evilgenius wrote:Plant is looking for laughter.
Yes, thats right.
I often think....."i wonder what my laugh of the day will be" when I open up PeakOil.com
And sure enough, there is usually some post about a politician or a political policy that makes me laugh.
Or, if I think a politician has done something funny or absurd and no one else has posted about it, then I'll post about it myself.
Personally, I don't see what's wrong with laughing at politicians.
If we can't laugh at politicians then the world is in a terrible mess.
I guess if you identify with a certain politician and feel compelled to support them no matter what then it might upset you if someone made fun of that politician, but thats kind of a stupid way to look at things IMHO.
Politicians inevitably do dumb things.
Obama did dumb things, Trump did dumb things, and now Biden is doing dumb things.
If you can't see the dumb things they do then you aren't paying attention.
evilgenius wrote:This is a great time is history for observing the relationship between the individual and the state. I think, ultimately, that is also where Plant is coming from. I tend to cut him some slack.
A very good point, evilgenius.
And for the exact same reason I try to cut you some slack as well.
In fact, everyone should cut everyone else some slack.
What in heck are people getting so wee-wee'd up about anyway.
Making fun of politicians is a key part of the American character.
Everyone should laugh and then make their own jokes.
Getting angry about a joke about a politician is just, well, not very American.
Making jokes about politicians is an American tradition and an all around good thing to do in this difficult time we are living in.Cheers!