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Archae

(46,326 posts)
Sat Nov 17, 2018, 10:52 AM Nov 2018

Right-wing "humor" nowadays...

Why can't right-wingers be funny?
Maybe because they simply can't, without being vicious.

BTW, this artist is pretty much typical, creationist, conspiracy-theory follower, more-Christian-than-thou, Trump-is-the-greatest, the works.

And he used to be funny as heck.

http://www.rhjunior.com/comics/nip-and-tuck/

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Beartracks

(12,809 posts)
2. C'mon, they laugh at handicapped people and gay soldiers!
Sat Nov 17, 2018, 10:59 AM
Nov 2018

See? They have a sense of humor!





Ok, I guess it's not a sense of *humor,* but it's certainly something.

A sense of... superiority?

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rurallib

(62,411 posts)
4. RWingers punch down and it is pretty hard for most people
Sat Nov 17, 2018, 11:03 AM
Nov 2018

to laugh at someone who is already struggling in life to survive.
It is much easier to laugh at the pompous asses who already have everything and make the rules to make sure they and their ilk keep it all and get more.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,681 posts)
5. Because their "humor" mostly consists of making fun of the weak and powerless,
Sat Nov 17, 2018, 11:29 AM
Nov 2018

which is just mean, not funny.

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