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Stephen Colbert fights the closeminded

I don’t watch either that often, but while I do prefer the Daily show to Colbert, the later is a fascinating show both for it’s absurd level of satire, but also its deconstruction of punditry. In this recent interview in Rolling Stone magazine, I found this point particularly interesting:

Rolling Stone: A lot of people view what you do as liberal vs. conservative. But what you’re saying is that the show is really about people who are flexible in their beliefs vs. people who are fixed in their beliefs?

Colbert: If there’s a target in our present society, it’s people not willing to change their minds. If you’re not willing to change your mind about anything, given how much is changing and how the sands are shifting underneath our feet, then that dishonesty is certainly worth a joke or too.

Wow. Talk about satire aimed at high minded purpose.