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(Hat tip Karen Platt)
Why are we posting this inspired riff from Stephen Colbert, mocking Brad Paisley’s clumsy/stupid racism in a song called “Accidental Racist”?
Because at the end of the bit, Colbert sings a country-homophobic song and is joined on stage by Alan Cumming, a gay artist, in duet.
And how does it all end? Colbert sings:
Now that gay is fine
Let’s fix Palestine.
To which Cumming responds:
Two state solution, baby.
Don’t know about the solution. But the sketch speaks to the purpose of our site. This issue is the urgent moral question of our time.
They should have stopped after “Let’s fix Palestine.”
Growing Voices Among Palestinians Calling for a Single Democratic Secular State
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=10093
Much as I love Jon and Steve, my peeve with them both (more Jon than Steve) is that despite being fully aware of the situation in the ME as they frequently demonstrate in skits like these, they continue to toe the zionist line and pull their punches on all matters Israeli, while being brutally direct about everything else under the sun. They have come close, on some occasions, to taking a light jab at Israel and its support in congress, but too subtly for it to have any impact on the general public.
RE: Brad Paisley’s clumsy/stupid racism in a song called “Accidental Racist”?
MY CHALLENGE: I see an epochal title bout in my mind’s eye:
The Accidental Racists vs. The Conscious Pariahs
A real slugfest! All bets are off!
Colbert, Cumming; a critical mass. Next thing ya’ know they’ll acknowledge the humanity of the Tsarnaev brothers.