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donkeyjack
10/18/17 1:17:00 PM
#101:


Mal_Fet posted...
Steven Crowder


I love that man.
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Anteaterking
10/18/17 1:20:22 PM
#102:


It doesn't seem like anyone has linked any Conservative political satire that was humorous yet.
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CocteauQuintplt
10/18/17 1:23:54 PM
#103:


Anteaterking posted...
It doesn't seem like anyone has linked any Conservative political satire that was humorous yet.


Error 404: Conservative Political Humor Not Found
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CocteauQuintplt
10/18/17 1:25:01 PM
#104:


The Admiral posted...
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averagejoel posted...
it exists, and it's worse than anything anyone's come up with

eB5hup4


This is literally the apex of conservative humor.


This is still wittier and less on-the-nose than John Oliver.


Lol, the fuck it is. Of course you would think this is witty, you're about as sharp as Trump's haircut.
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donkeyjack
10/18/17 1:28:50 PM
#105:


Crowder is funnier than liberal comedians.
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CocteauQuintplt
10/18/17 1:39:15 PM
#106:


donkeyjack posted...
Crowder is funnier than liberal comedians.


I would agree if I was uneducated and lived under a rock.
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Questionmarktarius
10/18/17 1:41:44 PM
#107:


Conservatives invented the concept of being appalled and offended by humor, several decades (perhaps even generations) ago. That's why.
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A_Good_Boy
10/18/17 1:41:48 PM
#108:


I see people insisting that certain conservatives are funny, I'm not seeing any examples though.
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CocteauQuintplt
10/18/17 1:43:54 PM
#109:


A_Good_Boy posted...
I see people insisting that certain conservatives are funny, I'm not seeing any examples though.


They won't, and if one of them does, it will be one of the most unfunny things you'll ever see in your life.
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donkeyjack
10/18/17 2:02:16 PM
#110:


CocteauQuintplt posted...
A_Good_Boy posted...
I see people insisting that certain conservatives are funny, I'm not seeing any examples though.


They won't, and if one of them does, it will be one of the most unfunny things you'll ever see in your life.


Ramzpaul will eat up all of the Liberal late night hasbeen.
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CocteauQuintplt
10/18/17 2:05:33 PM
#111:


donkeyjack posted...
CocteauQuintplt posted...
A_Good_Boy posted...
I see people insisting that certain conservatives are funny, I'm not seeing any examples though.


They won't, and if one of them does, it will be one of the most unfunny things you'll ever see in your life.


Ramzpaul will eat up all of the Liberal late night hasbeen.


Hey, a conservative here finally said something funny, and that's only because it makes no sense.
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Bloodychess
10/18/17 2:05:56 PM
#112:


YellowSUV posted...
Bloodychess posted...
is using ad hominem attacks such as calling people "cucks".

Is that any better than Colbert calling Trump supporters idiots to the laughter of his audience?
While the Day before, he was legitimately trying to figure out why the country was so divided


Do you have a link to this where he flat out calls Trump supporters idiots? Additionally, does he back up the claim that they are idiots or does he just call them idiots?


Not on hand, I will try to find it after work. It was on the episode a day after the election iirc

I don't remember to your second question
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CocteauQuintplt
10/18/17 2:07:50 PM
#113:


OMG, lol:

So I searched for "Ramzpaul", assuming it was a typo on donkey's part, but he's real!

This is what Donkey thinks is funny. Pity for him will be appreciated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW-GuI4aYzU

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CocteauQuintplt
10/18/17 2:09:46 PM
#114:


CocteauQuintplt posted...
OMG, lol:

So I searched for "Ramzpaul", assuming it was a typo on donkey's part, but he's real!

This is what Donkey thinks is funny. Pity for him will be appreciated.



Literally one of the dumbest, most unfunny things you will ever see.

Good job, conservatives, proving yourself inadequate as usual.
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Zeus
10/18/17 2:11:50 PM
#115:


Because conservative political satire tends to be far more controversial, it's harder to get mainstream networks to cover it. And, because humor caters mostly to younger audiences who are overwhelmingly left-leaning, successful comedy often skews liberal. Granted, most comedians have a mix. Carlin would bash republicans non-stop but he was as sharply critical of the PC crowd. Bill Cosby, ironically enough, was a staunch defender of traditional values at one point despite being a liberal and allegedly turning out to be a serial rapist.

And, in general, while conservatives can laugh at things they disagree with, liberals often lack that capacity so conservative satire would get over with a smaller audience anyway.

Antifar posted...
Let's see what conservative political humor looks like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJmnLzw8NA4


So basically no different than the liberal version seen on places like the Daily Show?
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Shadowplay
10/18/17 2:13:54 PM
#116:


CocteauQuintplt posted...
OMG, lol:

So I searched for "Ramzpaul", assuming it was a typo on donkey's part, but he's real!

This is what Donkey thinks is funny. Pity for him will be appreciated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW-GuI4aYzU

Christ, conservative humor just has to bring up George Soros conspiracy theories.
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CocteauQuintplt
10/18/17 2:15:01 PM
#117:


Zeus posted...
Because conservative political satire tends to be far more controversial, it's harder to get mainstream networks to cover it. And, because humor caters mostly to younger audiences who are overwhelmingly left-leaning, successful comedy often skews liberal. Granted, most comedians have a mix. Carlin would bash republicans non-stop but he was as sharply critical of the PC crowd. Bill Cosby, ironically enough, was a staunch defender of traditional values at one point despite being a liberal and allegedly turning out to be a serial rapist.

Antifar posted...
Let's see what conservative political humor looks like



So basically no different than the liberal version seen on places like the Daily Show?


1) conservative humor is NOT more controversial by ANY means. The only thing controversial about it is that it isn't funny, that's why nobody watches it.

2) Bill Cosby is a democrat, not a liberal. He is clearly conservative.
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Illuminoius
10/18/17 2:16:37 PM
#118:


political satire is always the cringiest shit
do you really want more of it
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philsov
10/18/17 2:17:41 PM
#119:


CocteauQuintplt posted...
The Admiral posted...
CocteauTriplet posted...
averagejoel posted...
it exists, and it's worse than anything anyone's come up with

eB5hup4s


This is literally the apex of conservative humor.


This is still wittier and less on-the-nose than John Oliver.


Lol, the fuck it is. Of course you would think this is witty, you're about as sharp as Trump's haircut.


It's not witty, but it IS satire.
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Zeus
10/18/17 2:18:24 PM
#120:


CocteauQuintplt posted...
1) conservative humor is NOT more controversial by ANY means. The only thing controversial about it is that it isn't funny, that's why nobody watches it.


Joking about minorities isn't controversial? lolwut?

CocteauQuintplt posted...
2) Bill Cosby is a democrat, not a liberal. He is clearly conservative.


Translation: "We don't want him despite the fact he's been a liberal Democrat for most of his life and we've been proud to have him on our side because now he's shown our seedy underbelly."
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Mal_Fet
10/18/17 2:18:47 PM
#121:


Btw I like how we're acting as if leftist satire is necessarily funny

Name a funny left-wing late night host that's not Stephen Colbert.
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Kaname_Madoka
10/18/17 2:20:13 PM
#122:


CocteauQuintplt posted...
CocteauQuintplt posted...
OMG, lol:

So I searched for "Ramzpaul", assuming it was a typo on donkey's part, but he's real!

This is what Donkey thinks is funny. Pity for him will be appreciated.



Literally one of the dumbest, most unfunny things you will ever see.

Good job, conservatives, proving yourself inadequate as usual.

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C_Pain
10/18/17 2:21:38 PM
#123:


Dick Masterson B)
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Zeus
10/18/17 2:27:14 PM
#124:


Mal_Fet posted...
Btw I like how we're acting as if leftist satire is necessarily funny

Name a funny left-wing late night host that's not Stephen Colbert.


Eh, Colbert was better when he was still doing the Report. Right now, the only really funny leftwing late nighter is John Oliver and he might not even count since he does one night a week. Plus a few of his recurring gags are getting stale.
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Mal_Fet
10/18/17 2:29:19 PM
#125:


Zeus posted...
Mal_Fet posted...
Btw I like how we're acting as if leftist satire is necessarily funny

Name a funny left-wing late night host that's not Stephen Colbert.


Eh, Colbert was better when he was still doing the Report. Right now, the only really funny leftwing late nighter is John Oliver and he might not even count since he does one night a week. Plus a few of his recurring gags are getting stale.

Oliver can be funny...when he's not just lecturing the audience and making them applaud at feel-good ideas, which is unfortunately most of what he does.

Jon Stewart was really the only guy who could be funny while expousing leftist ideas.
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Gamer99z
10/18/17 2:32:18 PM
#126:


donkeyjack posted...
Crowder is funnier than liberal comedians.

Crowder is definitely the funniest conservative political host. Even if he is a dumb ass half the time, he's still pretty funny compared to the hot garbage that most conservative show host are with comedy, but even then I'd say he might be better than the likes of Samantha Bee but that's about it.

Edit: Wait, can I count Alex Jones as an unintentional comedian? "They're turning the freakin' frogs gay!" Is probably the funniest thing any conservative host has ever said.
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Antifar
10/18/17 2:38:55 PM
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Gamer99z
10/18/17 2:40:31 PM
#128:


Antifar posted...
Steven Crowder's idea of comedy
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C-8DHPgXUAAmY8O.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DDrAXTIXYAAwtTc.jpg:large

Nvm, I take it back.
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Mal_Fet
10/18/17 2:49:33 PM
#129:


Antifar posted...
Steven Crowder's idea of comedy
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C-8DHPgXUAAmY8O.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DDrAXTIXYAAwtTc.jpg:large

I bet these two images are the extent of your familiarity with him.
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hockeybub89
10/18/17 2:52:57 PM
#130:


Mal_Fet posted...
Btw I like how we're acting as if leftist satire is necessarily funny

We are? Because all I see is people acting like conservative humor isn't funny. And it isn't.
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Antifar
10/18/17 2:56:53 PM
#131:


I'm also familiar with that time he got punched by an old man

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tIF70HsfpAg/hqdefault.jpg
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Mal_Fet
10/18/17 2:59:31 PM
#132:


hockeybub89 posted...
Mal_Fet posted...
Btw I like how we're acting as if leftist satire is necessarily funny

We are? Because all I see is people acting like conservative humor isn't funny. And it isn't.

Last Man Standing
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Mal_Fet
10/18/17 3:00:52 PM
#133:


Antifar posted...
I'm also familiar with that time he got punched by an old man

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tIF70HsfpAg/hqdefault.jpg

Figures you'd celebrate violence against people you don't like. Is laughing at assault an example of leftist humor?
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NinjaWarrior455
10/18/17 3:04:54 PM
#134:


Mal pulling out all the stops.
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averagejoel
10/18/17 3:06:38 PM
#135:


Antifar posted...
I'm also familiar with that time he got punched by an old man

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tIF70HsfpAg/hqdefault.jpg

that is the ideal male body. you may not like it, but that is what peak performance looks like
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ChromaticAngel
10/18/17 3:08:28 PM
#136:


Gamer99z posted...
Wait, can I count Alex Jones as an unintentional comedian?


Alex Jones is liberal satire that conservatives watch and think isn't satire.
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hockeybub89
10/18/17 3:09:40 PM
#137:


Mal_Fet posted...
hockeybub89 posted...
Mal_Fet posted...
Btw I like how we're acting as if leftist satire is necessarily funny

We are? Because all I see is people acting like conservative humor isn't funny. And it isn't.

Last Man Standing

I said funny. Also, the writers of that show, according to Tim Allen himself, were liberal. Next you'll tell me All in the Family is conservative humor.
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Mal_Fet
10/18/17 3:19:10 PM
#138:


hockeybub89 posted...
I said funny.

Lol so you're just gonna deny that any examples that prove you wrong exist. Well then I guess we're done here.
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Teen Girl Squad
10/18/17 3:40:39 PM
#139:


South Park is the only consistently funny "conservative" slanted comedy I can think of and thats because they are willing to go after absurdities of all types. The fact that some think that its liberal shows why conservative humor sucks. Conservatives have become so dogmatic and rigid in their opinions that there is little for them to poke fun at. Even liberal comedians will clown other liberals over dumb things that they do. Modern American conservatives by and large have no self-awareness. Most conservative memes/jokes I've come across are like the post here, unfunny, uncreative, generic "lol liburls R dum." insults that are more about trying to make conservatives feel superior than inherently being comedic.
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hockeybub89
10/18/17 3:43:39 PM
#140:


Mal_Fet posted...
hockeybub89 posted...
I said funny.

Lol so you're just gonna deny that any examples that prove you wrong exist. Well then I guess we're done here.

To be fair, very few network comedies are funny. If it makes you feel better, I find SNL largely unfunny these days. Also, you ignored that LMS was written by liberals. It is it really conservative humor if it isn't made by conservatives?
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Kineth
10/18/17 3:45:37 PM
#141:


Mal_Fet posted...
hockeybub89 posted...
I said funny.

Lol so you're just gonna deny that any examples that prove you wrong exist. Well then I guess we're done here.


Must be hard looking yourself in the mirror. I only saw this quote due to hockeybub's post though.
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Funbazooka
10/18/17 3:48:28 PM
#142:


TheMikh posted...
If you haven't seen conservative satire, you're looking in the wrong places.
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RickyTheBAWSE
10/18/17 3:51:02 PM
#143:


in my experience, the typical conservative humor is unfunny, uninformed, malicious passive aggressiveness. as if that know-it-all bigoted uncle who only watches Fox News is the target audience.
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Mal_Fet
10/18/17 4:00:06 PM
#145:


hockeybub89 posted...
To be fair, very few network comedies are funny. If it makes you feel better, I find SNL largely unfunny these days. Also, you ignored that LMS was written by liberals. It is it really conservative humor if it isn't made by conservatives?

Yes

The subject matter is what makes a joke liberal or conservative, not the political opinions of the person writing. Norm Macdonald is conservative; does that mean every sketch he worked on in SNL was conservative humor?
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donkeyjack
10/18/17 4:09:26 PM
#146:


No, because it's liberalfaqs.
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hockeybub89
10/18/17 4:11:29 PM
#147:


Mal_Fet posted...
hockeybub89 posted...
To be fair, very few network comedies are funny. If it makes you feel better, I find SNL largely unfunny these days. Also, you ignored that LMS was written by liberals. It is it really conservative humor if it isn't made by conservatives?

Yes

The subject matter is what makes a joke liberal or conservative, not the political opinions of the person writing. Norm Macdonald is conservative; does that mean every sketch he worked on in SNL was conservative humor?

Was Norm making liberal humor though? Why does it have to be either? I just don't think a run-of-the-mill multicam family sitcom written by liberals is funny "conservative humor" because there is a right-leaning character that right-leaning people may giggle at for making observations most people of any affiliation already have. Do you think all jokes are either liberal or conservative? I think Arrested Development is more popular among the left than the right and that it's jokes appeal to them more. Does that mean it is a liberal comedy?
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Mal_Fet
10/18/17 4:14:20 PM
#148:


hockeybub89 posted...
Was Norm making liberal humor though? Why does it have to be either?

It doesn't. The point is that LMS can be conservative humor regardless of the politics of the writers.

hockeybub89 posted...
I think Arrested Development is more popular among the left than the right and that it's jokes appeal to them more.

In what sense?
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Anteaterking
10/18/17 4:18:02 PM
#149:


Mal_Fet posted...
In what sense?


The Bluth family is clearly a parody of the Bush family and the whole "wealthy family fallen from grace" thing derives a lot of humor from rich people being out of touch in various ways.
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ManSpread
10/18/17 4:20:35 PM
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