly or People mag and let me know if he's a "real" Jew or not.

It's pretty simple, actually, and very unambiguous-- if one's mother was Jewish then one is Jewish. Period. Doesn't matter what religion, if any, one practices, what one does, what one believes, or how one behaves... if one's mother was Jewish than one is and will always be Jewish. Jon Stuart Leibowitz was born to a Jewish mother (Marian) and is therefore Jewish.

There are many different levels of "practicing" (being a member of and participating in synagogue life, putting on tefillin, keeping kosher, keeping the Sabbath, observing the holidays, or some other combination of practicing Jewish religious customs and traditions) or "observant" (adhering to halacha or Jewish law) but by all accounts nobody (himself included) describes him as either practicing or observant. I didn't (and am still not) commenting on whether he is or isn't practicing, except to say by all accounts nobody (himself included) describes him as either practicing or observant. I don't really care either way.

None of this is a commentary on my part of whether he is good or bad at what he does, whether or not he is talented, whether or not he speaks the truth, etc. All I did was question where you got that he was "practicing" ...all without commenting on any other aspect of his being, or any other part of your post.

 

[runwayjockey]

I've watched both, you are wrong! Jon Stewart spends most of his show bashing conservatives or anybody that doesn't tow his liberal agenda.

It's hard to find real journalism, real reporting these days, without some sort of political spin being thrown in!

It's amazing how fast this thread went from the topic of actors in pilot uniforms drinking in a bar, to politics!

If you really watched the show you would see that each side does get beat up pretty bad. Do you think maybe that your sensitivity to anyone criticizing your party is heightened and it seems one sided?

You do realize that it is comedy show!?

 

[waveflyer]

Alright- in much less words- put me in the I don't care category too.

Still- a Jew is a Jew- and he's still defending the rights of Muslims - that's the point - and I still believe there's a good American lesson in it.