Why The Left Should Rediscover Its Funny Bone - And Use It As A Blunt Instrument.
So the story making the rounds of teh interwebs today concerns Bill Ayers' punking of the right - when accused of being Obama's ghostwriter, he says "Yes! It's all true! And I want my royalties!"
The result? A potentially distracting story - and Freeper talk...er...shouting point dies almost instantly. There's no faster way to get FOX off your back than to make them think they're being played.
I think that's what you call a "teachable moment," yes?
You know how, after a long day of beating your head against the wall over the latest GOP lies, damn lies and outright ridiculousness, the only cogent retort you ever hear seems to come from Jon Stewart?
There's a reason for that.
Humor works.
It's the fastest, most easily understood way to hold a mirror up to these clowns and show them how ridiculous they are.
Consider the sinking feeling you get every time you see a non-crazy talking head try to debate these idiots. First they try reason. Then they try shouting. Then, they just give up. And the lunatic sitting there swearing Barack Obama Is Actually Elvis And Has A Secret Plan To Convert Grandma To Islam leans back wearing a shit-eating grin.
The only way to successfully combat these fools is to hold their ridiculousness up to them.
"Yes, Sean, we're trying to kill Granny. We think that's what's best for Amurka."
"Yes, Sean, we're cryptosocialists. Did someone show you our secret Workers' Handshake, comrade?"
...and so on.
Imagine - if the next time some nutjob tried to bully a congresscritter at a town hall, someone stuck a binky in his mouth and handed him a teddy bear?
Humor is how we beat them. Unless you think another sober, fact-based lecture from Paul Krugman will turn the tide.