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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Feb 2017

      1. There's been a fascinating on-going conversation about the role of comedy in the Trump era.

      12 replies 19 retweets 66 likes
    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Feb 2017
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      2. Central piece of this conversation is @emilynussbaum on how "jokes won the election" http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/23/how-jokes-won-the-election …

      5 replies 12 retweets 51 likes
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Feb 2017
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      3. I'd suggest that humor is not so much a tool of persuasion as a psychological mechanism for finding comfort in uncomfortable situation.

      6 replies 11 retweets 99 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Feb 2017
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      4. Trump joke-y manner helped ease the discomfort even many Republicans had towards him. "He's just being un-PC, doesn't really mean it"

      7 replies 11 retweets 48 likes
    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Feb 2017
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      5. On the liberal side: jokes won't win elections but will help keep people find balance during Trump years.

      7 replies 6 retweets 56 likes
    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Feb 2017
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      6. Like a lot of psychological mechanism, comedy has different valences: there's a comedy of resignation & a comedy of resistance.

      3 replies 11 retweets 54 likes
    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Feb 2017
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      7. Comedy of resignation says "situation sucks & we're stuck with it." Married with Children, Blondie, Dilbert.

      3 replies 11 retweets 41 likes
    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Feb 2017
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      8. More rare is comedy of resistance which undermines claims of existing order (say, Duck Soup).

      6 replies 14 retweets 60 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Feb 2017

      9. I explore this in greater detail here:https://newrepublic.com/article/140510/comedy-wont-defeat-trump-thats-not-point …

      9:50 AM - 9 Feb 2017
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        2. cathode ray theory‏ @said_mitch 9 Feb 2017
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          missing from this is the nb Franken observation that Trump himself never laughs

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        3. Jane Gilbert‏ @msjanebond007 9 Feb 2017
          Replying to @said_mitch @MikeH_PR @HeerJeet

          and when he does - I guess it will be just like the Joker on Batman

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        1. Pad Rock‏ @padrock 9 Feb 2017
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          I just hope we don't devolve into Bill Hicks/Late-Carlin cynical resignation. If only b/c that comedy sucks.

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        1. Canadian Curmudgeon‏ @a_halibut 9 Feb 2017
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          @gladwell's 10th podcast ep "The Satire Paradox" re value, limits of satire, is interesting look at political utility of humour.

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        1. my mouth was a broken jpg‏ @TheSpork 9 Feb 2017
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          What are some other examples of resistance comedy though?

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        1. Vetarnias‏ @Vetarnias 9 Feb 2017
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          I agree for the most part. But that sort of humor just isn't very good. It risks nothing. Some stuff on this I wrote in December:pic.twitter.com/lpu6hlWAzf

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        1. ben schwartz‏ @benschwartz_ 9 Feb 2017
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          Thanks for the mention in your piece, Jeet!

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        1. John Tomase‏Verified account @jtomase 9 Feb 2017
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          We need to laugh at him in a way that says, "You can't hurt me," as opposed to, "You fill me with existential dread."

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        2. Sarah Hamburg‏ @sarahrhamburg 9 Feb 2017
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Agree about need for humor, obviously. But both before & after election have seen white men, especially, clinging to ironic stance

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        3. Sarah Hamburg‏ @sarahrhamburg 9 Feb 2017
          Replying to @sarahrhamburg @HeerJeet

          ...a form of liberal humor that says loudly, "I am not personally affected."

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