#cancelcolbert activist, like, speaks out! — Page 2

I think it's important to remember Rush Limbaugh caused controversy by using the same term back in 2011. Colbert's whole character is basically entirely based on lampooning him. I don't think this was tone deaf at all. I think it was pretty brilliant, pointed satire.
Asian-Americans slam Limbaugh for childish mockery of Chinese

"Your analysis is triggering."

Cannot wait for it to be in my entry of 'Your fave is problematic'

She's absolutely the Social Justice Warrior bred on social media like tumblr and twitter- echo chambers that force debates to start already skewed, remove context, constrict argument, and encourage pithiness in order to trend and be shared.

They don't actually make change- they're merely a channel. A hashtag can't change the world, action behind it does.

Suey Park has no action. She has no body of work- a hashtag doesn't make a resume. She is a purveyor of memes under the guise of activism, on a platform she controls with a defense against those who disagree that cannot be argued. She readily admits she does things to provoke and adopts a persona in order to bring attention to hypocrisies and injustice and so on.

Just like Colbert. Except he took his act and criticized a sitting president to his face.

And the sad thing about this particular attempt is that she has probably done harm to the cause of those Native Americans who need the Dan Snyder issue brought to light- not mention harm to her "cause" and all of those who DO put weight behind their social media presence.

There's a generation of young people, in their teens and very early twenties, who believe hashtags and slapping trigger warnings on all of their badly cited angry blog posts and reblogging gifs of someone saying something inspirational at a TED Talk can make a difference.

And that's probably one of the greatest harms the digital age has wrought: complacency in the guise of action.

---

Updated On: 4/4/14 at 08:42 PM

Kad, I can't adequately express my admiration for your post.

Why does this thread exist? Mr Roxy says Colbert is "toast after this latest flap." Discussion over. Editor, please lock this thread.

---

I would love to have known what exactly he knew of the controversy aside from taking the hashtag at face value.

Anyway, Kad's post rocked. Been away from my computer the last couple of days but just wanted to say that.

Since Suey Park totally made the whole debate change the course and go off the rails, I contribute this photo from Cleveland to bring us back to the ridiculousness of the actual subject at hand.