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So I heard about this CancelColbert thing, was it a joke or was someone really serious? I know a lot of people don't get that he's doing is satire.
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They were serious. [url=http://www.nerdist.com/2014/04/stephen-colbert-gives-a-brilliant-response-to-cancelcolbert/]Here -- have some context and Colbert's response.[/url]