• geekwithsoul@lemm.ee
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    4 days ago

    Fascists can’t be argued with. They love when you get angry and yell at them. But they absolutely cannot stand to get laughed at. Go look up some quotes from Mel Brooks about why he thought it was important for the Hitler references in The Producers.

    We should be doing a monthly nationally televised event where Trump, Musk, and the rest are ridiculed.

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      3 days ago

      Certainly. I agree completely.

      The correspondent’s dinner isn’t the proper venue for that.

      The correspondent’s dinner is, in part, a comedy roast of the president and his administration. The guests are overtly praising and honoring the roasted. They are laughing with the guest of honor, not at him.

      We should absolutely ridicule Trump, Musk, and the rest, mercilessly. But none of them deserve the honor of a roast.