1. There's been a fascinating on-going conversation about the role of comedy in the Trump era.
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3. I'd suggest that humor is not so much a tool of persuasion as a psychological mechanism for finding comfort in uncomfortable situation.
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Or cloaking unpalatable but honest thoughts, a la "kidding on the square."
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before going further please xref
@Gladwell podcast on the death of satireThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Agree: fascinating issue; my tweetstorm (covered by
@vox@MotherJones@thinkprogress@Telegraph & others) came out months earlierThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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