tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413429.post1865050669460867018..comments2008-07-16T09:52:07.529-07:00Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16829163934517012427noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413429.post-43556673551175532042008-07-16T09:52:00.000-07:002008-07-16T09:52:00.000-07:00I don't know that this is an argument about a joke failing so much as it is about Liberals taking one in the foot again. The comment I hear over and over about the cover is exactly what you said, it can backfire and promote the negative. But in thinking that I think we as Liberals come across as elite snobs. We are not trusting people to get the joke. We are not even trusting other liberals to even understand it as a joke. <BR/>We do not have the right to not be offended. A lot of people who share the same politics as I do seem to think we should live in a world where no one is offended at any time. This promotes self censorship and results in uniform thought. Sometimes in my act I will tell a joke that I know will get a gasp from the crowd just so I can comment on their reaction. It's a set up. The New Yorker made the collective liberal world gasp. Why? Was it racist or was it meant to show the racist ideas of those that don't like Obama? <BR/>Was it anti-American or drawn to highlight how dumb the anti Obama message really is? <BR/>Is it a failed joke or did we just fail to let ourselves laugh at it because we have given the ability to simply laugh over to the ever present self installed thought police better known as P.C.?<BR/>Did we overreact because we thought it was wrong, or because we didn't trust the 'rest' of the country to even see that it was a joke?<BR/>I don't know? I am not becoming a conservative but this endless lack of a sense of humor about ourselves is getting old. So what, they drew his wife with an afro and a gun. Does it make the man who drew it a racist, or was he using a cartoon to show how foolish the race bating fears of the right really are? <BR/>It might have been dumb of the New Yorker to think this wouldn't get a lot of attention, and it might not be that funny, but rather than get upset over a magazine cover and display to each other how very much we are disgusted in the images, lets go after, "I know how to win wars' McCain.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16829163934517012427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413429.post-89591145406953283782008-07-15T17:44:00.000-07:002008-07-15T17:44:00.000-07:00You and I know that if the joke doesn't come across, then it's failed its purpose. The New Yorker cover has more potential to backfire and reinforce the distortions rather than expose them.<BR/><BR/>But point well taken that we're (the collective, Liberal, royal "we") freaking out about a cover instead of countering McCain's policies and statements on the issues...<BR/><BR/>Notice they didn't draw a large penis showing through Obama's traditional Muslim garments? Sorry... too much?Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675949045583477351noreply@blogger.com