# The Right Wing Daily Show Is Coming! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 5, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-right-wing-daily-show-is-coming/390941 "2007-02-05T16:11:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-right-wing-daily-show-is-coming/390941/101 "2007-02-08T20:57:12Z")
[QUOTE=rjung] Conservatism is inherently unfunny, because (1) there are too many sacred cows which are off-limits for jokes, most notably Christianity, government, and conservatives themselves (at least liberals aren’t shy about making fun of themselves). [/quote] I make jokes about this, ostensibly without believing it, but fear that it is actually true. It must be noted that there are many liberals who are unable to laugh at their own issues as well, but they don’t seem to be nearly as high a percentage. > [@](#): > > (2) conservatism is a position for the haves, so their jokes tend to target the have-nots, which come across as mere bullying. I don’t buy this. One of the big demographic changes that gave conservatives their recently lost congressional power was their appeal to have nots on moral (religious) issues. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-right-wing-daily-show-is-coming/390941/102 "2007-02-08T20:58:36Z")
[QUOTE=rjung] (2) conservatism is a position for the haves, so their jokes tend to target the have-nots, which come across as mere bullying. [/QUOTE] Don’t forget we have a long and rich American tradition of humor (much of it genuinely funny) ridiculing the poor and the powerless – Poles, Italians, blacks, women (in the days when they **were** powerless), gays, rednecks, etc., etc. . . . Don’t forget, either, that many have-nots are deeply conservative. ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-right-wing-daily-show-is-coming/390941/103 "2007-02-08T22:11:10Z")
What Fox probably doesn’t get, and what a lot of people who scream “the Daily Show is left-wing” don’t seem to get is that the Daily Show is first and foremost a satire of the MEDIA more than any particular political spectrum. I have a feeling Fox is going to miss that part of it, and so fail. Also, sketch comedy? Starring classless buffoons? Please. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-right-wing-daily-show-is-coming/390941/104 "2007-02-09T01:10:17Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] Don’t forget we have a long and rich American tradition of humor (much of it genuinely funny) ridiculing the poor and the powerless – Poles, Italians, blacks, women (in the days when they **were** powerless), gays, rednecks, etc., etc. . . . [/quote] Sure, but things that were acceptable back in the day aren’t necessarily acceptable now. [QUOTE=BrainGlutton] Don’t forget, either, that many have-nots are deeply conservative. [/QUOTE] Yeah, and I continue to be baffled by it. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-right-wing-daily-show-is-coming/390941/105 "2007-02-09T01:10:37Z")
[QUOTE=Apos] sketch comedy? Starring classless buffoons? Please. [/QUOTE] That’s SNL. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-right-wing-daily-show-is-coming/390941.md?page=5)