Are we sure that wasn’t actually Bobby Moynihan?
Ted Cruz is a piece of shit.
But, one thing he has remained consistent about is defense of free speech. Usually defending the freedom of right wingnuts to say what they want, but he did defend Kimmel and criticize Kimmel’s removal.
That said, Ted Cruz is still a piece of shit.
Behold, Schrödinger’s shit sandwich. Now, a shit sandwich is when you take something shitty, and bracket it with two nice things. If you’ve heard of this before, you’ve probably talked to management, or more clearly, heard someone vent about talking to management. If you haven’t, well, good on you for avoiding the notice of management.
Now, what could a Schrödinger’s shit sandwich be? Well, it would have to be something that somehow both follows and rebels against that definition above. So let’s take the quote.
Ted Cruz is a piece of shit.
Ted Cruz defends free speech from government overreach.
Ted Cruz is a piece of shit.
So this could be represented as:
We’re making fun of Ted Cruz.
We’re agreeing with Ted Cruz!
We’re making fun of Ted Cruz some more.
Yep, that looks like a classic shit sandwich, alright. But! Could it not also be:
You’re thinking of Ted Cruz.
Someone is defending free speech from government overreach.
Ugh! And now there’s more Ted Cruz.
Well, fuck me if that isn’t a reverse shit sandwich! So which is it. A shit sandwich? A reverse shit sandwich? Both at the same time‽ Schrödinger’s Shit Sandwich!
But you can only be sure which one it is by taking that bite.
But, one thing he has remained consistent about is defense of free speech.
This is giving him too much credit considering he voted for Carr to lead the FCC in the first place. The one thing Cruz has remained consistent on is knowing how to improve his own reputation by saying something reasonable sounding every so often, but in terms of his actions he’s a party apparatchik and total piece of shit.
In 8 yearsnI fear we’ll look at the Cruizes like we look at Mitt these days.
No we won’t.
How sad is it that supporting the most basic tencents of free speech is a win?
a tenet is a philosophical axiom. a tenant is a resident of a particular property
Nicely pedanted. Capital.
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I’m just gonna pretend I used the wrong one to avoid activating a sleeper agent from a Nolan film.
while we’re at it, schön (which can also be spelled schoen if umlauts are unavailable) means beautiful, and other strongly positive connotations depending on context. schon means already
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“Heartbreaking. The worse person you know makes a point you agree with” or whatever the meme is.
I guess he thinks Trump is about to crash and burn.
Damage control for midterms
Nah he just likes being a dick to people. Stopped clock, etc.
We’re at a point where America’s great public protectors of free speech and baseline decency are:
- The “Veejay” of a clip show of shortened airline-food standup sets.
- One half of the duo who brought the world “Girls Jumping on Trampolines.”
- Zazu from the bad version of the Lion King.
They’re doing good work, but christ on a cracker they shouldn’t have been tasked with this job.
I get your point but I do think it’s a little reductive to gloss over the fact that Oliver and Stewart have done an actually-good job of covering news all these years.
- The “Veejay” of a clip show of shortened airline-food standup sets.
I got that the latter two were Jimmy Kimmel and John Oliver. You lost me on this one.
Edit: Also, don’t forget 4. The man so good at satire that he simultaneously convinced stupid right wingers he represented them and only slightly less stupid left wingers that satirizing the right meant that he actually represented them until he got a new non-satire show and turns out he’s just a left leaning centrist with an expert level knowledge of The Lord Of The Rings lore, but still calls a fascist a fascist.
Number 1 is Jon Stewart, though to be fair I had kinda thought he was on the 80s game show “Remote Control” on MTV and had to pivot when I learned he was not. :-)
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