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

Wed Oct 6, 2021, 03:07 PM

Oct 2021

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

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Conservative comedy always sucks. [View all] AZLD4Candidate Oct 2021 OP

They always punch down n/t hibbing Oct 2021 #1

Been saying it for decades. Grins Oct 2021 #2

I forgot where I heard this, but I remember someone saying this years ago AZLD4Candidate Oct 2021 #4

Excellent quote. Thanks for sharing. Martin68 Oct 2021 #7

Conservatives are not funny and do not understand satire LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2021 #5

Some excellent thinking was done on this subject by DU-ers in 2012 Rocknation Oct 2021 #8

Conservative values. Marcuse Oct 2021 #9

Gutfeld. Period. czarjak Oct 2021 #10