Stephen Colbert looks at the latest attempt by the GOP to suggest that they do not represent only the interests of the old, white, male, and wealthy demographic but that people from all walks of life support the party too. Unfortunately, there is a small problem with their ad.
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Stephen Colbert looks at the GOP’s efforts at gaining greater acceptance among women by using bridal dress ads based on a TV show Say Yes To The Dress, that has been customized to each race. But he then offers them an even better ad that creates an even more intimate connection between women and Republican candidates. Looks like a winner to me.
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There is a new film out with the title Dear White People that was triggered by the series of photographs and the video I, Too, Am Harvard that had students of color at that university talk about the ‘micro-aggressions’ that they experience in an environment that is mostly white. Micro-aggression is the term given to often unthinking actions and statements based on ignorance, stereotypes, and prejudices. This has spawned similar efforts at other universities.
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Stephen Colbert discusses the difficulty that the GOP has in dealing with rapidly shifting opinion, both public and legal, on gay rights and predicts the shape of the coming gay civil war in the US.
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Sometimes I think that by not watching TV, I am missing a lot of unintentional humor. I then think that maybe I should watch TV more, but fortunately the fever quickly passes. Luckily, The Daily Show keeps me up to date on the silliness, like the recent ad campaign that the GOP is releasing targeting women voters.
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On two consecutive days, Stephen Colbert looked at those who seem to thrive on dismissing health experts about the threat of an Ebola epidemic in the US and instead wallow in mindless fear and fear-mongering.
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Jessica Williams of The Daily Show had an amusing segment about all the forms of harassment that women face even when they are simply walking along a street. She interviewed a large group of women who said they routinely had to fend off unwanted advances and comments and that as a defense mechanism they put on stern faces and strictly avoided eye contact with anyone because that could be construed as an invitation that they did not intend to make.
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I have been ranting about the abuses of this practice for some time and was glad to see John Oliver use it as the basis for his latest investigative report on Last Week Tonight. (As an aside, actor Jeff Goldblum seems to like making goofy cameo appearances on these comedy shows.)
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