Why no right-wing Jon Stewart? Such minds ill-tolerate ambiguity, in mirth, which liberal thought is well suited to. http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2015/02/why-theres-no-conservative-jon-stewart/385480/ …
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@sarahdoingthing I like laying these things out plainly so one can see how self-serving lots of these "investigations" are1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing In particular, the idea that domestic liberalism fights power & power structures I find the most funny of jokes1 reply 2 retweets 4 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing Interestingly some years the subservience of comedy to state power was pointed out by a more left writer...2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing My preferred expln'n is one of drift: Could be comedic talent & a tendency towards liberal thought met randomly in a group1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing But I also take the ambiguity hypothesis seriously too. But why is this idea "ambiguity" so fetishized? A=A quite often.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing A random answer generator tolerates ambiguity q. well. I chuckle at the choosing of Serial to illustrate that point also..1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing One interview w/the prosecutor destroyed any reasonable purpose on Serial's part & freed me of hours of ambiguity enjoyment1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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@sarahdoingthing More than leagues from me in all probability, but I had to give props here: https://samkriss.wordpress.com/2014/03/12/first-as-funny-then-as-die/ …0 replies 0 retweets 1 likeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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