Jon Stewart hasn't changed, and that's the problem. As far as his comedy, no notes. He's undeniably funny. But his politics just leave a sour taste. His enlightened centrist voice of reason shtick hits different now.
He's defended people like Rogan and Chapelle. And I get it, they're his buddies. He doesn't see them as public figures, but as flawed individuals. And that's a valid perspective, just a rarefied one.
His first guest upon his return was the editor of The Economist magazine who gushed about Reaganomics and Thatcherism. She framed the rise of right-wing politics in the West as first and foremost a threat to the neoliberal world order as Jon nodded along. And we all know that progressiveism is just the other side of the horseshoe to people who think this way.
I'll be watching Stewart, and I really do admire him. But never meet your heroes I guess.
The biggest problem in the states is your polarisation. Lots of internal idiots and external governments causing that.
If you want to fight against it find the centre.
Here's some truth for you:
I'm sorry but this makes no sense - there are NO democrats that want to turn anyone trans against their will (this discussion makes my head explode). That would be so unethical I can't even imagine it happening in another dimension. There are many diseases we know not enough about because the patient would have to be surgically opened in order to see what's going on in there, but changing someone's sex against will makes sense to those asshats? I hugely doubt dems employ agency by the name Doctors Mengele and Frankenstein and Associates as their medical consultants.
And if 99.99% of republicans aren't Nazis then how in the hell there are Nazis? Republicans are the only ones who can vote this people out or destroy their support, as liberal arguments obviously do not work on those who use "liberal" as a slur and "woke" with a different meaning than in sentence "I've awoken in the morning on the wrong side of the bed". Center would be way easier to find if one could see republicans actually protesting or criticising the problems within their own side of the political spectrum. Meanwhile all we see is the bad agents running amok, and the, as you said it, 99.99% doing what? With that number they would be able to crush this nonsense. Centrism is not suppose to be about meeting two sides of wrong. Now it's no longer about pro-life and pro-choice but anti-life and pro-choice and the center looks like
Cons ============MIDDLE== Libs
And for sure it's not libs fault. How is it that it seems like Libs are attacking Cons AND Libs but Cons are attacking only Libs (and telling a person they are not Republican enough is not criticism but self-congratulation)?
I can't possibly know if they mean well if there is no proof in form of actual action.
It's bizarre to me to hear someone so polarised but let's try to talk it out
You raised a few things.
No democrats want to turn kids trans. I've personally met people who are so pro trans that they encourage their kids to transition. It is a thing. Yes I think it's morally reprehensible. I struggle understanding this but I think it's their way of supporting trans people?
Republicans are nazis. Nazis exist and are largely right wing. They're extremely rare though. Keep in mind a few things too. The left wing has identical institutions with the same methods and level of racism, just slightly switched goals. I think everyone willing to use violence against a particular people or race are bad and I see no distinction whether your politics are left or right. I'd encourage you to realise the violence and prejudice are the problem regardless of the politics.