Jon Stewart appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Tuesday evening, and addressed recent controversies surrounding Kanye West, Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving and comedian Dave Chappelle. …
colleague, “I don’t believe censorship and penalties are the way to end antisemitism.”
West was in the headlines last month as companies cut ties with him over repeated antisemitic remarks. Irving posted a link to a movie that espouses disproven antisemitic tropes and was suspended from the Nets and dropped by Nike.Stewart began his chat with Colbert on a lighter tone before turning quite serious.
“The Kanye thing… he can be erratic and that didn’t surprise me. The Kyrie thing surprised me a bit — you don’t expect to get it from someone named Irving,” quipped Stewart.?’ and I’m like, ‘Yes, we’re very good friends. I always watch.’” SNLStewart said people have been telling him Chappelle, “normalized antisemitism.
Stewart said, “penalizing somebody for having a thought I don’t think is the way to change their minds or gain understanding” and later continued, “I’m afraid that the general tenor of conversation in this country is cover it up, bury it, put it to the outskirts and don’t deal with it.”
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