{"id":32958,"date":"2017-06-17T01:00:54","date_gmt":"2017-06-17T05:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=32958"},"modified":"2017-06-07T13:47:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T17:47:38","slug":"qotd-the-progressive-comedy-pause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2017\/06\/17\/qotd-the-progressive-comedy-pause\/","title":{"rendered":"QotD: The Progressive comedy pause"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Tell a joke to a liberal. Between your punchline and his laughter, there is a Progressive Comedy Pause. In this second or two, the liberal will process the joke to make sure he is allowed to laugh.<\/p>\n<p><em>Is that joke racist? He mentioned Obama, but didn\u2019t make light of him, so to speak. He also mentioned Michelle, but I didn\u2019t notice sexism. Is it dismissive of the LGBTQIA community? Latinos? Muslims? Vegans? Will this joke hurt progressive causes? Will my laughter trivialize oppressed communities? Will I appear intolerant? I think it\u2019s okay if I laugh. Yes, I\u2019ll laugh now to signal my appreciation and to indicate that I\u2019m not a joyless liberal scold.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHa ha.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I first noticed the Progressive Comedy Pause while sharing my hilarity at office staff meetings. The majority would laugh but the committed lefties would stare blankly, each eye like that spinning wheel your smartphone shows while an app is loading. (The PCP might be why progressives just hoot and clap at Bill Maher\u2019s jokes; the laughter reflex is considered problematic.)<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s harder to laugh when you\u2019re scared and much of the left is terrified. They know that an inappropriate chuckle, the wrong tweet, or last year\u2019s term for an aggrieved minority can lessen their standing with progressive peers, if not get them fired from a job. Lefties also have turned the negative of humorlessness into the positive of moral superiority. Sniffing \u201cThat\u2019s not funny!\u201d at an inoffensive Caitlyn Jenner joke signals that you are more evolved than the average cis-het-white-oppressor. The same people who laughed at Dana Carvey\u2019s \u201cChurch Lady\u201d now aspire to be her.<\/p>\n<p>Jon Gabriel, <a href=\"https:\/\/ricochet.com\/jerry-seinfeld-and-the-progressive-comedy-pause\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Jerry Seinfeld and the Progressive Comedy Pause&#8221;, <em>Ricochet<\/em><\/a>, 2015-06-08.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tell a joke to a liberal. Between your punchline and his laughter, there is a Progressive Comedy Pause. In this second or two, the liberal will process the joke to make sure he is allowed to laugh. Is that joke racist? He mentioned Obama, but didn\u2019t make light of him, so to speak. 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