Quote #185358
The Supreme Court ruled that disabled golfer Casey Martin has a legal right to ride in a golf cart between shots at PGA Tour events. Man, the next thing you know, they’re going to have some guy carry his clubs around for him.
Jon Stewart
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Interpretation
Stewart’s joke turns on ironic escalation. The Supreme Court’s decision in favor of Casey Martin—framed as a disability accommodation—gets mock-treated as if it were an outrageous “special advantage.” Stewart then punctures that premise by pointing out, via absurdity, that golf already includes a built-in accommodation: caddies literally carry clubs for players. The line satirizes how opponents of disability rights often portray reasonable accommodations as unfair perks, while ignoring comparable conveniences that are normalized for everyone. It also targets golf’s culture of tradition and privilege, suggesting that objections to accessibility can be less about competitive integrity than about reflexive resistance to change.




