Stephen Colbert, the late-night funnyman whose show has been hemorrhaging viewers faster than a Biden press conference clears the room, is now pleading innocence on the partisanship front. In a recent interview, the 60-year-old host—whose Late Show is on the chopping block amid plummeting ratings—insists he’s just a neutral referee calling balls and strikes, not some cheerleader for the progressive peanut gallery. This from the guy whose monologues have spent years lampooning conservatives, Trump, and anyone who dares question the leftist narrative, all while cozying up to Democrat darlings like Kamala Harris and the Squad. It’s a classic case of the emperor donning invisible robes, and the timing couldn’t be more delicious as his CBS gig teeters toward cancellation.
But let’s peel back the layers on this self-delusion, because Colbert’s non-partisan schtick has real stakes for the 2A community. Remember his post-Parkland rants, where he platformed gun-control activists and mocked NRA supporters as heartless rubes? Or his gleeful smears of pro-Second Amendment lawmakers as bought-off extremists during the 2022 midterms? This isn’t refereeing; it’s rigging the game with loaded dice. Colbert’s bias isn’t just entertainment fluff—it’s cultural warfare that normalizes demonizing gun owners as threats to democracy, paving the way for policies like assault weapon bans and red-flag laws that erode our rights. His audience, largely coastal elites, laps it up, reinforcing the echo chamber that sways public opinion and pressures spineless politicians.
The implications for 2A patriots? As relics like Colbert fade into irrelevance—his show down 40% in viewers since 2020—it’s a win for truth-tellers who refuse to play neutral while our rights hang in the balance. Hollywood’s partisan hacks are losing their megaphone, forcing a reckoning where facts about defensive gun uses (over 2.5 million annually, per CDC data) and the failures of gun-free zones finally get airtime. Stay vigilant, Second Amendment defenders: when the refs admit they’re biased (or lie about it), it’s time to demand a rule change—or better yet, take the field ourselves.
