Tim Walz said WHAT in the debate!?

Tim Walz perhaps just turned himself into a viral internet meme as a result of that debate. The one line that absolutely cracked me up in disbelief was when he stated: "I've become friends with school shooters." Ooph, that's a rough gaffe. And the expression on his face when he said it just enhances it.

I thought I might have misheard it, so I searched online and found the New York Post had already clipped it and put it in a post here.

This might seem silly, but I think ridicule is the new form of argument in the current pop culture. A casual political viewer can be swayed by these things. That's mostly why the late night so-called "comedy" programs just clip things and ridicule with sneers. There's no real substance to the jokes. These programs essentially instruct the audience of the correct attitudes to hold through high school-like jeering. Nobody wants to be associated with the butt of a ridiculing joke. Not in the "cool club." It's also why you tend not to see any real substance in explaining issues. There's a difference in comedy through wit versus comedy through vulgarity. One appeals to the mind, the other to visceral emotion. Both can be effective, though.

The legacy media employs a similar tactic to the pop culture shows, using ridicule. However, badgering people tends to be the emphasis. Throw out the most loaded question, soaked in accusation, and then demand the person justify it. That's the game.