Some people took the Colbert Report literally.

I do overall prefer the idea of that approach. I like shared universes but Marvel for example has become droll with every movie or show being a trailer for the next slop content and nothing else. So I liked it, don't get me wrong. But I have some notes...and if this is the only GL thing we're getting I don't know if I'd say I'm "satisfied", especially given the completely lack of GL content since... ever. I am on board enough to continue watching the DCU though.

Guy has called out abuses of power, non-stop, for decades. What's not to like?

And he doesn't just do it on his show for ratings. Guy stood the fuck up, in person, in DC, for 9/11 responders for YEARS to get them what they deserved.

but he misses the boat sometimes on some issues where he is blinded by his idealism and ignorance on certain topics

Yeah I've caught this a few times. It's easy to forgive him though cuz he's very much a positive force in the universe.

Huge fan of Jon but you know what this is spot-on.

Just a prank bro kind of quality to it. It's serious when it's expedient; it's a joke when the truth falls flat.

Of course that's part of how comedy can broach uncomfortable things that can't be said anywhere and I think at heart he has good intentions.

Yes, in 2022. Even Fox News reported on it, but here’s a Daily Beast if you don’t want to give Fox the clicks

Oh goddammit ya got me good. The ole made ya lookgoogle.

He's a liberal-elite and promotes liberal-elitism. If you're not a liberal elitist, he's not a force for good.

I generally like him, but he can be frustrating because his general mindset seems to be that of the comfortable liberal. Sure he sees problems, but he's wealthy and comfortable and doesn't really want the system changed because it works for him and at the end of the day that matters more than the people currently getting hurt. Order and property like all the rest.

Thats why so many of his takes seem focused on market solutions. He's a capitalist who refuses to acknowledge that capitalism is the inherit source of all the issues he claims to care about. So no matter how much I enjoy his wit or comedy he'll always come across as somewhat hypocritical.

I think “idk who that is” is a useful response, in the context of this specific question. The number of upvotes show roughly how many people don’t know who Jon is. Seems like a minority, but still valid

4 years from now when there is a Green Lantern movie, the climax will take place in Rushville and somewhere in the world, I will be hearing a feint scream.

No he isn’t and no he doesn’t.

If you’re not a pseudo-intellectual wannabe socialist anarchist, you’d see that he is absolutely a force of good. But this requires nuanced thought- of which the aforementioned posers are incapable of.

Appropriate username. lol.

It’s just .ml trickling into .world. This is how those clowns get their dumb shit spread while circumventing the fact that most people have blocked their entire shithole of instance. Nearly every .ml has a .world account.

So it could be made better.

I love that they changed The Daily Show logo to TDS to mock Trump Derangment Syndrome.

Yeah but have you tried John Stewart on weed, man?

The goblin king you’re omitting the name of is Trump. Do not shield its name from public forums.

May it meet similar fates as other massive disgusting slug monsters who shall Hutt be named.

America would be a much better place if he were President.

isnt he pretty soft on israel though, people thought his stance is wierd. he does advocate for troops, but unlike Sinese hes not glorifying them at every turn, if knows Sinese is very a very frequent visitor to reddit, always promoting how he helped the troops, or how he was in forrest gump, he suddenly came on reddit just before the '24 election, so he had ulterior motive.

America would be in a much better place if a ham sandwich were president.

you are probably thinking Bill maher, the self-proclaimed "leftist that is not on the left" now turn Magat. or was it sacha baren cohen,

hes an heir of the swanson fortune or at least married to someone that is.

True enough.

He started Tucker Carlson's villain arc, which is at least hilarious. He has a higher hit rate than most but also occasionally suffers from old man syndrome. As progressive as he started, he is now an affluent old white man that's been insulated from hardship for decades, and sometimes suffers from the lack of contact with reality that results from that.

He would make a good president

Nice, I love Jon.

I don't have any real exposure to his TV stuff but I am at least aware of who he is.

And from what little I've seen he seems ok. Nothing bad to say about the dude. :)

RIP the bowtie

He is something good coming from the US, so you can inagine how precious and important he is.

He's my favourite Green Lantern. Sure, his constructs aren't as inventive as Hal Jordan's, and he's not as powerful, but I think h-... Ooooohhhh that guy. Oh...

• he's a Jew
• he's funny
• he's a poor source of nutritional value

America would be a much better place if we abolished the system

Why is him being funny an issue you bring up here?

I like him

The best way to approach famous people with good points is to agree with their takes while not necessarily idolizing them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2zbN3AuHG8

I'm not really seeing it in this clip. Mind you, this is from 2024 but even then he seemed to understand the situation.

This HuffPost article from July 2025 also states:

“I feel like I’m watching something that is so self-evidently inhumane and horrific and to be told that I have to shut up because I risk the Jewish state by speaking out? I would say the opposite,” said Stewart in an interview with Jewish Currents editor-at-large Peter Beinart.

“I think they’re putting the likelihood of a surviving Jewish state much more at risk with this type of action. I think they’re the ones being [antisemitic] ... [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu, with the definition of antisemitism, would probably have to bomb himself.”

i liked him a lot more on the apple tv show than the daily show (though i still do love him on the daily show) but i also think that by in large he's only as good as his writers and i thought the writing staff was FAR more intersectional and diverse on the problem.

What are your thoughts on Jon Stewart?

I gave my thoughts on him.

the only issue is that he's unpalatability bland. zero flavor. he needs to be seasoned properly for his true flavor to be expressed. might I recommend using conservative tears?

And why is him being a Jew a standalone thought on him?

Please, no more celebrities.

hes pretty careful with what he says. sacha baren cohen is another one, but i think hes a slightly more supportive of of israel, not by much though.

i never watched his show before he left, seen clips of youtube. i only ever knew his association with colbert the most.

i remember he was making fun of his boy- bowtie and he stopped wearing it after. conservatives and thier wealthy supporters(who arent neccesarily cons themselves) care alot about thier appearances.

He's awesome