The Daily Show host was straight faced and emphatic during Wednesday night’s broadcast.
Jon Stewart opened his Daily Show monologue with the only story of relevance last night – the massacre of 12 people by Islamic militants at a satirical magazine’s office in Paris.
As usual, he nails it.
“I know very few people go into comedy as an act of courage, mainly because it shouldn’t have to be that,” the comedian said.
“It shouldn’t be an act of courage, it should be taken as established law. But those guys at Hebdo had it and they were killed for their cartoons.
“A stark reminder that for the most part the legislators and journalists and institutions that we jab and ridicule are not in any way the enemy. For however frustrating or outraged the back and forth can become it’s still back and forth, a conversation amongst those on let’s call it ‘Team Civilization.’ And this type of violence only clarifies that reality.”
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