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I meant to post this when it hit Twitter a few days ago, so forgive me if it’s old news to some. I thought that those who hadn’t seen it ought to, because it is just so exquisitely dumb. In under 140 characters, Silverman manages to make three errors of fact. Where in the world […]

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Contributor Post Created with Sketch. Nothing Shocking: Disarming the Left of Their Ability to Offend

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sarah-silvermanRicochet Editor Jon Gabriel attended a humor panel at the progressive conference Netroots Nation 2014 a few weeks back which he documented in a short but brilliantly insightful piece into the mind of the perpetually angry, titled ‘Creating Oneness’ through Progressive Comedy’. As Gabriel notes in his piece:

“The Left is supposed to be funnier than the Right, damn it,” the panel description stated. “So why do we so often sound in public like we’re stiltedly reading from a non-profit grant proposal?”

This defensive tone was apparent throughout the hour-plus session, brought up repeatedly by speakers and audience members. Much like a co-worker who doesn’t get anyone’s jokes but insists, “I have a great sense of humor!”

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