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grumpyduck

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18. I'm glad you said "almost always."

Reply to underpants (Reply #13)

Wed Dec 30, 2020, 02:17 PM

Dec 2020

I didn't watch the show.

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Do conservatives have a sense of humor? [View all] grumpyduck Dec 2020 OP

They find humor in making others miserable Zorro Dec 2020 #1

Conservatives want to laugh at people...Liberals tend to laugh with people. Wounded Bear Dec 2020 #2

Conservative "humor" involves punching down, which is why it isn't funny. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2020 #3

Oh, crap, I didn't see your response when I posted mine. Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2020 #31

Their idea of a dirty joke is: "A white horse fell in a mud puddle. Get it?" panader0 Dec 2020 #4

I don't get it... LuckyCharms Dec 2020 #16

Only with derision of other people treestar Dec 2020 #5

+1. Exactly right. LuckyCharms Dec 2020 #15

from my observation, RW humor consists of some under group getting rurallib Dec 2020 #6

McConnell thinks being called the Grim Reaper is funny. nt Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #7

Republican humor has a sadistic twist dlk Dec 2020 #8

NO HUAJIAO Dec 2020 #9

I think they put the hate where the humor's supposed to go. stillcool Dec 2020 #10

Right-wingers tried to do a comedy news show, hoping to capitalize on the popularity of the Aristus Dec 2020 #11

They think... Mike Nelson Dec 2020 #12

Rarely do they "get" sarcasm or Irony. underpants Dec 2020 #13

I'm glad you said "almost always." grumpyduck Dec 2020 #18

Yeah but these people wanted to make sure everyone knew it underpants Dec 2020 #20

*Almost* always. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2020 #25

Yeah but with conservatives Turin_C3PO Dec 2020 #32

I didn't hate it; just didn't think it was all that funny. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2020 #37

Or who take it literally treestar Dec 2020 #39

Or those who thought the Stephen Colbert show was not a send up, but an actual tblue37 Dec 2020 #42

Yes they did. underpants Dec 2020 #46

Of course they do. It's malicious and meanspirited. Baitball Blogger Dec 2020 #14

NO!! MenloParque Dec 2020 #17

That's a weird list to label as conservative. Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2020 #30

Well MenloParque Dec 2020 #36

Agreed 1,000,000% Mossfern Dec 2020 #44

MASH? Turin_C3PO Dec 2020 #33

Let's say some of the humor aged really poorly wellst0nev0ter Dec 2020 #40

Their best comedians are BGBD Dec 2020 #19

No. SamKnause Dec 2020 #21

For Conservatives cruelty equals humour nt Fiendish Thingy Dec 2020 #22

They can be funny when they want to be Shermann Dec 2020 #23

You have to have a sense of truth in order to have a sense of humor. iscooterliberally Dec 2020 #24

South Park seems like "conservative humor" to me. David__77 Dec 2020 #26

They are left-leaning libertarians, not conservatives. Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2020 #29

I don't think South Park is conservative humor. Turin_C3PO Dec 2020 #34

Only cruel humor, like Trump mocking the disabled Yeehah Dec 2020 #27

Conservative satire is usually bad because they punch down Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2020 #28

Their sense of humor is only insults and being a troll sakabatou Dec 2020 #35

My right wing bro's sense of humor almost always only involves sarcastic digs at expense of liberals wishstar Dec 2020 #38

no onethatcares Dec 2020 #41

Yes KentuckyWoman Dec 2020 #43

Yes, but it's the "Punch & Judy Show" kind of humor JHB Dec 2020 #45