Conservative comedy always sucks.

[AZLD4Candidate]

[hibbing]

1. They always punch down n/t

[Grins]

2. Been saying it for decades.

Their ‘humor’ is not humorous nor funny, but they think it is. Subtle racism, misogyny, put-downs of the poor or disabled, you name it, it goes right by them. Many times they don’t even see themselves doing it.

[AZLD4Candidate]

4. I forgot where I heard this, but I remember someone saying this years ago

"Comedy against the powerful is satire. Satire against the powerless is cruelty."

[Martin68]

7. Excellent quote. Thanks for sharing.

[PortTack]

3. They aren't smart, quick or witty ..all qualities of someone who is funny

They have none of these.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Conservatives are not funny and do not understand satire

[Martin68]

6. This guy comes off as an idiot. Most political comedy does not suck. Most political cartoons do not

suck. His only valid point is that most, if not all, conservative comedy sucks because conservatives don't have a sense of humor.

[Rocknation]

8. Some excellent thinking was done on this subject by DU-ers in 2012

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Present company included, LOL:

"Right-wing humor is restricted to mocking the vulnerable because it can't mock its own power structure without holding itself accountable. Left-wing humor is rooted in pointing out how dangerous, phony, hypocritical, immoral, or just plain illegal the inherent authoritarianism of conservatism is..."

Why aren't there More Conservative Comedians?


Rocknation

[Marcuse]

9. Conservative values.

[czarjak]

10. Gutfeld. Period.