By Selwyn Duke
Given that researchers have discovered a correlation between funniness and high IQ, it’s not surprising that liberals have long portrayed conservatives as humorless. But now some liberals are sounding an alarm:
Conservatives not only own a large share of the political humor market, they warn their leftist brethren, but are besting them. And because ridicule “is man’s most potent weapon,” as socialist Saul Alinsky averred — and because kinder forms of humor can endear people to you and win converts — these inroads should be taken seriously.
Introducing us to some liberals thus counseling is Politico’s Ian Ward, who recently wrote that for “the past three years, Matt Sienkiewicz, an associate professor of communication and international studies at Boston College, and Nick Marx, an associate professor of film and media studies at Colorado State University, have immersed themselves in the world of conservative comedy.” They found that conservatives are winning the humor war and detail their findings in their new book, That’s Not Funny: How the Right Makes Comedy Work for Them.
Yet some may say that what’s funny is that libs ever thought they had a monopoly on being funny — or that they ever even led that competition.
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