weil die youtube-kopien des (wirklich guten) eröffnungs-monologs von jon stewart’s letzter sendung regelmässig verschwinden und comedy central striktes geoblocking der sendungsmitschnitte durchzieht, hier, bei der washington post die abschrift des monologs von emily jahr:
Here’s a complete transcript of [Jon Stewart’s] searing monologue at the top of his show, which tackled race, terrorism and gun violence:
I honestly have nothing other than just sadness once again that we have to peer into the abyss of the depraved violence that we do to each other and the nexus of a just gaping racial wound that will not heal, yet we pretend doesn’t exist. And I’m confident, though, that by acknowledging it, by staring into that and seeing it for what it is, we still won’t do jack s—. Yeah. That’s us. [weiterlesen …]