# Why are Republicans so derided? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 4, 2002, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-republicans-so-derided/117352 "2002-07-04T13:48:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2002, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-republicans-so-derided/117352/21 "2002-07-05T06:49:00Z")
Plus there’s certainly a couple of conservative entertainers who just come off as mean. Rush Limbaugh probably fits this category. His brand of humor doesn’t sit all that well with lots of people. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2002, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-republicans-so-derided/117352/22 "2002-07-05T09:32:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Except you’re forgetting that many hardcore republicans (like my dad) think of dems as being the non-working, sucking off the government teat class Whoa, are we related? ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2002, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-republicans-so-derided/117352/23 "2002-07-05T22:12:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rjung \* > \*\* > Nah, we can always get laughs by mocking conservatives. 😉 > > And if you’re looking for unfunny political comedians, go no further than the comic strip _Mallard Filmore._ Conservative as all-get-out, and duller than watching water evaporate… > > (if this keeps up,this thread will end up in Cafe Society) \*\* Of course, one could also mention _The Boondocks_. It’s Liberal as hell. At its’ best, its’ simply not funny. At its’ worst, its’ horribly offensive. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-republicans-so-derided/117352/24 "2002-07-05T23:59:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 5-HT \* > Of course, one could also mention _The Boondocks_. It’s Liberal as hell. At its’ best, its’ simply not funny. At its’ worst, its’ horribly offensive. You’re welcome to your opinion, though I’ll note that in the cyclic comic-strip threads over at Cafe Society, _The Boondocks_ often gets high praise for its anime-style art and wickedly biting humor. _Mallard Fillmore,_ needless to say, doesn’t even come close. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-republicans-so-derided/117352/25 "2002-07-06T00:14:59Z")
Hey, I like the Boondocks AND Mallard Fillmore. Does that make me bipartisan? Nonpartisan? Moderate? Insane? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-republicans-so-derided/117352/26 "2002-07-06T01:01:21Z")
Insane. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-republicans-so-derided/117352/27 "2002-07-06T02:59:57Z")
I think the best two examples of what can happen when ideology gets in the way of being funny would be Ted Rall’s cartoons, and “Doonesbury”. Doonesbury used to be pretty good. But as Trudeau aged he became more bitter and more partisan, and the humor suffered greatly. IMO. Btw, A friend and I have been trying to develop a conservative humor web site, just for yucks. [http://www.happyfunpundit.com](http://www.happyfunpundit.com) ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-republicans-so-derided/117352/28 "2002-07-06T03:15:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\*Hey, I like the Boondocks AND Mallard Fillmore. Does that make me bipartisan? Nonpartisan? Moderate? Insane? \*\* Actually, I think it’s just a case of bad taste. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-republicans-so-derided/117352/29 "2002-07-06T06:55:32Z")
I vote insane. 😉 And conservatives who don’t read _The Boondocks_ should check out the [July 6th strip](http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/2002/07/06/). Guaranteed to put a grin on your face. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-republicans-so-derided/117352/30 "2002-07-06T08:22:46Z")
Friends don’t let friends vote Republican. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-republicans-so-derided/117352/31 "2002-07-06T15:25:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\* > Whoa, are we related? \*\* Well, you could be a cousin, since my uncles have the same politics as my Dad. You know, there is this one uncle who had about a dozen kids before fleeing to Canada twenty odd years ago to avoid bigamy charges… Dad’s family doesn’t mention that half-brother much for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![dal\_timgar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@dal\_timgar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dal_timgar)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-republicans-so-derided/117352/32 "2002-07-06T19:40:08Z")
they gave us Dan Quayle for vice president and now George W Bush for president. they both have a problem with south america. Dan wished he could speak latin better so he could communicate with LATIN americans. now George didn’t know there were black people in Brazil. did they go to the same grammar school? it should be burned down. doesn’t it make you wonder what else George doesn’t know. did Yasser Arrafat ever ask a question that stupid? Yasser wuldn’t have lasted 40 years if he was that dumb. Dal Timgar ---
**Author:** ![occ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-republicans-so-derided/117352/33 "2002-07-06T20:14:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dal\_timgar \* > \*\*they gave us Dan Quayle for vice president and now George W Bush for president. they both have a problem with south america. Dan wished he could speak latin better so he could communicate with LATIN americans. now George didn’t know there were black people in Brazil. > \*\* Ehh, get off your soapbox. These are both urban legends. Pull up **snopes** if you want the background. ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-republicans-so-derided/117352/34 "2002-07-06T23:00:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rjung \* > \*\*I vote insane. 😉 > > And conservatives who don’t read _The Boondocks_ should check out the [July 6th strip](http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/2002/07/06/). Guaranteed to put a grin on your face. 🙂 \*\* That was hilarious 😉 But to the OP, the reason we may hear so much trash-talking about the GOP is liberal bias in the media. Goldberg’s ‘Bias’ is an excellent read on this topic. It isn’t that there is a large left-wing conspiracy out there, it is just that so many in the television world have a left-leaning stance, which creeps into their work to various degrees. More a matter of nuance and innuendo then outright bias, but still, it is present. ---
**Author:** ![Sunup\_Cheerful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sunup\_Cheerful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunup_Cheerful)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2002, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-republicans-so-derided/117352/35 "2002-07-07T04:21:30Z")
As the old saying goes “I’m not a member of an organized political party…I’m a Republican.” ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2002, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-republicans-so-derided/117352/36 "2002-07-07T04:26:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Goldberg’s ‘Bias’ is an excellent read on this topic. [Animal House coughing]Bullshit, Bullshit, Bullshit[/Animal House coughing] I like [Michael Kinsley’s](http://slate.msn.com/?id=2060629) tongue in cheek dismantling of Goldberg’s book. Essentially he’s just bitter and he’s throwing red meat to conservatives by passing off conjecture as fact. Feh. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2002, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-republicans-so-derided/117352/37 "2002-07-07T04:27:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sunup @ Cheerful \* > \*\*As the old saying goes “I’m not a member of an organized political party…I’m a Republican.” \*\* Said by Will Rogers…about the Democrats. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2002, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-republicans-so-derided/117352/38 "2002-07-07T06:12:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dal\_timgar \* > \*\*they gave us Dan Quayle for vice president and now George W Bush for president. they both have a problem with south america. Dan wished he could speak latin better so he could communicate with LATIN americans. now George didn’t know there were black people in Brazil. \*\* Quote: Vice-President Dan Quayle once said, “I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn’t study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.” Status: False. [http://www.snopes.com/quotes/quayle.htm](http://www.snopes.com/quotes/quayle.htm) Claim: American president George Bush asked Brazilian president Fernando Cardoso if “Brazil has blacks, too.” Status: Undetermined. [http://www.snopes.com/quotes/brazil.htm](http://www.snopes.com/quotes/brazil.htm) ---
**Author:** ![jshore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jshore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jshore)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-republicans-so-derided/117352/39 "2002-07-09T03:49:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Brutus \* > Goldberg’s ‘Bias’ is an excellent read on this topic. Here’s a couple more good reads deconstructing Goldberg: [http://www.prospect.org/print/V13/8/nunberg-g.html](http://www.prospect.org/print/V13/8/nunberg-g.html) and [http://www.prospect.org/webfeatures/2002/04/nunberg-g-04-22.html](http://www.prospect.org/webfeatures/2002/04/nunberg-g-04-22.html). **Claiming** there is a liberal bias is a very different thing than **showing** there is a liberal bias. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-republicans-so-derided/117352.md?page=1)