Reply #71: Well. Cohen did get something partially right

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"in this country, anyone can insult the president of the United States. Colbert just did it." At least we can for now. Where that moron is wrong, of course, is when he said "he will not suffer any consequence at all," by which he meant, of course, we have freedom of speech. Granted Stephen Colbert might not suffer any consequences, but maybe somebody should remind that schmuck that 36 years ago today 4 Americans were gunned down for essentially exercising freedom of speech. And Bush with his Patriot Act makes Nixon look like a small-time piker.

Why do I have the feeling that more and more our entertainment is resembling German cabaret of, say, the mid-1930s.