Conan O'Brien on the uselessness of Trump Hate "humor"
Conan O’Brien has a message for ‘screaming’ anti-Trump comedians
In his Mark Twain Prize acceptance speech last year at the Kennedy Center, O’Brien reiterated his belief in comedy’s power as a weapon against power.
“Twain was suspicious of populism, jingoism, imperialism, the money-obsessed mania of the Gilded Age, and any expression of mindless American might or self-importance,” O’Brien said that night. “Above all, Twain was a patriot in the best sense of the word. He loved America, but knew it was deeply flawed. Twain wrote, ‘Patriotism is supporting your country all of the time and your government when it deserves it.’ Some of you might think, ‘What does this have to do with comedy?’ It has everything to do with comedy. Everything.
The Trump Era is all about extreme contempt -- the pro wrestling ethos. When you try to match his game of aggressive snark, you will lose.
I think it is far more effective -- in the sense of having a chance in hell of derailing his weird ambitions -- to make fun of him.
"That Donald Trump really sucks" is not funny. "Let's call Greenland Trumpsicle" is funny.
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Greenland =Trumpsicle
funny concept
or
Rubio = Latinolicker
and
Vance = Vondervengence
Zionism is a social disease
That's the ticket
These creeps are funny when you think it through.
You screw yourself up when you take them seriously.
Panic never wins anything.
I cried when I wrote this song. Sue me if I play too long.
They only pretend to be serious
when the cameras are rolling.
Image is all important when vacuous
noises are made. Screw the intelligence
of the intended audience.
Zionism is a social disease
The Cult of Trumpenhass came from the same mold as Rush Limbaugh
Pathologically humorless, the nearest facsimile of humor they can fathom (let alone manage) is endless bitter, monomaniacal attacks against the objects of their maltheistic worship.
In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is declared mentally ill for describing colors.
Yes Virginia, there is a Global Banking Conspiracy!
A concept I can not fathom
.
maltheistic?
Please explain.
Thanks.
Zionism is a social disease
"Maltheism"
Basically, it's worship of a deity one views as evil.
In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is declared mentally ill for describing colors.
Yes Virginia, there is a Global Banking Conspiracy!