# Shouldn't a warning for political jabs actually involve politics?

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**Created:** [August 1, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouldnt-a-warning-for-political-jabs-actually-involve-politics/665112 "2013-08-01T21:50:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouldnt-a-warning-for-political-jabs-actually-involve-politics/665112/61 "2013-08-06T16:57:45Z")

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From what I have seen, the right-side of the board is more likely to accept a joke as a joke. I see more reports of anti-lefty loosy jokes than anti-righty tighty jokes.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouldnt-a-warning-for-political-jabs-actually-involve-politics/665112/62 "2013-08-06T17:08:55Z")

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> [@Saint\_Cad](#):
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> From what I have seen, the right-side of the board is more likely to accept a joke as a joke. I see more reports of anti-lefty loosy jokes than anti-righty tighty jokes.

Either they are upset about the great unfairness of it, or they can take a joke better than the left _aren’t_ upset about it. Which is it?

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouldnt-a-warning-for-political-jabs-actually-involve-politics/665112/63 "2013-08-06T17:37:30Z")

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> [@Saint\_Cad](#):
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> I see more reports of anti-lefty loosy jokes than anti-righty tighty jokes.

You don’t see any “reports.” All you see is complaints in ATMB. You don’t know how many posts are reported or moderated.

As far as I can tell, in GQ anti-right and anti-left jabs are reported, and moderated, in approximately the same proportion as they occur.

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