Pseudo progressives: The glaring case of John Oliver. This is no laughing matter.

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Patrice Greanville

Pseudo progressives dept.

The glaring case of John Oliver, hiding behind comedy to inject CIA/War Democrat party propaganda and all the evil that that entails.

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]rump derangement syndrome—true or feigned— is no excuse. And John Oliver, as bright a fellow as they come, should know better, but then, listening to their pockebooks, none of the complacent corporate comics do. Oliver's good work on certain issues does not cancel the overall negative impact of his silence and dissembling on the larger structural issues that accurse capitalist societies, especially the United States and Britain. In this context, Oliver's attacks on the Green Party and Jill Stein, and the very idea of third parties in American politics, have been obnoxious and inexcusable.

Below we present a compendium of materials that leave little doubt about where Oliver's true allegiances lie. This is not the only time we have discussed the role of corporate comedians in shaping public opinion in favor of the status quo, something we regard as a betrayal of their implicit role, that of rebels speaking contrarian even seditious opinions. Oliver is not alone, of course , in his dereliction of duty. Fellow establishment comics Stephen Colbert, Norm McDonald, and Bill Maher, the onetime "politicaly incorrect" celebrity comedian, are all cut from the same cloth, and routinely even exceed Oliver's genuflexions at the altar of corporatism.

These days, unless we look at Jimmy Dore or Lee Camp, there are simply no widely known comics in the tradition of George Carlin. We miss you, George.

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Trump & Syria: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Oliver joins the CIA/Democrat choir berating Trump (however flawed, phony or self-serving that may be) for his Syria troop pullout initiative.

John Oliver Quantitative Easing Debunked By Real Journalist

The Jimmy Dore Show

John Oliver attacked Jill Stein with reckless unfunny smears that included criticizing her for suggesting quantitative easing could be used to alleviate student debt. Legendary journalist Robert Scheer, who wrote The Great American Stick Up, a book about the banking system, weighs in on the reality of how quantitative easing really works.

28 Oct 2016

John Oliver Smears Jill Stein With Anti-Vax Bullsh*t

21 Oct 2016
The Jimmy Dore Show
Corporate comedian John Oliver's supposed "takedown" of Jill Stein was complete nonsense, particularly when he spread the lies about her position on vaccines