If only they realized that if they could laugh at themselves a little, they would disarm us.
Posted on 07/29/2022 4:11:07 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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Because the left are a bunch of stinking control freaks with guilty consciences and have no sense of humor.
“Libs aren’t humorless.. they just laugh at different things than conservatives do.”
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Ohh, they’re humorless alright. Just try suggesting that they might not be occupying the moral high ground. It’s grinsville from there on out.
I posted a satire piece once on Facebook and they flagged it as partially false. I thought it was hilarious that they included the word, “partially”. Not even “mostly.”
grimsville! LOL. not grinsville (not even close!)
Narcissistic personality disorder — one of several types of personality disorders — is a mental condition in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for excessive attention and admiration, troubled relationships, and a lack of empathy for others.
Leftists are often covert narcissists
https://www.healthline.com/health/covert-narcissist
People with covert narcissism might make dismissive or sarcastic remarks and act as if they’re above the criticism. But internally, they might feel empty, humiliated, or enraged.
Criticism is a threat because it constitutes evidence that the person’s negative view of themselves may actually be true. When they receive a critique instead of admiration, they can take it pretty hard.
The Bee deserves a Pulitzer for “factual” reporting!! :-)
Why Satire Unhinges the Left and Mystifies the Right.
Liberals hate satire because it questions their “perfection”. They think they are the “good people” because they support the “correct” ideas and causes. Satire is a mirror that reveals their foolishness and self centeredness, which angers then greatly. Conservatives know they are not perfect and we can laugh at ourselves, which is healthy. I understand this because I married a liberal and while it was OK for me to make fun of myself any comment about her she took as a personal attack.
If only they realized that if they could laugh at themselves a little, they would disarm us.
Excellent article.
Those of us in this arena for some time have made the observation that Leftists are immune to logic, reason, charity, argument, rejection, criticism, or even varying levels of conciliation. (To the Left, conciliation is almost always capitulation to their view)
They are often impervious to all those things.
But the one thing they cannot countenance is: Ridicule.
They love it when they are hated. Criticism seems to only fuel them. They lustfully engage in argument as long as it is largely composed of vitriol combined with their point of view. They accept charity wholeheartedly with utter condescension and zero gratitude. Rejection is the currency of the realm for them. They thrive on watching their opponents get red in the face as they futilely try to engage logic and reason.
But oh, Boy.
You make fun of them, genuine ridicule that is spot on target the way the Babylon Bee does....well, they cannot abide that in any way, shape, or form.
They are already barking dog mad lunatics, moonbats, at their core, but when you make fun of them with quality, intelligent, ridicule that is over the target, they rapidly begin inwardly (if not outwardly) to become unwound, faces reddening, lips flecked with spittle, eyes blinking, breathing quickening, mouths opening and closing like a landed fish.
Sometimes, in this initial stage, they may display a blank face outwardly, but inside, that is exactly what is transpiring. I guess that it just takes longer in some of them to express itself physically, while others begin to transform before you have even reached the end of the sentence.
And the author is correct in another key point: This is quite different to the way Conservatives react when ridiculed. Perhaps it is because we are so accustomed to it and recognize it so readily.
It confounds them when we openly possess their ridicule, own it, and proudly expand on it with a form of humorous self-deprecation they have no way of understanding.
Because Leftists are emotionally a mile wide and intellectually a nanometer thick, when it is thrown right back at them and scratches the surface, it only displays the spittle-lipped, red-faced bug-eyed Leftist in all of them opening and closing their mouths in speechless rage.
It goes even deeper, and it involves the concept of introspection. Most Conservatives are well acquainted with the concept of self-reflection and analyzing and re-analyzing our own views. We are told again and again how wrong we are about everything, that nearly anyone who is a Conservative has not at some point had to genuinely ask themselves “Am I wrong about this?” Granted, you reach a point where you don’t re-inspect your own views and values every time they come under fire, but most of us have done it at least once or many times on nearly every key value we hold dear.
Leftists? Not so much.
When you are indoctrinated as Leftists are, you don’t have to engage in introspection. What you are told by the media, entertainment, education, and Leftist politicians is the simple truth. To survey that for flaws is, to Leftists, heresy, and you risk becoming a heretic, an unbeliever...an Apostate.
And to those in an indoctrinated religious order such as Leftism, there is no crime worse than apostasy.
I think that is the root of why Leftists react as they do when they are ridiculed. They cannot engage in an introspective fact. And in the face of things that demand examination, being unable to do so contributes to an already massive reservoir of highly explosive, and sometimes lethal cognitive dissonance.
It is why I view most Leftists as fundamentally flawed. I see them as emotional ticking time bombs, just waiting for an emotional trigger to act out.
And given the preponderance of Leftists engaging in violence, shootings, property damage, looting, and racially motivated attacks, I don’t think I am wrong on this.
Liberals prefer to sit in the seat of mockers.
Therefor it is very uncomfortable for them to be mocked.
It just goes against who they are.
Liberals prefer to sit in the seat of mockers.
Therefor it is very uncomfortable for them to be mocked.
It just goes against who they are.
Leftism is a secular religion. Its adherents are zealots and as such are completely humorless.
Imagine making fun of somebody’s religion 400 years ago. Same reaction.
The day is coming when they will try to legislate the expression on your face.
That broad is about 30 seconds from a brain anyurism right there. Lol.......sheesh. SMH
Nathan Phillips is a real piece of work with a proclivity towards playing fast and loose with the truth. And in the past is no stranger to law enforcement.
GR8, then! The more ridicule the better. The only problem with the Babylon Bee is that it’s too limited. We need a modern version of Mad Magazine and National Lampoon, SNL and MAD TV. How about a right-wing In Living Color. Right-wing satire has to be the next big thing.
“You make fun of them, genuine ridicule that is spot on target the way the Babylon Bee does....well, they cannot abide that in any way, shape, or form.
They are already barking dog mad lunatics, moonbats, at their core, but when you make fun of them with quality, intelligent, ridicule that is over the target, they rapidly begin inwardly (if not outwardly) to become unwound, faces reddening, lips flecked with spittle, eyes blinking, breathing quickening, mouths opening and closing like a landed fish.”
Their battle cry is "THAT'S NOT FUNNY!"
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