“We live in troubled times with real people facing very real problems, problems that have real, if imperfect, solutions that I believe 70 to 80 percent of our population could agree to try and ultimately live with,” Stewart said. “Unfortunately the conversation and process is controlled by the other 15 to 20 percent.” Stewart called those 20 percenters “the loud folks” who “dominate our national conversation on our most important issues.”
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This marks a major departure in the history of The Daily Show. Under Stewart, the show moved from the laughing-at-wackos tack to Stewart’s more political-social humor. But as political as the show has been, it never sought to politicize its viewers in the style of Glenn Beck.
So, a rally against extremes? How does that work? Stewart offered his own signs for pro-moderate protesters, such as “I disagree with you, but I’m pretty sure you’re not Hitler.”
Of course, Stewart faux-foil Stephen Colbert announced on The Colbert Report his own counterrally to fight rationality and “restore truthiness” with the March To Keep Fear Alive:
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