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The Left’s War on Comedy Isn't Funny

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Posted By: Hazymac, 4/21/2026 7:37:25 AM

A curious characteristic of totalitarian communist regimes is the dearth, if not the total absence, of comedy. No comedy films were ever made in the Soviet Union or in any of the other communist countries. In fact, cinemas in communist countries were almost always empty, the films being so mind-numbingly abysmal. (One time in Havana, the government allowed American films to be shown in a theater and the lines stretched around the block, whereupon the government arrested the attendees inside the theater.) In the Soviet Union, circuses were a major source of popular entertainment, devoid of the usual crude propaganda. The favorite aspect of Soviet circuses were the clowns, when the

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Reply 1 - Posted by: bpl40 4/21/2026 8:09:00 AM (No. 2095282)
When I first read this joke attributed to Gorbachev, I realized something was really changing. He said "Bush has a hundred secret service agents, One is a terrorist and he doesn't know which one. Mitterrand has a hundred mistresses, One has AIDS and he doesn't know which one. Gorbachev has a hundred economic advisors. One is good and he doesn't know which one". The only people miffed were the French!
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Reply 2 - Posted by: czechlist 4/21/2026 8:24:03 AM (No. 2095293)
Self obsession / Pride is destroying our society. Too many are convinced they are faultless and cannot find humor in themselves or their tribes. And, it is not only humor on the left. I was recently upset by DJT suggesting FOX remove Jessica Tarlov for criticizing him. IMO she's cuckoo but let her spew her foolishness.
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