It's why they always had laws banning "Lese-Majeste' "(humours disrespect of monarchs) (Reply #63)

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Mon Aug 20, 2012, 10:12 PM

Ken Burch (50,254 posts)

63. It's why they always had laws banning "Lese-Majeste' "(humours disrespect of monarchs)

Here's an illustration of such laws, from the Wikipedia entry on "lese-majeste' "

an illustration that ends up being funny in spite of the intentions of those who created it in eighteenth-century Britain) :

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99 replies	Author	Time	Post
Why aren't there More Conservative Comedians? [View all]	cleanhippie	Aug 2012	OP
Because they aren't funny, amusing, interesting.	no_hypocrisy	Aug 2012	#1
Jay Leno is funny because his jokes are not political	Quantess	Aug 2012	#14
Dennis Miller thinks that Dennis Miller is funny. So funny that he can't stop laughing at his own	AnotherMcIntosh	Aug 2012	#79
Ray Romano is right-wing?	Ken Burch	Aug 2012	#60
I remember him being merciless with Bill Clinton and the BJ -- ten years after the fact.	no_hypocrisy	Aug 2012	#62
Didn't know that. Still, is that necessarily right-wing?	Ken Burch	Aug 2012	#67
I have no knowledge of Ray Romano. Was he merciless with Clinton after Clinton signed NAFTA?	AnotherMcIntosh	Aug 2012	#82
Didn't say RR was RW, but conservative.	no_hypocrisy	Aug 2012	#98
well, comedy is based somewhat on cruelty, so they can get that far	librechik	Aug 2012	#2
Mocking the powerful = humor; mocking the weak = cruelty	arcane1	Aug 2012	#6
I think you've nailed it. nt	eppur_se_muova	Aug 2012	#38
+1	HiPointDem	Aug 2012	#43
It's part of the huge interconnection between conservatism and bullying.	Ken Burch	Aug 2012	#61
Because conservatives are strange, but they're not funny.	NV Whino	Aug 2012	#3
They're "funny-odd" not "funny-haha." nt	hifiguy	Aug 2012	#11
not to mention, funny smelling.	ChairmanAgnostic	Aug 2012	#51
If a little guy kicks a big guy, it's funny	htuttle	Aug 2012	#4
well put.	Care Acutely	Aug 2012	#5
The entertainment business as a whole is pretty liberal	RZM	Aug 2012	#7
I don't believe that to be true ...	1StrongBlackMan	Aug 2012	#29
But conservative thought does sell	RZM	Aug 2012	#44
But then why are they liberal?	treestar	Aug 2012	#65
Don't confuse conservatism with fear and hate.	Hassin Bin Sober	Aug 2012	#81
Ok, but	RZM	Aug 2012	#83
My experience with 'conservatives' is that lower taxes = ...	Hassin Bin Sober	Aug 2012	#90
They "write books with good sales numbers"? They say that they have good numbers. Are you not	AnotherMcIntosh	Aug 2012	#87
No sense of humor.	HopeHoops	Aug 2012	#8
Conservative brains work differently.	immoderate	Aug 2012	#19
They work?	HopeHoops	Aug 2012	#20
Fart control, but they miss the humor.	immoderate	Aug 2012	#23
"...it's inherently unfunny. It's just mean."	pinboy3niner	Aug 2012	#9
Conservtives don't get the basic concept underlying	hifiguy	Aug 2012	#10
DING DING DING! Hifiguy, you're our grand prize winner!	rocktivity	Aug 2012	#36
"Are you married? Do you have any money?	hifiguy	Aug 2012	#40
exactly	riverwalker	Aug 2012	#52
It's why they always had laws banning "Lese-Majeste' "(humours disrespect of monarchs)	Ken Burch	Aug 2012	#63
The fart joke has a long and distinguished	hifiguy	Aug 2012	#75
But I always thought Rush Limbaugh was a Comedian	Xyzse	Aug 2012	#12
Comedians make fun of ridiculous people, and most of these people are conservative these days.	reformist2	Aug 2012	#13
Because Cruelty is not funny	ashling	Aug 2012	#15
Perhaps their humor requires a victim?	MyshkinCommaPrince	Aug 2012	#16
It's like a roomful of flatulent people constantly breathing each other's backwind...	JHB	Aug 2012	#17
because jokes against the powerful can be funny, while jokes about the powerless just aren't	DisgustipatedinCA	Aug 2012	#18
Bingo!	Scuba	Aug 2012	#25
Exhibit B: P.J O'Rourke and the shit he published	Ken Burch	Aug 2012	#64
I dissent. The Lampoon was always about tipping over sacred cows	hifiguy	Aug 2012	#76
Michael O'Donoghue truly was a genius	Tom Ripley	Aug 2012	#93
Nick DiPaolo is pretty funny	five_horizons	Aug 2012	#21
Only if you think homophobia, misogyny, and racism are funny	Major Nikon	Aug 2012	#57
Nick DiPaolo?!	Codeine	Aug 2012	#94
You need to be able to laugh at yourself to be funny.	surrealAmerican	Aug 2012	#22
Except for puns and slapstick.....	msu2ba	Aug 2012	#24
Because conservatives rely on fear and anger to get their point across.	Proles	Aug 2012	#26
Mort Sahl is the only funny conservative in existence; he must get very lonely	Tom Ripley	Aug 2012	#27
The bio on his official site is interesting	deutsey	Aug 2012	#47
He is a very complex individual with a lightning fast wit	Tom Ripley	Aug 2012	#50
Wouldn't classify Sahl as strictly conservative -- it's all fair game to him...	VOX	Aug 2012	#73
Here's a similar sentiment from DU-er Plaid Adder:	rocktivity	Aug 2012	#28
So true.	Jennicut	Aug 2012	#89
They're not funny because they can't laugh at themselves.	Lone_Star_Dem	Aug 2012	#30
Stupid people don't understand dry humor and sarcasm	Kolesar	Aug 2012	#31
much comedy involves being able to think in parallel tracks in real time.	unblock	Aug 2012	#32
You've made another good point there...the roots of comedy are unpredictability & surprise	Ken Burch	Aug 2012	#68
Becasuse they're only funny in the head	lunatica	Aug 2012	#33
"Republicans don't have a sense of humor--	alterfurz	Aug 2012	#34
That's a good one. nt	laundry_queen	Aug 2012	#54
See: Mit Romney....	Hassin Bin Sober	Aug 2012	#92
stupid isn't funny	spanone	Aug 2012	#35
Hate and fear (which largely make up the conservative "DNA") just doesn't translate into humor	Proud Liberal Dem	Aug 2012	#37
10-15 years ago Dennis Miller was some what funny,	OverBurn	Aug 2012	#39
When I first heard about his Monday Night Football gig	rocktivity	Aug 2012	#42
I enjoyed Miller back in the 80s and 90s	RZM	Aug 2012	#45
I never thought he was	Major Nikon	Aug 2012	#66
Way back in his early SNL days he was great.	Codeine	Aug 2012	#95
I watched SNL religiously back then... He wasn't that great	TlalocW	Aug 2012	#96
This message was self-deleted by its author	devilgrrl	Aug 2012	#41
There are actually a lot of them	Bjorn Against	Aug 2012	#46
They are only funny when they are serious?	Generic Other	Aug 2012	#48
But that "American Carol" was soooooo funny!!!	Taverner	Aug 2012	#49
Hey!	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Aug 2012	#58
I actually watched this turd, and if it's funny to anyone, then I'm an Albanian aviator. ;>))	VOX	Aug 2012	#70
What's that you say? Albanian Vibrator?	Taverner	Aug 2012	#88
Because conservatives have a hard time laughing at themsleves	Homer12	Aug 2012	#53
b/c punching down is never funny, also...	nashville_brook	Aug 2012	#55
Great humour punches through to truths. Republicans are liars, selfish or patsies or pawns.	applegrove	Aug 2012	#56
There's too much rage and fear in the right-wing mindset these days to produce actual comedy	Ken Burch	Aug 2012	#59
The greatest comics have always been observers who are outside of the mainstream power structure...	VOX	Aug 2012	#69
This is the correct answer	Tom Ripley	Aug 2012	#74
The rise of anti-PC humor makes it unnecessary	Prism	Aug 2012	#71
You have to be smart to have a sense of humor n/t	dflprincess	Aug 2012	#72
Dennis Miller. That's why. Nt.	Warren Stupidity	Aug 2012	#77
You took the words out of my mouth, exactly. n/t	Greybnk48	Aug 2012	#78
Because they can't sense irony.	Snarkoleptic	Aug 2012	#80
Good point. A great illustration of that was Dubya's statement that 9/11 was "the end of irony".	Ken Burch	Aug 2012	#99
Because racism, sexism, and homophobia just aren't funny.	Kalidurga	Aug 2012	#84
There are lots of them	Telly Savalas	Aug 2012	#85
Maybe Glenn Beck the drama queen, part-time comedian should run for office.	Quantess	Aug 2012	#97
It's hard for the punchline of a joke, to actually make a joke.	lob1	Aug 2012	#86
Example from FB today	treestar	Aug 2012	#91

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