adminAndrew Klavan’s recent take — the one that cheerfully tells conservatives to be glad Jon Stewart is “talking crazy” — is exactly the kind of unapologetic pushback this country needs. Klavan and other voices on the right are right to point out that when a once-unassailable left-wing icon starts sounding unmoored, it reveals weakness, not strength. The fact that the Daily Wire amplified this message shows conservatives are finally reclaiming the cultural megaphone we were robbed of for decades.
You’ve heard Stewart’s rants: he’s been blasting Republicans for what he calls hypocrisy on free speech and other issues, and he’s not gentle about it. When a high-profile left-liberal media figure spends airtime lambasting both parties and mocking conservative instincts, it’s proof the old narrative of left moral superiority is fraying. That’s not an occasion for smug back-patting so much as it is a strategic opportunity — an opening we should exploit, not ignore.
Stewart’s willingness to jab at Democrats as well — whether he’s mocking candidates’ age or calling out political theater — has rattled the usual left-wing defenders who expect unconditional fealty. The backlash from his own tribe shows how fragile their coalition really is when one of their former standard-bearers refuses to perform loyalty on cue. That fracture is a conservative’s political treasure: it helps convince swing voters that the left’s hold on cultural authority is not inevitable.
Don’t be naive — Stewart hasn’t become a conservative overnight, and his style is still smug and sanctimonious. But when even he warns about the excesses and soft authoritarian instincts bubbling up on the left, it strips away the pretense that their policies are the only sensible path for America. Pundits across the spectrum are noticing the unraveling, and the narrative is shifting; we should press that advantage relentlessly rather than cede the field back to the same institutions that abandoned working Americans years ago.
So here’s the plainly patriotic takeaway: use Stewart’s spiral as fuel, not as permission to gloat. Keep making the case for schools that teach basics, for law and order, for borders and prosperity, and for a culture that rewards hard work instead of rewarding grievance. The left’s monopoly on media and institutions is cracked; conservatives should be outworking, out-arguing, and out-organizing to fill the vacuum with something better — a confident, proud, and unapologetically American alternative.
