Founded By Geniuses, Run By Idiots

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

I need to stop giving a shit, is what I need to do.

Yes!

Seriously Grav - I wasn't having a pop at you when I commented on the post. I thought my use of ';p ' might have got that across. It wasn't something you'd written, and I know you are not really a political type. You see something that makes you laugh and you post. I suspect you didn't even see that the joke was political.

I am a political animal. That's how I see the world. That doesn't mean I don't see the humour. But it does mean I see the politics. You are a humour beast. You see the humour but you often miss the political element that is there at the base of that humour. I cannot not see the politics. So when you post a joke that has its foundation in a very definite and specific political stance - I see that. When I post in resopnse, I am not criticising you - I am engaging with the political element of a political joke. The person who wrote that piece was doing so with a political stance in mind - 100%. They meant it for funny, but funny for people who share their political stance.

The base line of the joke - that the US was founded by geniuses and run by idots - yeah that's funny. How they define that idiocy is political.

Do you want me to never post a response to something that presses a political button for fear of upsetting you?