Warning: Do not listen if prone to ear bleeding.
What is it about conservatism that makes all of their artists so shit?
Good art is free expression of diverse ideas. Conservatives prefer artistic expression to conform to their narrow sensibilities.
Art does not need to be good to be expressed.
I’m tempted to dive into my philosophic opinions on when art ceases to be, but they would be coming from some really unearned confidence.
I mean, if it was meant to be ironic… But like, also, they’ve been using auto tuners and other special effects in live performances since I was in highschool; enough that, with some care, one could make me sound like Britney Spears… and on key, and all that. and lets just say my problem isn’t how I go looking for a note and don’t find it. it’s how I go looking for a note and find all the notes.
The sound tech should be fired. it’s even easier today with everything being digital.
I watched this video about why Conservative comedians aren’t funny. It’s over an hour and, ironically, I don’t find the presenter very funny himself, but its certainly a deep dive into the topic.
The main points are:
This is a uniquely American thing. Other countries have successful comedians with conservatives values.
This is a recent trend. Blue Collar comedy was big in the US for a long time. It isn’t anymore. Not because people doing Blue Collar comedy don’t exist but because American Conservatives don’t enjoy it anymore.
This is because American Conservatives have adopted a “you’re with us or you’re against us” stance. Any comment or joke that doesn’t 100% agree with the current party talking point is seen as an attack (often now called “woke”).
I think these points can be abstracted to all artistic expression. When an artist becomes “woke” for straying from party lines they are stuck being a party mouth piece repeating the same thing ad nauseam.
Jim Jeffries did a bit on gun control years ago. It was hilarious. He finishes the joke by mentioning how most people will get that it’s a joke, while 10% of viewers are “fucking seething”. It’s truly great and I recommend finding and watching it.
Some years ago, I had mentioned that bit to a conservative acquaintance of mine, and it turns out, he is a 10%er. I haven’t talked to him probably since Trump won, and while I reminisce over the good times we had, he’s completely off his rocker and I’m fine if we don’t cross paths again.
Fuck it, here a link to part 1 of the joke. https://youtu.be/0rR9IaXH1M0?si=d1W2d0MW6apgTzxe
Is this seriously worth posting about?
Who knew the conservative talent pool was so shallow?
We knew. We ALL knew.
I think the only thing able to get that crowd going would be someone cracking open an ice cold metamucil
One of them must’ve died of COVID or something.
