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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRight-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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Right-wing "humor" nowadays... (Original Post)
Archae
Nov 2018
OP
blam, boom, pow, boom. he felt the need for 4 explosions but could only think of 3 bang noises.
unblock
Nov 2018
#3
Because their "humor" mostly consists of making fun of the weak and powerless,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Nov 2018
#5
empedocles
(15,751 posts)1. To some rw types, that cartoon is probably hilarious.
Beartracks
(12,809 posts)2. C'mon, they laugh at handicapped people and gay soldiers!
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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unblock
(52,205 posts)3. blam, boom, pow, boom. he felt the need for 4 explosions but could only think of 3 bang noises.
rurallib
(62,411 posts)4. RWingers punch down and it is pretty hard for most people
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,
which is just mean, not funny.
RainCaster
(10,869 posts)6. RW comedians don't exist for a reason