"South Park" often mocks the Uber-patriot who tells America's critics if they don't like the U.S., they "can git out."
It's a funny running gag, but lately it feels too on-target for the celebrity Leftist. And, given the wealth of the stars in question, that "South Park" yokel nailed it.
Take Joy Behar. She's a comedian who hasn't made people laugh for years (decades?). That doesn't include those who chuckle at her inane, fact-free rants on "The View." Now, mere days before her home country celebrates its 250th birthday, Behar has something to say to Uncle Sam.
I'm embarrassed by you. Not ashamed to be part of TV's dumbest show, mind you. Ashamed of the US of A. And, of course, it all leads back to President Donald Trump.
“I have to say that I'm embarrassed for this country the way he's been treating immigrants,” she added. “And, of course, Larry is embarrassed to be an American, in that way we should all be.”
The "Larry" in question is Larry David. The "Curb Your Enthusiasm" alum, whose TDS may be second only to Rosie O'Donnell's affliction, recently said he was ashamed to be an American after that White House/UFC extravaganza earlier this month. Here's what he told Variety about the multi-bout affair.
What else can you say about it? It was embarrassing, you know? I was embarrassed to be an American, yeah.
Pretty embarrassed. Pretty, pretty embarrassed.
Then again, David once lashed out at Bill Maher for breaking bread with President Donald Trump by comparing the confab to a Nazi gathering.
None of this is necessarily new for the Hollywood Left. Jon Stewart once complained that America was never great in the first place, suggesting a dearth of patriotism that has become, sadly, commonplace today.
That was in 2016. The best you can say about Stewart's comment is that he was ahead of his party's curve.
Actor Edward Norton is on Team Embarrassment, too.
The versatile actor recently slammed President Trump in the expected ways. That's a dog-bites-man story in La La Land. Except he went further, trashing his own country in the process.
Here, Norton shared with actor Ted Danson of "Cheers" fame why he hearts China, of all places.
China is on its way to being the first, petro-zero economy. They are going to be the first electro-superpower.
Great. Wonderful. What about China's crush of coal plants in the here and now? Or the fact that China is the number one contributor to carbon emissions? That's not to mention the nation's abysmal human rights record or antipathy toward free speech/
Norton seems less concerned about that. Plus, he's no fan of his own country for its energy policies.
We have this enduring narrative of American exceptionalism, like of America's "alpha," of America's cultural superiority. And the question is, and I don't think people fully grasp the degree to which we're going to ghettoize ourselves as an energy state, in terms of education, in terms of health. We're not anywhere near the top, of what other people are experiencing.
He's Hulk-level angry at his own country. And, remarkably, he's in good company. Well, scratch the "good" part.
