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Jon Stewart To Anti-South Park Muslim Extremists: “Go F*ck Yourselves”

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Jon Stewart kicked off The Daily Show last night tackling Comedy Central’s censorship of fellow program South Park.

It wasn’t a knock at his own network – instead, it was a critique of the Muslim group who had a problem with the cartoon. A group that is based…in New York.

Stewart said South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker “got in a little bit of trouble during the airing of their weekly animated series South Park. And by trouble, I mean veiled death threats.”

Unlike the creators, Stewart didn’t have a problem necessarily with the decision. “It’s their right. we serve at their pleasure,” he joked, saying it was just about protecting employees. Although: “After forcing many of these same employees to work on Mind of Mencia and Krod Mandoon, damage done.”

Instead he turned to the group, Revolution Muslim, which is based in New York. Why are they allowed to express their radical views in America? “All because of how much we in this country value and protect their freedom of expression,” said Stewart – and the implication was obvious. While this group gets to voice their extremist opinions, this cartoon comedy show gets censored.

The clip continues to show a highlight reel of The Daily Show making fun of all religions, and closes with another, even more direct and probably heartfelt “Go F*ck Yourself” singalong. Instead of Fox News, though, it’s aimed at “anyone who’s threatening death in the name of religion or politics.” Sounds like something worthy of Bill O’Reilly‘s “Patriot” designation.

Here’s the clip:

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  • The Real Royal King

    Bernie Goldberg, Jeff Merrill, Snacker, RIP. You want guts? Here it is! The type of guts we have seldom seen in the media or amongst our politicians since 9/11.

  • timzank

    Yep, he’s a real “freedom fighter” isn’t he TRRK?

    For Christs sake he’s a comedian on cable tv. Get a frickin grip already.

  • http://thedailybarb.com Jack Burns

    After the Death of the “great one”. George Carlin. Its nice to see someone else take the helm on outing all these stupid Religions. God he makes me laugh…

  • http://www.swissarmyjew.com Keeva

    But Stewart also defended Comedy Central’s spineless decision to censor the show mercilessly, effectively yielding to the group.

    http://tinyurl.com/yzvveaa

  • SteveMG

    But Stewart also defended Comedy Central’s spineless decision to censor the show mercilessly, effectively yielding to the group.

    Indeed, so the “group” or their threats won out. They got what they wanted and all of Stewart’s mocking and ridiciule went for naught.

    So, who really won this battle?

    And his response that was directed at “anyone” who threatens violence is a dodge. The question on the table is radical Muslims. Not “anyone”. It’s a specific group.

    Episcopalians aren’t going around making threats.

  • http://www.swissarmyjew.com Keeva

    Precisely Steve. The radical Moslems won here because Comedy Central caved. And once they win, they keep at it. I wonder if Comedy Central “edited” Stewart’s routine before taping. His entire routine probably made the wannabe terrorists feel good about themselves since he gave them credibility by acknowledging their threat as valid.

    My blog post sums it up neatly. http://tinyurl.com/yzvveaa

    At the end of the day, until someone stands up to these thugs, we will never be able to truly defeat them.

  • http://www.swissarmyjew.com Keeva

    By the way, the headline on this story is misleading at best. Stewart was actually defending the censorship by his lords and masters at the network. Listen carefully.

  • http://www.karlspensen.blogspot.com Karl Spensen

    YES!!1 Jon SPEWart was CLEARLY defending the censorship!!1 What more do you expect from a SPINELESS LIB?!1 BTW I LOVE that you spell it “Moslems”!!1 Just like my late grandma used to say!!1

  • Jamestaylor

    BTW I LOVE that you spell it “Moslems”!!1 Just like my late grandma used to say!!1″

    Karl, how many children did you have with Granny?

  • SteveMG

    Shorter Jon Stewart (if I may use that expression):

    “We will not succumb to threats of violence for political or religious purposes. Go f*** yourselves.”

    “Comedy Central was right to succumb to the threats of violence for religious purposes”.

    Who is really getting f***ed here?

    Trey and Matt.

  • Olby Sucks

    Newsflash! Stewart is NOT “the media!”

  • Jamestaylor

    The Real Royal King says:
    April 23, 2010 at 9:32 am

    Bernie Goldberg, Jeff Merrill, Snacker, RIP. You want guts? Here it is!”

    That was guts? It was funny , the first 1000 times he did this, not anymore.

  • felixw

    Jon Stewart has a whole team of writers….and yet his big line every night is just shouting out the F-word? This was pathetic the first time he did it, and doesn’t get funnier with repetition.

    This guy is a leading spokesman for the left? I wouldn’t trust him as a babysitter.

  • Grammie

    I might consider Stewart for “hero” status after he himself does a routine specifically about Mohammed as scathing as any he has done about oh, let’s just pick one, that defiler of liberal tenets Bernie Goldberg!

  • Munch

    King, you and your cockroach gas are a hoot.

  • Jon Bershad

    Doing a routine about Muhammed the person wouldn’t do anything. South Park wasn’t making fun of Muhammed either. The real enemy is people from any religion who blindly follow inaccurate interpretations of thousands of year old allegorical texts while willingly hurting others by doing so and try to force their ideas on others (in the case of Islamic extremists, through violence).

  • Jon Bershad

    My God, that was a run on sentence.

  • Olby Sucks

    “We will not succumb to threats of violence for political or religious purposes.”

    I believe the word you are avoiding is “terrorism.” They are terrorists, jonny.

  • Grammie

    Jon Bershad says:
    April 23, 2010 at 12:49 pm

    Jon, you missed the point I was trying, obviously not too well, to make.

    My comment was in response to an earlier one claiming “HERO’ for Stewart. I just don’t buy the hero stuff for Stewart, especially since he seems to be stuck on f**k lately.

    BTW, welcome and I hope to see more of your posts here!

  • Jon Bershad

    Thanks a lot, Grammie! I see what you were getting at, sorry I misunderstood.
    And I agree, the “go f**k yourself” was childish when used with Goldberg and co. After a really well put together piece, to follow it up with an expletive is a little silly. But in this case, I think it works. These terrorists get off in knowing that people fear them and, despite Comedy Central’s censorship, blatantly telling them to “Go f**k themselves” is a pretty good way of undermining that.

    By the way, did anyone else think the gospel singers looked a little more uncomfortable this time than they did on the Fox News piece?

  • Munch

    We will not succumb to threats of violence for political or religious purposes.”

    CC just did, Jonny boy, so what you said makes zero sense.

  • ImNotBlue

    The Real Royal King says:
    April 23, 2010 at 9:32 am

    Bernie Goldberg, Jeff Merrill, Snacker, RIP. You want guts? Here it is! The type of guts we have seldom seen in the media or amongst our politicians since 9/11.

    Now remember… he’s just a comedian, so we shouldn’t read too much into this. After all, that’s been the mantra for a few days now… so let’s apply the same standard.

    Of course, Stewart deserves praise for this. Although, perhaps not quite as much praise as O’Reilly and Cooper who did the same story days ago.

    Jon Bershad says:
    April 23, 2010 at 12:49 pm

    Well put, Jon!

  • Jon Bershad

    Thanks, ImNotBlue. Unfortunately, I just deleted that comment because I realized that my inflated ego thought Olby was responding to me instead of Stewart and felt like a complete idiot when I reread it. And, unlike you folks, I have the magical ability to delete my comments!

    I think this is what you were referring to and I wholeheartedly stand by it.
    “This isn’t a political issue. This is a religion issue. It doesn’t matter who is liberal and who is conservative. It matters that an American television network is too afraid to show a cartoon because of terrorists.”

    I really need to read more carefully when I respond on here…

  • JoshGuy

    Munch says:
    April 23, 2010 at 1:05 pm
    We will not succumb to threats of violence for political or religious purposes.”

    CC just did, Jonny boy, so what you said makes zero sense.

    ———————————
    CC caved, not Matt and Trey, who Jonny boy was defending..

    so guess what? GO F**K YOURSELF! :)

  • Munch

    oshGuy says: That’s all ya got?

    Disprove what I said, shit for brains.

  • Munch

    BTW, JoshGuy , id it take you 30 writers to come up with that?

    LMAO

    You sound like a extensively retarded dog-faced boy.

  • Olby Sucks

    I missed what it was you posted, Jon. Was it good? I’ve jumped the gun a time or 2 myself, no worries.

  • SteveMG

    CC caved, not Matt and Trey, who Jonny boy was defending..

    Yes but Stewart defended the decision by CC. And defended more than just “They have the right to censor this”. He defended the decision itself; not just that they had the authority to make it.

  • NORBIT

    Isn’t this getting a little old Jon?

    No, I mean hiding behind the ‘comedian’ monicker to do your sniping from!

    btw, is it true that your viewers are the same intellects that populate Howard Stern’s audience?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joo-Manuel-Gomes/100000082753555 João Manuel Gomes

    I just have to say the following words: I concur… with Jon.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tony-Westover/1496648721 Tony Westover

    Once again, Jon Stewart shows how much of a conformist he is. This guy is such a fucking square it’s pathetic. I really gotta stop clicking on his stories, nothing good ever comes of it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bob-Amsel/1450316715 Bob Amsel

    Check out my Facebook page to see the photo of a Muslim holding a poster that reads, “BEHEAD THOSE WHO SAY ISLAM IS VIOLENT. It’s priceless.

    Please sign the Bring Back David Shuster petition:
    http://www.petitiononline.com/NewsFans/petition.html

  • Rogue-Comic

    BURGER KING up there at comment #1 REALLY needs to stop drinking the kool-aide. Seriously dude, you ever post anything that isn’t a partisan equivalent to oral sex. Do you have any independent thoughts to express or are you a spambot programmed by the Chicago wing of the DNC. On to Stewart . . .

    Like Bill O, Stewart’s rebuttal against the Muslim Extremists’ death threats against Stone and Parker lacked a sense of “balls brushing up against the ground” bravado. Like many said: he did not tell the group directly to go “f!ck themselves,” and he gave his network a pass for censoring South Park.

    However, Stewart did make it a point to say that Americans who differ in their political beliefs are not enemies but rivals of one another as to the best way to be Americans. No one group really advocates violence towards another, regardless of what political messages want you to believe in election years. That, to me, was the best part of his monologue.

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