“Looks like you hate free speech because you think I’m an asshole” -conservatives, 100% of the time.
I couldn’t say I didn’t watch the new Chappelle specials for MONTHS because there’s no world where I just didn’t give a crap about some old comedian whose been holed up for 20 years - it could only be because I hate free speech and personally killed comedy.
I can not FUCKING STAND this new conservative take that even not paying them attention is hurrdurr woke evil commie shit.
Right wing humor separates oxy from moron. That’s their science.
Conservatives: “Hey want to hear a joke?” Transphobia
Followed by hur hur hur.
There were, and are, funny conservative comedians. Norm McDonald is the first one who comes to mind, but there have been others.
Examples would be P. J. O’Rourke, Rodney Dangerfield, Joan Rivers, Jeff Foxworthy, Louie Anderson, and my personal favorite, Mike Nelson of Rifftrax and MST3K.
The thing is, none of those comedians were especially political with their humor, or if they were, they hit everyone’s politics, and none of them punched down. They aren’t really conservative comedians, they’re comedians who happen to be conservative.
It’s not that conservative comedians aren’t funny, it’s that what a conservative audience now considers comedy is just someone being mean.
Norm McDonald is the first one who comes to mind
Was he conservative? I know conservatives latched on to him. But they also latched on to Steven Colbert in his early years, because they couldn’t detect sarcasm.
The thing is, none of those comedians were especially political with their humor,
PJ and Jeff Foxworthy were heavily political. Tim Allen, too. What generally worked for them as comedians was the absurdity (or, perceived absurdity) of a shifting culture.
The observational “I’m just a normal guy and look at all these freaks!” act isn’t conservative on it’s face. It just doesn’t age well, as views change.
Norm was definitely conservative.
Although he is not a U.S. citizen, he has publicly stated his support for Republican politicians George W. Bush and John McCain and has said that he considers Ronald Reagan to be the best President in U.S. history.
Remember when douche bags were as shitty as humanly possible to everyone until they were called out just for them to say i WaS jUsT jOkInG?!
Now they preemptively call anything a joke.
Life eh…finds a way.
