Wow, you're doing some serious projecting. There are millions of stupid/irrational/ignorant/gullible people supporting Hillary too. I couldn't care less if someone like you wants to use selection bias and availability bias to convince yourself that there are more of such people on your enemy's side than your side. It would be easy to do something similarly mocking, yet unfunny, by interviewing Democrats at a Hillary rally. My only question was "why do it unless it is actually funny?" That wasn't funny. I've seen episodes of "Ask a bunch of people off-the-wall questions and edit the footage down to the craziest and funniest answers" many times, and there's usually at least a giggle or a smile in there somewhere. Even when the target was people I have sympathy for. From the perspective of comedy, I thought that bit was embarrassingly bad. Now, I do worry sometimes that I let political biases intrude into my aesthetic judgments, which is why I asked what other people thought. I gather now that most people agree with me, however. Which raises another question. To wit, if a comedy show intentionally airs a bit that is objectively humorless, is it really trying to be a comedy show anymore? Has the Daily Show just become an incompetent comedy show, or is it really just an opinion show now?
The Democratic base is equally ignorant, emotional, and illogical. Actually, I suspect it's worse, on average. Interestingly, I've met people like those The Daily Show mocked in the interview sketch and I've found that once you get past the initial bluster (or perhaps trolling), they can be thoughtful and introspective, and they actually can come up with good reasons for their political positions. I've found that this is less the case with Democrats. Now, it could easily be due to the circles I travel in, which have a high density of Democrats. Being among like-minded people tends to dull the brain and allow one to shut out and dismiss alternative points of view. The Republicans around me don't have that luxury. If I went to Texas, the situation might be reversed.
Ok, does that mean you thought it was funny? Seriously?