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kpete

(71,991 posts)
Sun Aug 31, 2014, 08:02 PM Aug 2014

Jon Stewart to Reporter: “Look, there’s a lot of reasons why I hate myself—being Jewish isn’t one"

Jon Stewart on whether he's a "self-hating Jew" ...

“Look, there’s a lot of reasons why I hate myself — being Jewish isn’t one of them,” Stewart told the reporter. “So when someone starts throwing that around, or throwing around you’re pro-terrorist, it’s more just disappointing than anything else. I’ve made a living for 16 years criticizing certain policies that I think are not good for America. That doesn’t make me anti-American. And if I do the same with Israel, that doesn’t make me anti-Israel. You cannot outsmart dogma, no matter what you do. If there is something constructive in what they’re saying, hopefully I’m still open enough … to take it in and let it further inform my position. But I’m pretty impermeable to yelling. As soon as they go to, ‘Your real name is Leibowitz!’ that’s when I change the channel.”

— Josh Marshall
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.613275

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Jon Stewart to Reporter: “Look, there’s a lot of reasons why I hate myself—being Jewish isn’t one" (Original Post) kpete Aug 2014 OP
Excellent Jon! Thank you, kpete~ Cha Aug 2014 #1
Leibowitz/Colbert 2016 RoverSuswade Aug 2014 #2
Can't wait till Colbert starts CBS, the RWs will love that. rickyhall Aug 2014 #3
Mark Levin RoccoRyg Aug 2014 #4
Levin is a festering bag of hate. progressoid Sep 2014 #7
To me, Jon Stewart IS the news! mountain grammy Aug 2014 #5
that's a funny line AnAzulTexas Aug 2014 #6

RoccoRyg

(260 posts)
4. Mark Levin
Sun Aug 31, 2014, 10:12 PM
Aug 2014

This was an obvious slam against Mark Levin, without naming him directly. Levin is the one who criticized Stewart for not using his real name and not supporting Israel 100% without question.

I flipped through one of his books once. He opposes the minimum wage and thinks people who make it are losers and insignificant. What a compassionate guy.

progressoid

(49,990 posts)
7. Levin is a festering bag of hate.
Mon Sep 1, 2014, 12:20 AM
Sep 2014

I don't think I have ever heard him say anything positive. About anything.

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