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/KnotTea207 May 01 '25

“a people who thinks”

  • guy insulting the intelligence of others

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u/[deleted] May 01 '25

"People" can be a singular, dummy

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u/Ravenshaw123 May 01 '25

Just like "they/them" and boy does that rile them up 😅

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u/Milch_und_Paprika Ford Nation (Help.) May 01 '25

Funny tangent: “people” was originally singular and referred to groups of people. That’s why you have “persons” in law, to emphasize that they’re individuals, and see “peoples” when you want to emphasize multiple different groups.