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- A unified theory of why political satire is biased toward, and talk radio is biased against, liberals in America.
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pseydtonne · 3790 days ago · link ·
Laughter is a release, as mentioned in the article. Right now the conservative and reactionary leaders are trying to one-up each other with repressive and illogical policies. If they joke about it, they'd snap. It's going to be messy in the next couple years. It's going to be like post-Watergate all over again, but from the other direction. People that really believed in tea bag ideals are excluding each other like radical groups fifty years ago. Soon they'll figure out they've been had: they have lost opportunities (including ACA) because someone tricked them into hating them. Even the US military is in favor of gay marriage. When the cult ends, they'll have satirists again.