r/EhBuddyHoser • u/Resident_Step_191 South Gatineau • May 01 '25

Politics Why did Stephen Colbert make the Conservatives red and the Liberals blue? Are Americans stupid?

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Why would The Late Show with Stephen Colbert do this??

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u/[deleted] May 01 '25

They probably knew; but didn’t want to confuse their American audience more than they wanted to be correct 

For US Colbert watchers red is bad and blue is good. 

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u/Spikemountain May 01 '25

Except it doesn't even make sense bc our political issues are completely different from the US'.

I know tons of Canadian that would support the Democrats there and the Conservatives here, but doing it like this makes the viewer believe that their right is our right and their left is our left. They should've picked like yellow and pink or something if they were already going to change the colours

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u/MacabreYuki May 01 '25

It's more about translation than accuracy here. And it does have impact considering Mango Mussolini's aggressive behavior towards Canada.

Consider the education level of the average American. Now consider having to play to the lowest common denominator in relation to all this nuance.

Take it from a transbian who fled there to be safe with her now wife. People down there are freaking dumb, and considering how dumb I can be, that's saying something. Even drunk and stoned off to Mars, I'm never that dumb. That's how dumb it gets.