Which was, literally, a joke.https://twitter.com/soledadobrien/status/994971174982516736 …
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Replying to @ScottAdamsSays
That is revisionist history. He didn’t say it in a joking manner & his statement was on the heels of President Trump discussing critical comments Senator McCain made about one of his rallies. I rewatched the clip and I didn’t see anything that would indicate he was joking.
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Replying to @davideisaacson
It's your opinion versus a professional humorist with three decades of joke-writing experience who recognizes this as a common joke form. Aaaand I laughed hard the first time I heard it.
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Replying to @ScottAdamsSays
True, I lack any experience as a professional humorist and you have been quite successful in that regard. So as an expert what joke form was expressed here that I missed?
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Replying to @davideisaacson
He reframed the situation from hero to loser in a way your brain reflexively recognizes as simultaneously "true but false." It uses two of the six dimensions of humor: clever and mean. More here:https://bit.ly/2FJsoQg
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Replying to @ScottAdamsSays
Read the article but don’t personally see the connection. One, and this is just me, I didn’t view it as a “true but false” I just saw it as a petty insult from a man who didn’t serve or sacrifice. I get the ‘mean’ part (only a hero cause he was captured), where was the clever?
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Replying to @davideisaacson
Reframing him as a loser because he got caught. It is not a valid point, but it is a clever in the nonsensical way of humor.
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Replying to @ScottAdamsSays
...was a serious political discussion, not a venue where comedy or jokes would be expected. Second, his body language didn’t suggest a jest or witty political comment. Contrast his comments about McCain with his comments about dating Ivanka. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=diMp241gAcw … /2
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Replying to @ScottAdamsSays
“Politicians routinely joke in that context.” Are you referring to his Ivanka comment? Because I can’t recall a similar example from a Presidential candidate.
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No. The McCain joke. It’s like you’re pranking me by pretending to not understand.
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