Oh, yes. Yes he is … in a 53 tweet defense of embattled “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah targeting those who dared find offense in Noah’s “jokes.” Some excerpts from the tweet-storm:
(1/53) Q: Why did the man* throw* butter* out of the window*? A: He wanted to see* butter fly*!
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 1, 2015
(2/53) "Man" in my previous Tweet should not be construed as privileged, misogynist or anti-trans.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 1, 2015
(3/53) Nor should there be ANY assumption of said man's race or religion. It could be an African American man, Asian, or any one
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 1, 2015
(4/53) of the vast multi-cultural mosaic which make up the world we live in today. "Man" was simply an archaic placeholder for the
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 1, 2015
(5/53) "subject" of the joke, and thus should not denote privilege nor exclude any sexuality, religion, nationality or offend any
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 1, 2015
(6/53) feelings the joke listener may or may not have or have ever experienced in the past. Furthermore, the action of "throwing" is
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 1, 2015
This is pretty funny to watch. Liberal Patton Oswalt is defending liberal Trevor Noah from liberals who think Noah’s jokes aren’t appropriate. We could watch this fight all. Day. Long.
But not everyone is buying in to the liberal comic’s point of view:
https://twitter.com/chrisopotamia/status/583202888593227776
https://twitter.com/SidizenKane/status/583206733918683137
https://twitter.com/SidizenKane/status/583208041975250944
https://twitter.com/SidizenKane/status/583207024386772992
Patton Oswalt is just terrible on twitter. Prime example that even the most liberal of nerds will only drift a certain way.
— muhammed ‘honeymaren’ deshmukh ? (@drdang) April 1, 2015
https://twitter.com/le_BienAime/status/583211983698264064
patton oswalt is breaking new ground
has anyone ever written a 53-tweet storm and not realized they could cut it down to like… 12 before
— hilbert's infinite airbnb (@vogon) April 1, 2015
Oswalt’s conclusion to his 53-tweet rant? This:
(53/53) Also, the "come" part of "welcome" shouldn't be construed in a "faggy" way.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 1, 2015
Sign him up as next “Daily Show” host!
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