Mostly support and only minor seethe in the comments.

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Satire is punching up. It's not satire to punch down towards people who are abused, assaulted and killed for existing.

Written by someone who has never experienced physical violence of any kind.


:#marseyklennycross:

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Dont punch down at upper class troids, punch up at rednecks!

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What really gets me about that phrase is that it was coined by a guy who has literally never been funny, just look at the offending comic:

Where are the darn jokes, Garry? What authority does he have on what makes comedy or not?

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Holy shit that's terrible on so many levels.

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Good example of leftoid jokes

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I object. I found one of his that is great. The rest, suck. You just know he sniffs his farts.


:marseyonacid: :marseyjam: :marseyonacid: :marseyjam:

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The hippie joke was unironically good. It’s also pretty great that the idea of punching down to a leftoid is making fun of their own busybodies

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How is making fun of hippies punching down at all?

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Yeah i know right

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I don’t remember doonesbury being so gay.

Edit: I looked back at some doonesbury comics and it has in fact always been this gay.

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He even illustrated himself as a joyless butthole

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Doonesbury is some OG leftoid WORDS WORDS WORDS humor.

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Who the frick is that guy? Ive never heard of him but Sam Hyde is definitely funnier than him and im not even a Sam Hyde fan

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and someone who really needed to be the target of more of it as a kid

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The only person I know who's ever unironically said "punching down" turned out to be a male feminist (in the worst meaning of the term)

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