The Colbert Report - Who's Attacking Me Now? - #CancelColbert

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(LAUGHTER) AND FOLKS, INTERNET EQUALITY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER, AS I LEARNED THIS WEEKEND WHEN THE INTERWEBS TRIED TO SWALLOW ME WHOLE. BUT I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT I GOT LODGED IN ITS THROAT AND IT HACKED ME BACK UP LIKE A HASTILY CHEWED CHICKEN WING. (LAUGHTER) THIS IS WHO'S ATTACKING ME NOW. (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO ME ON THE INTERNET, WE TURN TO THE TV. >> PEOPLE ARE CALLING FOR THE STEPHEN COLBERT SHOW TO BE CANCELED AFTER A TWEET ABOUT ASIANS APPEARED ON THE COMEDY CENTRAL TWITTER ACCOUNT. >> #CANCELCOLBERT IS TRENDING THIS MORNING. >> #CANCELCOLBERT IS TRENDING THIS MORNING. >> #CANCELCOLBERT WENT VIRAL. >> Stephen: BUT FOLKS, I'M STILL HERE! (AUDIENCE CHANTING "STEPHEN") >> Stephen: IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF YOU PEOPLE! THE DARK FORCES TRYING TO SILENCE MY MESSAGE OF CORE CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES MIXED WITH YOUTH-FRIENDLY PRODUCT PLACEMENT HAVE BEEN THWARTED. (LAUGHTER) WENT THROUGH A FEW OF THESE THIS WEEKEND. BUT FOLKS, I'M NOT GOING TO LIE -- IT WAS CLOSE. WE ALMOST LOST ME. (LAUGHTER) I'M NEVER GOING TO TAKE ME FOR GRANTED EVER AGAIN. HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. LAST WEDNESDAY, I SALUTED WASHINGTON REDSKINS OWNER DANIEL SNYDER FOR HIS NEW CHARITY, THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS ORIGINAL AMERICANS FOUNDATION. WHICH SOME HAVE CALLED AN OBVIOUS ATTEMPT TO WIN OVER NATIVE AMERICANS BECAUSE IT ONLY USES THE TERM "REDSKINS" ONCE IN ITS NAME. (LAUGHTER) NOW, I HAVE MY OWN RACIAL MISUNDERSTANDING WITH THE ASIAN COMMUNITY OVER A LONG-RUNNING AND BELOVED CHARACTER ON MY SHOW. VERY IMPORTANT. HE IS A CHARACTER. HE IS NOT ME. THIS IS THE REAL STEPHEN COLBERT. I MEAN EVERYTHING I SAY ON THIS SHOW. HE MEANS... WELL, YOU WOULD HAVE TO ASK HIM. AND HE'S NOT RETURNING MY CALLS. ANYWAY, I WAS SO INSPIRED BY DAN SNYDER'S CHARITABLE OUTREACH THAT I FORMED MY OWN CHARITY. "THE CHING CHONG DING DONG FOUNDATION FOR SENSITIVITY TO ORIENTALS OR WHATEVER." (LAUGHTER) THAT WAS WEDNESDAY. IT RERAN FOUR TIMES ON THURSDAY, WAS POSTED ON THE SHOW'S Facebook PAGE. NOT A PEEP OUT OF THE INTERNET. THEN AROUND 7:00 ON THURSDAY, MY NETWORK'S PROMOTIONAL TWITTER ACCOUNT, @COLBERTREPORT, TWEETED THE NAME OF MY FOUNDATION WITHOUT PROVIDING A VIDEO LINK TO THE ORIGINAL SEGMENT OR MENTIONING THAT I WAS INSPIRED BY THE REDSKINS CHARITY. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION LIMITED TO 140 CHARACTERS WOULD EVER CREATE MISUNDERSTANDINGS? (LAUGHTER) BUT I HAVE NEVER ONCE USED @COLBERTREPORT. AS YOU HEROES KNOW, I'M @STEPHENATHOME. THOUGH FULL DISCLOSURE, I SOMETIMES TWEET FROM @STEPHENATHOME AT WORK IN THE BATHROOM. THEN, WHEN THE TWIT HIT THE FAN, THE BRAIN TRUST AT MY NETWORK TOOK THE TWEET DOWN, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THIS INTERNET WORKS. YOU CAN JUST TAKE STUFF DOWN AND NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW IT HAPPENED. JUST ASK MAYOR WIENER. (LAUGHTER) NOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO THROW ANYONE UNDER THE BUS HERE. MOSTLY BECAUSE I DON'T GO THAT CLOSE TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. BUT WHEN I SAW THE TWEET WITH NO CONTEXT, I UNDERSTOOD HOW PEOPLE WERE OFFENDED. SAME WAY I, AS AN IRISH-AMERICAN, WAS OFFENDED AFTER READING ONLY ONE LINE OF JONATHAN SWIFT'S "A MODEST PROPOSAL." I MEAN, EAT IRISH BABIES?! HASHTAG CANCEL SWIFT! TREND IT! (LAUGHTER) (APPLAUSE) NOW, ALL OF THIS WAS STARTED BY A HASHTAG ACTIVIST, OR A HASHTIVIST, WHO HAS BEEN VICIOUSLY ATTACKED ON TWITTER. IF ANYONE IS DOING THAT FOR ME, I WANT YOU TO STOP RIGHT NOW. SHE'S JUST SPEAKING HER MIND. THAT'S WHAT TWITTER'S FOR, AS WELL AS RUNNING THE ENDING OF EVERY SHOW I HAVEN'T WATCHED YET. NOW, THE CANCEL COLBERT PEOPLE THINK THAT EVEN IN CONTEXT, I'M A RACIST. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M NOT A RACIST. I DON'T EVEN SEE RACE. NOT EVEN MY OWN. PEOPLE TELL ME I'M WHITE, AND I BELIEVE THEM BECAUSE I JUST DEVOTED SIX MINUTES TO EXPLAINING HOW I'M NOT A RACIST. (LAUGHTER) (APPLAUSE) AND THAT'S ABOUT THE WHITEST THING YOU CAN DO. NOW, ONCE THE CANCEL COLBERT HASHTAG GOT ROLLING, IT WAS ONE TO HAVE THE TOP FIVE TRENDS FOR MORE THAN 36 HOURS BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THE KING. (LAUGHTER) THEN IT WAS PICKED UP BY A SMALL GROUP OF AMERICANS WHO GET THEIR INFORMATION "ONLY" FROM TWITTER -- THE NEWS MEDIA. THERE WERE ONLINE STORIES IN THE "U.S.A. TODAY," THE "NEW YORKER," "VARIETY," "SLATE," THE "HUFFINGTON POST," THREE FEATURES ON "TIME DOT-COM" AND SEVEN ON "SALON." CNN EVEN TOOK A BREAK FROM THEIR MALAYSIAN AIRLINER COVERAGE TO REPORT SPOTTING WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS THE WRECKAGE OF MY SHOW OFF THE COAST OF AUSTRALIA. (LAUGHTER) (APPLAUSE) BUT MAYBE MOST HURTFUL, MY FELLOW CONSERVATIVES ABANDONED ME IN MY TIME OF NEED. LIKE MICHELLE MALKIN, WHO "CO-SIGNED" ON TO CANCEL-COLBERT AND CALLED ME A "COWARD." THIS CUTS DEEP, ESPECIALLY SINCE I LEARNED EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT SENSITIVITY TO THE ASIAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE FROM MICHELLE'S 2004 BOOK, "IN DEFENSE OF INTERNMENT." (AUDIENCE BOOING) TURNS OUT THEY HAD IT COMING. (LAUGHTER) ONE LESS THING TO FEEL GUILTY ABOUT. SO TO RECAP -- A WEB EDITOR I'VE NEVER MET POSTS A TWEET IN MY NAME ON AN ACCOUNT I DON'T CONTROL, OUTRAGES A HASHTAG ACTIVIST, AND NEWS MEDIA GETS 72 HOURS OF CONTENT. THE SYSTEM WORKED! (LAUGHTER) BUT THIS ALL STARTED RIGHT AFTER I TAPED THURSDAY NIGHT'S SHOW, SO I COULDN'T RESPOND UNTIL TODAY. IN A SENSE, I "WAS" CANCELED... FOR THREE DAYS. JUST LIKE JESUS.
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Channel: Comedy Central
Views: 4,294,211
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Keywords: Who's Attacking Me Now?, 24-hour news, media, controversies, Twitter, racism, Asian, Internet, Bud Light Lime, alcohol, The Colbert Report (TV Program), Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert (Fictional Character), the colbert report, stephen colbert, comedy central politics, the colbert report full episodes, colbert nation, funny video, comedy videos, stand up videos, funny jokes, funny clips, hilarious videos, hilarious clips, stephen colbert comedy central, colbert report best moments
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Length: 7min 34sec (454 seconds)
Published: Tue Apr 01 2014
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