jon stewart bassem youssef - Stewart Destroys Pres. Morsi For
Going After 'Egypt's Jon Stewart' After Vowing To 'Welcome Every Opinion' - Jon
Stewart mocks Egyptian president for arresting
On
Monday night, Jon Stewart took to defending Bassem Youssef, who's often known
as Stewart's Egyptian counterpart. Youssef recently spoke out to CNN about
Egypt's "fascist" regime under President Mohammed Morsi — and has
faced interrogation after his comedy show criticized Morsi. After some joking
around, Stewart had a message for Morsi that highlighted his
hypocrisy
and pettiness.
"Your people invented civilization," Stewart noted, incredulously
noting that by Morsi's logic, Stewart, too, would've been quickly jailed (along
with Fox News). And for what? Poking fun the president's hat and
less-than-fluent English? "Silencing a comedian doesn't qualify you to be
president of Egypt," he told Morsi. "Just president of NBC."
(Bazinga!)
Stewart continued on, dialing back a bit on the jokes and asserting, "When
you are actually powerful, you don't have to be petty" — and asking what,
exactly, Morsi is afraid of. Having hosted his show for over a decade, Stewart
assured Morsi that "there's been a grand total of zero toppled governments
we've brought about during that time."
"Bassem loves Egypt so much he chooses to live there even though some
crazy guy is threatening to arrest him," Stewart continued. "By the
way, without Bassem and all those journalists and bloggers and brave protestors
who took to Tahrir Square to voice dissent, you, President Morsi, would not be
in a position to repress them. For someone who spent time in jail yourself...
under Mubarak you seem awfully eager to send other people there for the same
non-crimes. Just like you, they will only emerge from prison stronger and more
determined."
Stewart then pointed to Morsi's own past remarks, in which he said he welcomes
"every opinion," and that there's "no way" critics would
face harm for voicing opposition.
"Democracy isn't democracy if it only lasts up until someone makes fun of
your hat," Stewart concluded.
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