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(81,708 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,560 posts)He has at least one accomplice, though.
area51
(11,943 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)manor321
(3,344 posts)LonePirate
(13,446 posts)I hope Bolton sees this.
IronLionZion
(45,666 posts)uponit7771
(90,371 posts)TNNurse
(6,931 posts)I would vote for him anyway.
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)Cheviteau
(383 posts)Kenya.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)It set a precedent so we can have Ted! Lol
FakeNoose
(32,917 posts)Maybe get a pizza delivered.
MyOwnPeace
(16,955 posts)he's on our side!
miyazaki
(2,260 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)It looks cheesy and salty and crunchy and delicious!
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Bob Loblaw
(1,900 posts)Fig Newtons
winstars
(4,220 posts)NBachers
(17,188 posts)Fuzzpope
(602 posts)That Republicans in general are unwilling or possibly even incapable of executing anything that meets the broader definition of "humor"?
I mean, they share stuff with each other that's laughed at, but it isn't funny, at best it's a form of predatory mockery, like laughing at a person who slips and falls.
It says an awful lot about a person, much less an entire group, that is wholly lacking in normal gestures of humor? Or, as with Trump himself, no laughter.
happybird
(4,671 posts)Like that total laugh riot, Mike Huckabee
Remember back in 2016 when some SNL cast members (can't recall which ones) talked about 45's visit to the show? He didn't get half the jokes written for him and wanted to change his lines to stuff he thought was witty ... but wasn't. What a maroon.
Addition: and you are so right, many of them seem to equate mean-spiritedness, and what is basically bullying, as humor.
rocktivity
(44,588 posts)...(T)hey share stuff with each other that's laughed at, but it isn't funny, at best it's a form of predatory mockery, like laughing at a person who slips and falls.
Liberals, conservatives and humor has been a classic subject of discussion at DU:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1166601
rocktivity
Fuzzpope
(602 posts)Thanks for sharing, rocktivity, we're definitely on the same page here.
Humor, specifically the mechanism of laughter itself is *much* more complex than we tend to realize, and is almost completely taken for granted.
Considering the core of laughter, the baring of teeth, we daily don't spend a second doing and/or observing others making an intimidating physical gesture they would instantly perceive as a serious threat if seen in an animal.
Wounded Bear
(58,791 posts)like you say, someone slips and falls, and if they hurt themselves, even more hilarious.
Progressives punch up. We make fun of the boss, and good leaders learn to laugh at themselves along with others.
I remember an old line from NCIS, when confronting a group of gang members, Gibbs makes a joke and everybody laughs. So, Gibbs says, "You're not jefe, nobody laughs at the boss."
uponit7771
(90,371 posts)OldManTarHeel
(435 posts)Well played, Representative Lieu . . !
calimary
(81,605 posts)Initech
(100,146 posts)gademocrat7
(10,687 posts)Ted Lieu troller extraordinaire!
ffr
(22,681 posts)SunSeeker
(51,805 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)a kennedy
(29,779 posts)KT2000
(20,605 posts)getting tired of little writing that is so hard to read.
And good for him - as far as R's are concerned, humor is undecipherable code!!