Maybe it really is just me, but it does bother me when political commentators, for whatever reason,

[Atticus]

smile or even LAUGH while telling us about the latest outrageous thing some Trump cultist said or did.

I just listened to such good-natured laughter after hearing Nick Fuentes, the white-supremacist Amerca First "Grand Wizard" ( or whatever ) rouse his crowd to "give Putin a hand" while applauding.

This crap isn't funny. It isn't silly. It is anti-American praise for a Russian mass murderer.

My reaction?

Do me a favor Nick: say that while standing within arm's reach. I won't laugh at you.

[gab13by13]

1. He's a member of Putin's Party.

[Walleye]

2. I agree. They've been doing that all along like "oh isn't he cute"

Oh that’s just Donald he does that chuckle chuckle

[markie]

3. I believe it comes from

a level of discomfort... it it the reason I don't like watching Rachelle Maddow, she tends to smile, even if a wry smile sometimes, when what she is reporting is uncomfortable... she doesn't do it as much as she used to

[hlthe2b]

4. Yes. !00,000x YES! Maybe some producer told them to smile to come off as pleasant BUT

it is jarring as hell. And only shortly less disgusting, those who report horrendous atrocities and child horror-- in particular, in a MATTER OF FACT tone. Or ditto on their projections that Ukraine is going to be all but wiped off the map.

I don't know what the hell is wrong with some of these reporters or commentators, but it is OBSCENE.

[Hoyt]

5. As long as it's derisive, I'm OK with such laughter.

[Talitha]

6. IMO it's a sign of weakness.

It makes a commentator look like a little puppy when they do that silly laugh - "See? I know my place. Please don't bite me."