I thought the Polish joke had finally been retired – thanks to people like Lech Wałęsa and Pope John Paul II – but it was brushed off and presented last night on, of all the places, the Daily Show. In the middle of his well-aimed attack on Tucker Carlson – for his adoring visit to the country that invaded Ukraine Jon Stewart made two gratuitous cracks about Poles, the people who have taken in over a million Ukrainians. Apparently that massive and ongoing humanitarian action cannot save the country from being the butt of jokes in America.
