this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2025
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Trump is humorless and dangerous. The “just joking” defense falls apart upon actual scrutiny of Trump’s character. He for the most part lacks a genuine sense of humor, which requires a degree of humility and capacity for self-deprecation. He’s tried to have late night hosts taken off the air for making jokes at his expense. Saturday Night Live has long been a target of his humorless rage.

Stephen Robinson
Oct 11, 2025

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[–] artyom@piefed.social 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I'll never forget the video of Jordan Klepper asking Trump supporters about the photo of him as King. Literally declaring himself king. And they responded "no, it means he's like the King of Presidents".

Like, olympic-level mental gymnastics hard at work there.

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Even war criminal, deporter-in-chief from 2009-2017 partook in the “thanks Obama” skit. Being thin skinned about humor just makes you look weaker, not stronger.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago

Conservatives think all jokes are sincere hatred you're allowed to get away with. They don't understand the concept of saying something and not meaning it. That's why 'by your logic' never fucking works. They'll sneer 'oh now you believe that,' when, no, they believe that. Except they don't believe anything. Their stated beliefs are ad-hoc justifications. They're only ever working backwards from ingroup loyalty.

That's all they think you're doing. That's all they think there is.