Andrew Ferguson, a former Bush speechwriter, wrote yesterday about a study finding that Jon Stewart’s show is “hurting America” because its viewers, despite being confident they understand complex politics, are actually not as smart as they think they are.
A few points for Ferguson to consider:
1) What the fuck?
2) Jon Stewart is on Comedy Central. Note the “comedy.” Ferguson seems confident that he knows what comedy is, but my analysis shows this confidence to be without basis. This lack of understanding is certainly hurting America (my vote is to have Ferguson tried for treason).
3) People thinking they understand politics, without understanding politics, is hurting America, but all those who think Saddam Hussein had a hand in 9/11, that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and supported the war, that rural Kansas should be getting Homeland Security funding – those people are NOT hurting America?
4) What the fuck?