Comedy

The first casualty of a Dictatorship.

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pacify
04/24/2021

Completely absent today because it is difficult to find good comedians who can make one laugh without being sexually crass or swear nonstop.

takeout
04/24/2021

Impossible form of humor nowadays because of overly sensitive snowflakes obsessed with identity politics and social justice.

jello
04/24/2021

Now that narcissistic Trump is out of office, there’s nothing interesting to poke fun at.

Black Cat
04/24/2021

Something black stand-ups cannot do without using race and insulting Whites.

migros
04/24/2021

The true form of freedom of speech — unless liberals don’t like what you’re saying.

Black Cat
04/23/2021

One of the first targets of totalitarian regimes. In his 2009 paper, “Laughter in the Dart: Humour under Stalin,” Iain Lauchlan writes ” comedy, it appears is the first casualty of class war.” In fact, in Soviet Russia, “a pair of clowns, Bim and Bom, were amongst the earliest victims of Lenin’s secret police. In spring 1918 during one of their performances the famous circus double act began satirising the Bolsheviks. Some angry Cheka officers in the audience decided to put a stop to this: they interrupted the show, chased after the clowns — opening fire as they did so (much to… Read more »

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