America's Left in the Grip of Insanity

CaptainObvious said:
I didn't think that was the point. I doubt any of the household name comedians are Trump supporters. Doesn't mean I don't find them funny. There are many comedians, actors, musicians and the like that I enjoy watching them practice their craft while at the same time not giving two shits about their political leanings and complaints.
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Right. So "politically correct" humor can also be funny. Not that I'm too sensitive about that sort of thing, but I can understand why some people might be. It's possible to be funny without necessarily being offensive. For example, I was in the car last weekend and they were airing a recent Ellen DeGeneres stand-up comedy act on the radio. She was so funny, I was laughing out loud. I never listened to her stand-up comedy before, and didn't know she could be that funny. And she didn't rely on low-hanging fruit for laughs.

Again, I'm not overly sensitive to comedy that approaches the edge, to a point. But I think a fair amount of what once passed for comedy was just vulgarity and saying shit that people didn't say out loud. Low-hanging fruit.
 
racism, sexism, classism, ageism, ableism, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, xenophobia, Islamophobia or anti-religion or anti-atheism.'....

What the @#$% else can you talk about in a comedy show.... My two favorite comedians growing up were Richard Pryor and Jackie Mason. What would seem like polar opposites of comedy however were brilliant story tellers and they touched upon all of these subjects with humor and satire.
 
El OchoCinco said:
racism, sexism, classism, ageism, ableism, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, xenophobia, Islamophobia or anti-religion or anti-atheism.'....

What the @#$% else can you talk about in a comedy show.... My two favorite comedians growing up were Richard Pryor and Jackie Mason. What would seem like polar opposites of comedy however were brilliant story tellers and they touched upon all of these subjects with humor and satire.
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Perhaps it's also a matter of content and presentation, and not just the subject matter that can cause a routine to go over the line. Just being the devil's advocate here.

But I never found Jackie Mason to be particularly funny.
 
Frederick Foresight said:
Right. So "politically correct" humor can also be funny. Not that I'm too sensitive about that sort of thing, but I can understand why some people might be. It's possible to be funny without necessarily being offensive. For example, I was in the car last weekend and they were airing a recent Ellen DeGeneres stand-up comedy act on the radio. She was so funny, I was laughing out loud. I never listened to her stand-up comedy before, and didn't know she could be that funny. And she didn't rely on low-hanging fruit for laughs.

Again, I'm not overly sensitive to comedy that approaches the edge, to a point. But I think a fair amount of what once passed for comedy was just vulgarity and saying shit that people didn't say out loud. Low-hanging fruit.
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This is what I think happens to many comedians. They get angry. Much of their comedy comes from suppressed anger. Much of what we find funny comes from this anger. Inject politics and it becomes a ticking bomb. Very few can walk that political line and keep from offending much of their audience, especially as that anger bubbles closer and closer to the surface. Eventually these artists just become angry political activists taking advantage of the platform that practicing their craft offers them.
The bottom line is that political activism is now intruding into every aspect of our lives. Can't anyone just take a break from it all. This is because the hardcore activist is a miserable person that can't stand seeing anyone have a good time with all the "pain and suffering" happening. They just won't give it a break. Everyone needs to step back, take a breath, acknowledge great improvements have been and continue to be made, and just take a moment to have a laugh or two.
 
CaptainObvious said:
Here's Carlin insulting everyone and has the crowd laughing. How did he do it? His genius was making everyone think he was talking about someone else other than them.
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I watched the first 8 minutes or so. He's not singling out minority groups to ridicule, but rather goes after lifestyle. And there is political commentary. I liked Carlin, but he swore too much. Not that I have anything against some well-placed swearing, but it seems gratuitous.
 
El OchoCinco said:
Article 1 covers legislative powers of the federal government. Article 2 covers the Executive Branch. Congress created the Dept of Education and several agencies related to health care which the Executive Branch has power over. If Congress deemed it appropriate to oversee education and health care and legally create agencies/departments with full grants of power, then the provision of that is within the realm of the Constitution.
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No, sir. I disagree. Just because Congress does anything does not mean it is in the realm of the Constitution. There are many, many things that Congress has done or deemed should be done that are not dictated in the Constitution. Some are even ruled later to be unconstitutional.

El OchoCinco said:
You of course will come back with some leftard comment about free education and socialized medicine but that is not what was said. You are conveniently claiming the Constitution says nothing about providing education or healthcare but the government provides a lot of services and protections created under the powers granted by the Constitution. If you have a problem with that, your issue is with Congress, not with the Constitution.
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I will come back with a leftard comment? You think I'm a liberal??

I pointed out that the Constitution clearly outlines that the Federal Government provides for National Defense, but there are no such outlines for education or healthcare, as the poster before me claimed. That is all I said. If you have some problem with me, then out with it. Apart from that, refer to my commentary, not some assumed meaning you felt I was trying to convey.
 
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