It's not petty, it's indicative of his disdain for the country. Guys like Yiannopolis praise the US and its core values because they truly admire the country, even with its faults. Oliver does not admire the country for what makes it different. He is a European with a European mindset and wants the US to be a European-like state in North America. Only then will he like the country, generally speaking.
Yiannopolis and McInnes, also two native Britons (though the latter is a naturalized Canadian), do not want this. They embrace America for how it is, not how it could were it Europeanized, whereas Oliver is an outsider seeking to change it. Once again, clear difference, and it's not just a matter of "forgetting" a few words.
You have yet to explain what you base that assesment on. I have not seen a single indication of John Oliver hating America's core values. He dedicates his time to find faults in the political system, communicate those faults with a great deal of research behind it, and adds his comedy style to it.
I'm not very familiar with those two you mention. I have only seen Yiannopolis linked by MRA's, and saw him briefly on Joe Rogan podcast, I was not impressed. I have no idea why you think he embraces the U.S more than John Oliver. I don't think there's any doubt that John Oliver is 100 times the valuable citizen than Yiannopolis is.
You have a guy dedicated to tweeting boner material to MRA's and "triggering" college feminists, and then you have a guy who is committed to substantial analysis and debate about faults in the political system, while providing quality entertainment. I know who I would want in my country. Yiannopolis entire portfolio on Breitbart doesn't even meet a fraction of the research that is behind one segment in Last Week Tonight, not that that is saying much.
I guess we have a different view on what it means to be patriotic. I'll take criticism, debate and improvement over unquestionable support any day.
If you haven't see Oliver insulting the people of America, not just policies, then I don't know what to say other than you haven't seen much of his show. Lucky you.
No, I'm not going to go searching for episodes. Despite your repeated accusations otherwise, I am not hypersensitive to this, and for that reason, I don't care enough to do that much work. I'll just continue thinking Oliver is an ungrateful cunt that should leave. Maybe Denmark could use a talentless douchey foreigner to criticize them. Why don't you start that petition up after all.
You have yet to give me any examples of these apparent insults to 50% of the country.
Well, I don't think he's talentless or douchey at all. I think he seems like a very sympathetic person, and he's great at comedy. So yes, if he wanted to do segments on my country I would certainly support it. As I said before, I think every country needs a show like his. Unfortunately not a lot of people gives a fuck what is happening in my country.
Did he praise the US or did he praise leftists for not blaming Muslims? Did he turn it into a gun control thing and point out how evil right-wingers are at the root of this problem? Somehow I doubt he was playing The Great Uniter here.
Lol, another great example of your hypersensitivity. My god you're paranoid.
No he applauded the people of Orlando for coming together and giving blood, and he stated that people coming together across differences in religion, sexuality and ethnicity was the true essence of America.
Lol...cry themselves to sleep, eh? Someone made a thread about this douche and I commented with some harsh words. Yeah, totally similar to what leftists are doing, which is attacking people, having speeches cancelled, having college Presidents fired, people's lives ruined, etc.
Don't worry, John Oliver truly doesn't keep me up at night. But if I see his name mentioned, I'll throw a few choice words his way. That's the difference between the left and right at the moment: we criticize the other and leave it at that. The left criticizes and then tries to ruin people's lives.
I had no idea you were this engulfed in the populist lowbrow right wing movement. You're actually on board with that shit, jesus christ.