Why aren't there any funny conservatives?

[Vic]

I dunno, I thought Dennis Miller was pretty hilarious back in his SNL days. His weekend update skit used to be my fav part of the show.

I disagree with the OP's argument that one's political views influence one's ability to be humorous. That's kind of on a Ann Coulter level of ideological prejudice IMO.

 

[Moonbeam]

Originally posted by: shira

Originally posted by: Butterbean
Well we all know who runs Hollywood and media. Its not like they are looking for conservatives and the ones there aren't going to run around waving flags. Also consider why female US celebs are often less attractive than girls you see in the mall - and why the models are skinny with boobs starved off and look like boys.

I've been "considering" this bolded part - per your suggestion - for several minutes. I gotta admit it - I don't have a clue what you're driving at. Come on, tell us the secret.

We know that Butterbean is beset by homophobia and has gay people hiding under his bed waiting to touch him when he sleeps, so let's start there. We see immediately a reference to boys, those nasty and forbidden but oh so, can't get them our of our mind, things.

Now sane people know that normally built people photography fat so sane minds will conclude that, (on average, mind you), most models will be tall and thin. So we have to put on our paranoid stereotyping hat to get any further. After sorting through a myriad of possibilities, this is the one I finally came up with:

What do these models do? Why they model fashion clothes. And who designs those clothes. I, myself, have no idea, because I'm about as interested in fashion as Abraham Lincoln, but if I'm not mistaken, and drawing on all the the foul data that, over a lifetime, I've been exposed to, I would have to guess that the implication is now clear. It's homosexual people who design clothes, gays to be more exact. And of course they would like to put those dresses and pants on little boys, but flat chested anorexic androgynous girl of a legal age will just have to substitute.

Welcome to the age of the meterosexual and the death of Butterbean's phobic world.

 

[SP33Demon]

Only Dennis Miller. OP has a good point.

 

[GroundedSailor]

Originally posted by: mugs
Dennis Miller is too busy trying to sound smart to be funny.

So true. I find I didn't laugh with him and reading your post made me realize why.

 

[miketheidiot]

conservatives are good at science either, i think thats just another part of the same trend.

 

[monovillage]

It's basically a career move. The Blacklist is alive and well and living in Hollywood and NY and the new McCarthyism against anyone on the right is steamrolling along. Conservative comedians and stars either keep their mouths shut about their politics or follow their publicists advice and keep to the left of center in the media.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: monovillage
It's basically a career move. The Blacklist is alive and well and living in Hollywood and NY and the new McCarthyism against anyone on the right is steamrolling along. Conservative comedians and stars either keep their mouths shut about their politics or follow their publicists advice and keep to the left of center in the media.

Please no talk radio conspiracy theories :roll:

Especially when there are a good number of conservative celebrities which have no problems with airing their politics. Tom Selleck, for example. His politics are not too dissimilar from my own.

The more likely scenario here is that there is still quite a bit of lingering resentment in Hollywood against the old McCarthyism, which was really never anything more than just an anti-Truman agenda by the Republicans, but which had the effect of ruining a lot of careers and lives in Hollywood. In which case, the right deserves it IMO. McCarthy and HUAC are perfect examples of where supposedly good intentions can spawn evil actions.

Your "New McCarthyism" is a blame the victim card like calling Jews fascists. :roll:

 

[Jschmuck2]

Originally posted by: retrospooty

Originally posted by: Butterbean

Originally posted by: cubby1223

Originally posted by: Butterbean

Originally posted by: cubby1223
It's probably just the makeup of what makes a person a conservative and what makes a person a liberal. Why are there very few conservatives in Hollywood? I bet it's the same reason.

Well we all know who runs Hollywood and media. Its not like they are looking for conservatives and the ones there aren't going to run around waving flags. Also consider why female US celebs are often less attractive than girls you see in the mall - and why the models are skinny with boobs starved off and look like boys.

What? I was referring to conservatives as being more serious and usually more faith-based. Liberals being more relaxed, open minded, etc. Lends to more actors and comedians coming out of the liberal side of the fence.

I have no idea what the rest of your words are trying to say.

In psychological terms liberals, artists etc are more open to suggestion - and prone to psychotic illness. In many ways artists are broken people - emotional, adrift in thoughts and feelings, prone to confusing reality and fantasy - what you would call "open minded". This is why an Obama can give suck them in so easy - they live on and by emotional impressions they mistake for thinking. Many are prisoners of trauma and dont know it. This is why they are more prone to drug addictions, unstable relationships, tragedy etc etc

Creative Mind Shares Traits with Mentally Ill
http://www.namiscc.org/Research/2002/Creativity.htm

BB - the OP specifically asked "Can some of our less crazy conservative members explain that to me?"

THIS RULES YOU OUT

Yes, I was asking for the less crazy ones. As Butterbean clearly does not fit that description, that absolutely rules him out.

And Butterbean: does that make me mentally ill? I'm an actor. I spend a very significant portion of time in Hollywood. Hell, I live right next door. Many of my friends in college were gay - I was a Theatre major in college, making me an honorary homosexual, as Lewis Black would say. Am I all of those things? I just want to clarify here.

 

[Jschmuck2]

Originally posted by: CaptnKirk
What could be funnier than Ann Coulter or Rush Limbaugh?

I meant intentionally funny. Not tragically funny.

 

[Jschmuck2]

Originally posted by: Vic
I dunno, I thought Dennis Miller was pretty hilarious back in his SNL days. His weekend update skit used to be my fav part of the show.

I disagree with the OP's argument that one's political views influence one's ability to be humorous. That's kind of on a Ann Coulter level of ideological prejudice IMO.

Ahh c'mon Vic, cut me some slack. Coulter-esque? That's a bit of Hyperbole, no? I'd be more than happy to admit that popular culture had a funny conservative comedian. Hell, I'll even give you that Dennis Miller, in his SNL days, was funny. Since then, however, he's spiraled into a tailspin where his bitterness has totally blinded him to comedy. Not to mention that, although at one point his analogies were very clever (and admittedly, from time to time they still are) now they're just like a...a uh...well they're bad.

 

[Jschmuck2]

Originally posted by: monovillage
It's basically a career move. The Blacklist is alive and well and living in Hollywood and NY and the new McCarthyism against anyone on the right is steamrolling along. Conservative comedians and stars either keep their mouths shut about their politics or follow their publicists advice and keep to the left of center in the media.

Let's see:

23 posts
Joined two months ago

Right. You have firsthand knowledge of this "blacklist" in action? Do you spend any time in Hollywood? Do tell!

 

[Jschmuck2]

Originally posted by: brandonb
Actually Butterbean is closer to the truth than most will give him credit for.

Most media (92% of it) is owned by Jews, and anything going through it must have their stamp of approval, and aren't Jews mostly left except the blow up the Middle East types? Its well known that Hollywood is very Jewish (and left), along with many other media outlets such as newspapers.

A right wing person trying to get on the air thats funny would not get very far. Its the same manner in which Christian god loving shows would get nowhere on TV. More right wing shows. Can someone mention some right wing shows on main stream media? Ones that may think Abortion is bad, that Gays are weird, you should go to church on Sunday? 7th Heaven had atleast go to church on Sunday. Any others?

*crickets*

Yes, crickets because you're a fuckwit. Sometimes I go back and forth from the massive media conspiracy to controlling all of the banks. On days when I'm REALLY looking for a good time, I go and take responsibility for all of history's wars, too.

 

[Jschmuck2]

Also, we killed Jesus.

 

[WHAMPOM]

Originally posted by: Jschmuck2
Can some of our less crazy conservative members explain that to me? I don't know why this phenomenon exists.

Oh, they are funny, just not in the humorous way.

 

[SagaLore]

I think Rush Limbaugh can be pretty funny at times. Although, I'm not sure we can even classify him as a conservative...

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: deftron
Some consider Ben Stein and Dennis Miller funny.

:cricketschirping;

 

[Jschmuck2]

Originally posted by: SagaLore
I think Rush Limbaugh can be pretty funny at times. Although, I'm not sure we can even classify him as a conservative...

I classify him as a jagoff.

 

[Mursilis]

See sig.
P.J. O'Rourke is hilarious. However, he writes, and doesn't perform any stand-up that I know about. You actually have to read his work to become familiar with it.

 

[alchemize]

Originally posted by: Jschmuck2

Originally posted by: Vic
I dunno, I thought Dennis Miller was pretty hilarious back in his SNL days. His weekend update skit used to be my fav part of the show.

I disagree with the OP's argument that one's political views influence one's ability to be humorous. That's kind of on a Ann Coulter level of ideological prejudice IMO.

Ahh c'mon Vic, cut me some slack. Coulter-esque? That's a bit of Hyperbole, no? I'd be more than happy to admit that popular culture had a funny conservative comedian. Hell, I'll even give you that Dennis Miller, in his SNL days, was funny. Since then, however, he's spiraled into a tailspin where his bitterness has totally blinded him to comedy. Not to mention that, although at one point his analogies were very clever (and admittedly, from time to time they still are) now they're just like a...a uh...well they're bad.

So why don't you change your OP to "political commentators and political comedians"? Your OP is Coulter-esque.

 

[Jschmuck2]

No, I like my thread title the way it is - I think it's accurate.

 

[bbdub333]

Lorne Michaels (SNL creator) said in a radio interview that in his experiences, conservatives have a much better sense of humor than liberals. He seems like a man who is a good judge of humor, so I'll just put that out there for what it's worth.

 

[Mani]

Originally posted by: Butterbean

Originally posted by: cubby1223
It's probably just the makeup of what makes a person a conservative and what makes a person a liberal. Why are there very few conservatives in Hollywood? I bet it's the same reason.

Well we all know who runs Hollywood and media. Its not like they are looking for conservatives and the ones there aren't going to run around waving flags. Also consider why female US celebs are often less attractive than girls you see in the mall - and why the models are skinny with boobs starved off and look like boys.

coded anti-semitism ftw

 

[Mani]

By the way to the OP, conservatives are funny...just not intentionally so.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Originally posted by: Butterbean

Originally posted by: cubby1223

Originally posted by: Butterbean

Originally posted by: cubby1223
It's probably just the makeup of what makes a person a conservative and what makes a person a liberal. Why are there very few conservatives in Hollywood? I bet it's the same reason.

Well we all know who runs Hollywood and media. Its not like they are looking for conservatives and the ones there aren't going to run around waving flags. Also consider why female US celebs are often less attractive than girls you see in the mall - and why the models are skinny with boobs starved off and look like boys.

What? I was referring to conservatives as being more serious and usually more faith-based. Liberals being more relaxed, open minded, etc. Lends to more actors and comedians coming out of the liberal side of the fence.

I have no idea what the rest of your words are trying to say.

In psychological terms liberals, artists etc are more open to suggestion - and prone to psychotic illness. In many ways artists are broken people - emotional, adrift in thoughts and feelings, prone to confusing reality and fantasy - what you would call "open minded". This is why an Obama can give suck them in so easy - they live on and by emotional impressions they mistake for thinking. Many are prisoners of trauma and dont know it. This is why they are more prone to drug addictions, unstable relationships, tragedy etc etc

Creative Mind Shares Traits with Mentally Ill
http://www.namiscc.org/Research/2002/Creativity.htm

OMG Butterbean!

You've opened my eyes! :Q

I can't believe I've been so blind all these years! :shocked:

ATTN: All. Butterbean was right this whole time. You need to all realize that the liberals are part of some vast conspiracy to control everything.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: mugs
Dennis Miller is too busy trying to sound smart to be funny.

part of his schtick. I find him hilarious, but perhaps it's b/c I understand his references?