What's the problem with trump jokes?

[multigraincracker]

Republicans don’t think they are funny and democrats don’t think they are jokes.

[marble falls]

1. The only Republican who could even tell a joke or laugh at one was Ronnie Reagan ...

... he's the exception that proves the rule: the GOP is full of stiffs.

My rule is: if a group has no sense of humor, they probably dream of locking people with a sense of humor up, and are not to be trusted.

[underpants]

2. Irony and sarcasm are a good litmus test

They just don’t get it. It doesn’t compute for them.
Whether it was me or someone else throwing out an odd comment there usually is some sort of reaction. A nodding of the head at least. Not with conservatives. It literally passes them by.


Also, back in the 90’s I ran into people (especially one place I worked) that didn’t get Seinfeld references and often would openly declare that they’d never watched an episode. They always turned out to be conservatives. The Promise Keepers golf shirts tipped me off anyway.

[marble falls]

3. It's a shame to live ones life steeped in irony and not even know what irony is: the life of the conservative ...

... kneejerk voter.

The only thing that would get a giggle out of them would have been if the hunter had shot Bambi and missed his mother.

[underpants]

4. God I can't type this morning. They like ridicule mean jones and punching down.

[marble falls]

5. But is it jokes or just plain intended insult.

[underpants]

7. Mostly insults. That's why Gutfeld gets the ratings he does.

Of course he’s also on in prime time

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. How does an exception to a rule

prove that rule?

Asking for a friend who's a logician.

[marble falls]

9. Tell your friend to google it ...

Exception that proves the rule

"The exception that proves the rule" is a saying whose meaning is contested. Henry Watson Fowler's Modern English Usage identifies five ways in which the phrase has been used, and each use makes some sort of reference to the role that a particular case or event takes in relation to a more general rule. Two original meanings of the phrase are usually cited. The first, preferred by Fowler, is that the presence of an exception applying to a specific case establishes that a general rule exists.

Wikipedia

https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/exception-that-proves-the-rule.html

https://proofed.com/writing-tips/exception-that-proves-the-rule/

https://grammarist.com/phrase/the-exception-that-proves-the-rule/

https://usdictionary.com/idioms/the-exception-proves-the-rule/

[cachukis]

6. Fitting.

[Martin Eden]

10. What's the difference between a garbanzo bean and a chickpea?

Trump has never had a garbanzo bean on his face.