https://twitter.com/becketadams/status/859234197344485377
Pretend for one second if a conservative comic has said this about Barack Obama:
Stephen Colbert to Trump: “The only thing your mouth is good for is being Vladimir Putin’s cock holster.” https://t.co/d5K2k2nH4x pic.twitter.com/3lPliSceTH
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 2, 2017
The joke came at the end of Colbert’s monologue Monday night in a bit where he responded to President Trump’s insult of CBS’ John Dickerson with insults of his own. Although “cock” was bleeped out, at least it was in the YouTube clip:
Over to you, CBS:
As @meakoopa has pointed out previously, comedians using gay sex as the harshest condemnation/mockery of straight men remains in vogue. https://t.co/TbCRndLoau
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) May 2, 2017
Nice… https://t.co/MDVW4sPO4z
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) May 2, 2017
https://twitter.com/AnthonyCumia/status/859259871660736512
https://twitter.com/yesnicksearcy/status/859316190480449540
If Democrats think this type of stuff helps them, it doesn’t. https://t.co/tIQ9QC4bmx
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 2, 2017
In case you thought the dialogue in our country couldn't get worse – or more crude. This is awful. https://t.co/qSjChQbxVY
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) May 2, 2017
If a late night host had said this about Obama, every activist group in the country would be calling for their job – and they'd get it. https://t.co/RuG57k2jUF
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) May 2, 2017
I agree with everyone that this is bad. https://t.co/EKvSNiepa4
— Nick Baumann (@NickBaumann) May 2, 2017
Many ppl tweeting host would lose job if he said it about Obama. I'm at like 50-50 that Colbert will too. https://t.co/PUoU9SkzgM
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) May 2, 2017
Homophobia for the right cause, with the right targets, is good homophobia, apparently. https://t.co/4rLd1wfTfA
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 2, 2017
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