John Oliver: Americans Are Largely to Blame for Anti-Gay Brutality in Uganda
Even though marriage equality is sweeping the nation, the "Last Week Tonight" host reminds us we shouldn't be patting ourselves too hard on the back quite yet.Even though marriage equality is sweeping the nation, the “Last Week Tonight” host reminds us we shouldn’t be patting ourselves too hard on the back quite yet.
“It’s gotten to the point,” John Oliver says, “that people from the dark ages could build a time machine, travel to 2014 Uganda, step outside and go, ‘Ah shit! It didn’t work. …’ “
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