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Ted Lieu scores A++ on trolling (Original Post) MelissaB Jan 2019 OP
Good one! dalton99a Jan 2019 #1
he's good Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #2
Trolling level: master. n/t area51 Jan 2019 #3
Salty! Scurrilous Jan 2019 #4
That's amazing! LOL manor321 Jan 2019 #5
Rep. Ted Lieu continues to be awesome LonePirate Jan 2019 #6
Ooh, I bet that was satisfying IronLionZion Jan 2019 #7
Ted Leiu doesn't want to run for president?!!? Come on !! uponit7771 Jan 2019 #8
He was born in Taiwan. TNNurse Jan 2019 #11
He can't, he wasn't born here. OliverQ Jan 2019 #15
But...But... Cheviteau Jan 2019 #35
Right if we were allowed to keep obama, being from Kenya Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2019 #37
You'll need more than one Ted! FakeNoose Jan 2019 #9
We're lucky MyOwnPeace Jan 2019 #10
I'd go for the party mix. nt miyazaki Jan 2019 #12
Me too! lunatica Jan 2019 #13
More brownie brittle for me! flibbitygiblets Jan 2019 #18
Not while there's still Bob Loblaw Jan 2019 #21
I GET TO VOTE FOR HIM EVERY TWO YEARS!!! winstars Jan 2019 #14
I love being on the side of the Smart Ones! This is a troll for the ages. NBachers Jan 2019 #16
Ever noticed.. Fuzzpope Jan 2019 #17
Yep, sure have. happybird Jan 2019 #26
DING DING DING! Fuzzpope, you're our grand prize winner! rocktivity Jan 2019 #29
Excellent breakdown! Fuzzpope Jan 2019 #31
Conservative 'humor' is about punching down... Wounded Bear Jan 2019 #32
+1, rarely laugh at anything they post uponit7771 Jan 2019 #36
I Truly LOLed OldManTarHeel Jan 2019 #19
I freakin' love this guy! I STILL consider him my Rep. calimary Jan 2019 #20
Ted Lieu is a national treasure! Initech Jan 2019 #22
K&R gademocrat7 Jan 2019 #23
Dammit, I missed out on being REC 100! ffr Jan 2019 #24
LOL SunSeeker Jan 2019 #25
smart food popcorn for me NewJeffCT Jan 2019 #27
DAMN, HE CAN't BE PRESIDENT??? a kennedy Jan 2019 #28
love his handwriting! KT2000 Jan 2019 #30
Ah. Ted pulled a Bolton! amb123 Jan 2019 #33
Retweet! Cha Jan 2019 #34
Snort............ Historic NY Jan 2019 #38
WELL PLAYED, SIR!!!!! Talitha Jan 2019 #39
 

Fuzzpope

(602 posts)
17. Ever noticed..
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 07:59 PM
Jan 2019

That Republicans in general are unwilling or possibly even incapable of executing anything that meets the broader definition of "humor"?

I mean, they share stuff with each other that's laughed at, but it isn't funny, at best it's a form of predatory mockery, like laughing at a person who slips and falls.

It says an awful lot about a person, much less an entire group, that is wholly lacking in normal gestures of humor? Or, as with Trump himself, no laughter.

happybird

(4,627 posts)
26. Yep, sure have.
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 09:57 PM
Jan 2019

Like that total laugh riot, Mike Huckabee

Remember back in 2016 when some SNL cast members (can't recall which ones) talked about 45's visit to the show? He didn't get half the jokes written for him and wanted to change his lines to stuff he thought was witty ... but wasn't. What a maroon.

Addition: and you are so right, many of them seem to equate mean-spiritedness, and what is basically bullying, as humor.

rocktivity

(44,577 posts)
29. DING DING DING! Fuzzpope, you're our grand prize winner!
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 10:36 PM
Jan 2019
...(T)hey share stuff with each other that's laughed at, but it isn't funny, at best it's a form of predatory mockery, like laughing at a person who slips and falls.


Liberals, conservatives and humor has been a classic subject of discussion at DU:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1166601


rocktivity

 

Fuzzpope

(602 posts)
31. Excellent breakdown!
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 11:00 PM
Jan 2019

Thanks for sharing, rocktivity, we're definitely on the same page here.

Humor, specifically the mechanism of laughter itself is *much* more complex than we tend to realize, and is almost completely taken for granted.

Considering the core of laughter, the baring of teeth, we daily don't spend a second doing and/or observing others making an intimidating physical gesture they would instantly perceive as a serious threat if seen in an animal.





Wounded Bear

(58,713 posts)
32. Conservative 'humor' is about punching down...
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 11:09 PM
Jan 2019

like you say, someone slips and falls, and if they hurt themselves, even more hilarious.

Progressives punch up. We make fun of the boss, and good leaders learn to laugh at themselves along with others.

I remember an old line from NCIS, when confronting a group of gang members, Gibbs makes a joke and everybody laughs. So, Gibbs says, "You're not jefe, nobody laughs at the boss."

KT2000

(20,588 posts)
30. love his handwriting!
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 10:43 PM
Jan 2019

getting tired of little writing that is so hard to read.
And good for him - as far as R's are concerned, humor is undecipherable code!!

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