Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoHas a person ever pretended to be a major Republican did a podcast interviews and everythinng else? While raking in a butt load of money? The turn around and be like HA MF's I am a liberal?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up126arrow-down1message-squareHas a person ever pretended to be a major Republican did a podcast interviews and everythinng else? While raking in a butt load of money? The turn around and be like HA MF's I am a liberal?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBongles@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 days agoSort of, but he was always blatantly parody.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 days agoTo us, yes. A large number of the people he was mocking do not understand irony, so they thought he was genuine.
minus-squareArcher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoHe’s publicly said multiple times that he has had people come up to him and tell him they liked his old show better, clearly not understanding it was satire
minus-squareXeroxCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoHe got invited to the Bush Whitehouse dinner and they were surprised Colbert roasted Dubya
Sort of, but he was always blatantly parody.
To us, yes. A large number of the people he was mocking do not understand irony, so they thought he was genuine.
He’s publicly said multiple times that he has had people come up to him and tell him they liked his old show better, clearly not understanding it was satire
He got invited to the Bush Whitehouse dinner and they were surprised Colbert roasted Dubya