Who Killed Comedy: Liberals, and not by accident

The Shinbone: The Frontier of the Free Press ^ | February 17, 2015 | Daniel Clark

[knarf]

ANYthing that exposes them as the evil they are will be dealt with and they are masters at waiting and incrementalism.

[MeshugeMikey]

I Thank God for the Internet and Free Republic

[left that other site]

We have some hysterically FUNNY people right here on FR, who often leave me in stitches.

No PC, and humor runs rampant!

[BlueStateRightist]

Most liberals cannot have a sense of humor. The majority of comments that make people laugh are in some way, big or small, politically incorrect.

[Enten]

Good article...thoughtful piece.

[WayneS]

Okay. I admit it. I killed Comedy. But it was self-defense.

[Impala64ssa]

How many feminists does it take to change a light bulb? THAT'S NOT FUNNY! And if Midget is such a baaaad word, does that mean no one should be allowed to own these anymore?

[ClearCase_guy]

I know a lot of Liberals who laugh mostly as a testimony for how witty, righteous, and with-it they are. Their facial expression tells this story:

"HA! I'm laughing! Do you see me? Do you see me laughing? Because I GET that joke! Do you get that joke? Do you get it as much as me? Because I know it's FUNNY! HA!"

Really sucks all the joy out of comedy.

[Yardstick]

Probably an outlier but I find both Stewart and Colbert very funny and wish we had an answer to them. Closest would probably be Gutfeld.

[Steve_Seattle]

"We have some hysterically FUNNY people right here on FR, who often leave me in stitches."

I agree; some of the photo shops are classic.

[Steve_Seattle]

I’ve never watched Colbert, so can’t comment on him, but what little I’ve seen of Stewart hasn’t been funny at all. It’s just sophomoric mockery catering to an in-crowd.

[dfwgator]

This clip from South Park pretty much sums it up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGl1CCprCeU

[djwright]

I did stand up comedy in a liberal city for years and this article is spot on.

Applause instead of laughter is a dead give away (oh and there is a delay before the applause to run it through the filter list you describe). Real laughter at a great joke is like a gut punch. The response is involuntary. No delay time.

If a white comedian does a joke about a black person to a mostly white audience, they will all look at the one or two black people in the audience to see if it is ok to laugh.

But a black comedian can literally say anything.

[Fred Hayek]

Sophomoric in-crowd. That term describes liberal culture.

[Fred Hayek]

That passes for humor in Minneapolis.

[deadrock]

The face palm to his right enhances the text. Well done.

[workerbee]

Interesting read, thanks.

And you’re from Pittsburgh? Wow.

[MeshugeMikey]

thank you it was as they say a Blast!!

[Billthedrill]

The real problem is that comedy enables the viewers to laugh at themselves, and that liberals absolutely cannot do that.