But they didn’t point out he was making a joke! How can that be matter-of-fact if they left out that important point?
It’s not something that needs to be pointed out, it can be learned by watching the full clip. My issue isn’t that the Jezebel article didn’t point out that it was a joke, it’s that the author attacked him as if it were his true opinion. I don’t want to be the guy that screams “you’re taking him out of context!” but I believe that’s what happened here. They took his comment out of context and attacked him for it.
I don’t think they took anything out of context. Whether it was a joke or not doesn’t affect the criticism. Nobody believes he literally meant that. But he wouldn’t have said it if he didn’t mean it figuratively. And that’s what they’re criticizing. The comparison is absurd whether it’s a joke or not.