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5 Feet of Fury

Kathy Shaidle's blog. Est. 2000

“By satire, most people now understand childish, self-satisfied snark…”

December 1, 2017 By Kathy Shaidle

Christopher DeGroot writes:

…the stuff of late-night television liberals like Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, and others.

Such comedians are in fact conformists. They provide what is expected. They do not take chances, because they are cowards. But high comedy, again, requires not just imagination, but the willingness to offend, in which there is exalted relief from our general moral constraints. Like John Quincy Adams, and unlike most American “men,” President Trump is suitably pugnacious. He is no coward, whether it’s in respect to China, North Korea, or elsewhere. And not being a coward, he is capable of wonderful humor.

 

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