Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Border Wall

[RickJamesLich]

"lmao are you serious?"

No need to overreact. If Carrot top tried to do a comic routine on say.... Sarah Palin, and it stunk and people made comments accordingly, something tells me the mods here wouldn't be handing out infractions.

[Cthulhu 2020]

I love this thread. Oliver completely shits all over Trump's wall idea and the Drumpfettes come out in droves to insult him... but have no counter for the facts he just bitch smacked them all with.

I mean seriously, the amount of well source facts that Oliver just whipped out has every Trump fan's head spinning so hard that the only thing they can really manage is insulting Oliver and other posters.

[Pangean]

Oh yes, I am steaming mad lol. I know that's what you want to hear but seriously, Pangean, no need to avoid the criticisms I brought up for the guy. And for the mod that wants to give me infractions, the guy is supposedly a comedian on a comedy show and it's not against the rules to criticize the merits of his comedy.

I am not avoiding anything, I am ignoring your diversion. You see it's a diversion from the video and what it was saying. If you want to discuss the video, that's fine. If you want to be salty and attack Oliver for not living up to your expectations of comedy continue on while I laugh at it.

[Wells]

Oh have we moved on to bitching about mods again? That's a new and exciting topic.

[Cthulhu 2020]

I said it a few months ago, I'll say it again, once everyone starts to realize how impractical, expensive, and completely absurd and idiotic an idea this is, Trump's popularity will plummet, because his campaign popularity is based almost entirely on his wall idea. As soon as it crumbles, so too does Trump's circus of a campaign.

[Pangean]

Oh have we moved on to bitching about mods again? That's a new and exciting topic.

And it's not like there isn't an avenue for him to follow to deal with the issue.

[RickJamesLich]

I am not avoiding anything, I am ignoring your diversion. You see it's a diversion from the video and what it was saying. If you want to discuss the video, that's fine. If you want to be salty and attack Oliver for not living up to your expectations of comedy continue on while I laugh at it.

I did discuss the video - I said Oliver is corny and you and a few others got triggered. It's ok, I'm sure I don't like some of your other preferred comics either.

As for the content in the video, all I can say is it does appear Mexico is going to be spending more money than anticipated.

[Pangean]

I did discuss the video - I said Oliver is corny and you and a few others got triggered. It's ok, I'm sure I don't like some of your other preferred comics either.

As for the content in the video, all I can say is it does appear Mexico is going to be spending more money than anticipated.

Saying Oliver is corny is not discussing the video.

I am sure that Mexico will be paying the same amount they planned on paying before.

[Sky High]

So do the negative consequences for building a hypothetical wall outweigh any real benefit?

how do you weigh the pros and cons to something that will never exist? /shrug
but to answer the OP: no, not in the slightest.

[Kaleredar]

how do you weigh the pros and cons to something that will never exist? /shrug
but to answer the OP: no, not in the slightest.

The mere proposition of building the wall and the notion that it has supporters already has a negative affect... on people's souls.

Is this really a enjoyable way to live your life? Just sit on MMO champ posting as much smear shit on Trump as possible? You're more obsessed with the guy then most supporters.

It's not like it's very difficult.

I mean, when your candidate is so roundly demolished by a comedian using facts any hick could look up for themselves to put together an under 20-minute take down of said candidate's key "plan for America," you know you picked a shitty-ass candidate.

[primalmatter]

2016 and the left is rallying behind a comedian...

Really going to cringe pulling that hillary lever to cast your vote hun?

[Alvito]

People that believe that he could and would actually do this if elected is mind boggling. Then again so is this insane thought that he should be the next POTUS. The money needed to build the wall and the time it would take to build it would make it impossible to do in a 4 year term and only slightly less impossible for an 8 year stretch.

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2016 and the left is rallying behind a comedian...

Really going to cringe pulling that hillary lever to cast your vote hun?

Not any different then the right droning along with the joke that is fox news and it's ilk.

[Mormolyce]

I said it a few months ago, I'll say it again, once everyone starts to realize how impractical, expensive, and completely absurd and idiotic an idea this is, Trump's popularity will plummet, because his campaign popularity is based almost entirely on his wall idea. As soon as it crumbles, so too does Trump's circus of a campaign.

But I get the impression Trump's supporters don't care what his actual promises are and deep down most of them know it's all lies. They just like the circus I suppose.

[primalmatter]

People that believe that he could and would actually do this if elected is mind boggling. Then again so is this insane thought that he should be the next POTUS. The money needed to build the wall and the time it would take to build it would make it impossible to do in a 4 year term and only slightly less impossible for an 8 year stretch.

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Not any different then the right droning along with the joke that is fox news and it's ilk.

Fox hates trump though...

[Alvito]

I like to think this is a shot from USMC at Trump.

[primalmatter]

Better than rallying behind a self-absorbed oompa loompa.

I love this thread. No one refutes the actual facts of the cost of the stupid wall, they all just go "LOL COMEDIAN".

ITs a comedy skit... forgive me if im not going to go into grand detail talking about his hypothetical...

Wasn't he the guy who told france they have nothing to fear from muslims like three days before the shooting?

He can't even get three days right never mind four years ;p

[Skaiz]

It's not like it's very difficult.

I mean, when your candidate is so roundly demolished by a comedian using facts any hick could look up for themselves to put together an under 20-minute take down of said candidate's key "plan for America," you know you picked a shitty-ass candidate.

Oh come on man. People thought the first time Oliver did a entire episode attempting to smear his name ect. that was "demolishing" And then of course came the response videos going through each of Olivers claims and refuting them with evidence. Rallying behind a comedian for "facts" is about as good as turning on CNN for "facts" concerning Trump. We've been here before. And we'll be right back here many more times i'm sure. All the while this stuff is produced to cash in on the echochamber that watches Oliver. It's not made to change minds or to deliver non-bias information. All it's gunna do is make Trumps numbers go up again. As usual.

[primalmatter]

Oh come on man. People thought the first time Oliver did a entire episode attempting to smear his name ect. that was "demolishing" And then of course came the response videos going through each of Olivers claims and refuting them with evidence. Rallying behind a comedian for "facts" is about as good as turning on CNN for "facts" concerning Trump. We've been here before. And we'll be right back here many more times i'm sure. All the while this stuff is produced to cash in on the echochamber that watches Oliver. It's not made to change minds or to deliver non-bias information. All it's gunna do is make Trumps numbers go up again. As usual.

Can we link the picture of him telling france has nothing to fear from immigrants super imposed on all those dead bodies?

I feel like we have forgotten John's track record on this kinda stuff ...

[Kaleredar]

Oh come on man. People thought the first time Oliver did a entire episode attempting to smear his name ect. that was "demolishing" And then of course came the response videos going through each of Olivers claims and refuting them with evidence. Rallying behind a comedian for "facts" is about as good as turning on CNN for "facts" concerning Trump. We've been here before. And we'll be right back here many more times i'm sure. All the while this stuff is produced to cash in on the echochamber that watches Oliver. It's not made to change minds or to deliver non-bias information. All it's gunna do is make Trumps numbers go up again. As usual.

So you're saying videos refuting his points exist?

Can you provide them?

Until you provide them, I'm going to assume they don't exist.

[ringpriest]

Obviously he wasn't making anything up. That's just how fast the dollar is losing value because Obama doesn't know how to make a deal and the Chinese are kicking our asses.

What do you expect when he spends all his time focusing on a Krull reboot instead of doing his job?

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Can we link the picture of him telling france has nothing to fear from immigrants super imposed on all those dead bodies?

Most of the Paris attackers were European nationals - they were "immigrants" the same way many Americans (like Donald Trump and Ted Cruz) are "immigrants" - the children or grandchildren of people who immigrated to European nations.