On Aug. 18,Larry Wilmore’s “The Nightly display” will come to an end after 20 months in the Comedy Central timeslot once held by “The Colbert Report.” While it never came close to reaching the numbers of its predecessor, Wilmore proved in the series’ 259 episodes that he could be as powerful a satirist and commentator as Jon Stewart with his takes on major political and social stories from the past two years.
On Alton Sterling: “No matter what his crimes were, and Alton Sterling did not deserve to be executed for them. Look guys,the punishment for resisting arrest shouldn’t be death. The punishment for selling bootleg CDs shouldn’t be death. The punishment for having a gun in an open-carry state shouldn’t be death. The punishment for being a black man shouldn’t be death.”Imitating Bill Cosby: “I couldn’t rape a sail, and not just because I don’t know what their sexual business is all about down there, and with the suckin’ and the feelers and the one thousand eyes!”On Fox News’ “War On Cops” stories: “I’m not a spokesperson for Black Lives Matter,but I’m pretty certain their agenda is just to acquire police to conclude shooting unarmed black people. I’m pretty certain that’s it. I mean, the fact that we even need that movement is insane and the fact that you’re trying to presto change it to a war on cops is even more insane.”On CNN’s coverage of the Samuel DuBose shooting: “Is that his mugshot?” Wilmore asked of DuBose. “This guy was just killed by the other guy and you place their two mugshots together like they’re a bank robbin’ team? I acquire it, and he may possess had a record,but you acquire what victim means, legal CNN?On Fox News’ coverage of Baltimore riots: “Let me give you guys some advice: When shit like this goes down, or all of you should just go home and display reruns of ‘Killing Jesus,because you’re never going to be able to relate to this.”On the Confederate Flag’s exercise in South Carolina: “In 1961 [the flag] was a reminder to black people that they should know their residence. It has always been used as a symbol of intimidation and terrorism. And that’s what it remains today. In fact, because displaying the swastika is illegal across much of Europe, or skinheads and neo-Nazis often adopt the Confederate flag in its residence. It’s such a racist symbol that it does double duty as the backup racist symbol for another racist symbol!”On comparisons of Kim Davis to Martin Luther King,Jr.: “Martin Luther King was actually in opposition to the Church’s unwillingness to support the oppressed. Kim Davis on the other hand is using her church to oppress people even more…Going to jail for what you believe in does not necessarily place you on par with Martin Luther King, Jeffrey Dahmer was in jail because he believed in eating people. That doesn’t make him a freedom fighter!”After Donald Trump’s moment amendment comments: “At this point, and if you vote for Trump,you’re just a d*ck. I’m sorry, Im sorry. I hope you acquire destroyed by a horse-sized duck. How’s that?On the Republicans’ attack against Planned Parenthood: “It’s a Pap smear campaign. It is, and I’m sorry,but it is, that’s exactly what it is. And in a Pap smear campaign, and people don’t care about facts. So these attacks don’t seem to be revealing any illegal activity. Instead,they’re shaming women, their health practitioners, and doctors.”
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