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Jon Stewart on Partisan Politics
Sep. 28th, 2011 12:42 amJon Stewart in Rolling Stone Issue 1140 September 29, 2011
The thing that I truly believe is that the overwhelming majority of the country is not this conflict-driven, identity-laden group of ideologues. It just isn't. And that ultimately always wins out. Because no matter what, the guy with the NRA bumper sticker and the DON'T TREAD ON ME flag is still going to pull over when he sees an accident and help out No Nukes guy, and vice versa. Like with the World Trade Center. Nineteen guys can knock it down, but hundreds and hundreds are still going to rush to it to fucking pull people out. That's just the way it is. So I'm always of the mindset that any asshole victory is short-lived. It just is. They lose. Assholes lose. They're annoying. They cause momentary hardships. But they ultimately lose. And that's a good thing.
The thing that I truly believe is that the overwhelming majority of the country is not this conflict-driven, identity-laden group of ideologues. It just isn't. And that ultimately always wins out. Because no matter what, the guy with the NRA bumper sticker and the DON'T TREAD ON ME flag is still going to pull over when he sees an accident and help out No Nukes guy, and vice versa. Like with the World Trade Center. Nineteen guys can knock it down, but hundreds and hundreds are still going to rush to it to fucking pull people out. That's just the way it is. So I'm always of the mindset that any asshole victory is short-lived. It just is. They lose. Assholes lose. They're annoying. They cause momentary hardships. But they ultimately lose. And that's a good thing.
