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genxlib

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13. Humor is a tool

Reply to C Moon (Original post)

Thu Oct 12, 2017, 06:49 AM

Oct 2017

It is a weapon in that ridicule is often the best way to undermine people who think too highly of themselves.

It is also a coping mechanism. We laugh so that we don't cry.

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I agree with another post on DU, that this Trump thing isn't funny; he isn't insane. It's scary. [View all] C Moon Oct 2017 OP

I agree. These are bad times. applegrove Oct 2017 #1

I'm actually afraid to think of these as bad times because... WePurrsevere Oct 2017 #5

I am a news addict and even I had to watch HGTV home decor shows applegrove Oct 2017 #7

I'm a news junkie too & mental health breaks... WePurrsevere Oct 2017 #9

Trump, Evangelicals and other pseudo-Christians, and the "alt-right" are indeed disturbing ck4829 Oct 2017 #2

I do and have done the same, but I'm starting to believe that Russia is a very serious threat. C Moon Oct 2017 #3

Indeed. Putin also needs to be mocked. I wish I included him above. ck4829 Oct 2017 #6

+1000 dchill Oct 2017 #12

I agree, it's not amusing anymore - it's gotten downright dangerous. Rhiannon12866 Oct 2017 #4

A good example, tonight Stephen Colbert had this: Rhiannon12866 Oct 2017 #8

Agree!! No, it's not funny Thekaspervote Oct 2017 #10

What is really scary is what he is trying to do to the media since they began reporting on him as coolsandy Oct 2017 #11

Freedom of the press? Everything, EVERYTHING goes if we lose that. Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #16

Humor is a tool genxlib Oct 2017 #13

it is nervous laughter Motley13 Oct 2017 #14

And yet ridicule is one of the few weapons left to us... Orsino Oct 2017 #15

Russia played a role, but the USA owns this crap! Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2017 #17