Where is Bill Hicks when you need him? Oh, well – Jimmy Kimmel will have to do.

Humor, sarcasm and outright mockery are effective ways to deal with dictators, especially those as loathsome and corrupt as the amateurs who currently run our country. Tyrants despise humor, and their sense of humor rarely rises above the level of a 9-year-old.

Increasingly, jokes can’t be told without fear of a media backlash. Socially relevant humor is dead in this country. Corporate interests killed it.

Americans – especially the fascist neocons and their minions – are generally dull, sullen, law-abiding, troop-supporting, gun-humping, Bible-thumping imbeciles. The neocon sense of humor boils down to simply making fun of others: women, minorities, liberals, gays, foreigners.

So I say let’s turn the ridicule back at them – where it belongs.

Satire and comedy should be controversial and even offensive if need be, in my opinion. The best humor is funny because it exposes serious flaws in our society – and humanity in general – with a good solid punch line. Humor is supposed to make us laugh, but also make us think about things like privilege and class and arbitrary power structures; bringing to light the unspoken.

Comedy can serve as the ‘ice-breaker’ for conversations about the things we hold dear and take for granted, as good comedians try to do. They enlighten us to things we don’t usually question about the society we’re all deeply embedded in. Donald Trump and his demonic cult are unable to laugh at themselves, and they appear to be devoid of anything resembling a sense of humor. That is a clear sign of mental illness and deficiency.

Citizens should gather to laugh at cartoonish figures like Kirsten Noemi, Scott Bessent and most especially, the hilariously demonic Stephen Miller. I mean, what is that thing? He looks like…oh, I dunno…the embodiment of evil or something…

One of the few effective weapons we as citizens have left is ridicule. Rather than cause property damage or violence against the authorities, we should stand up, point our fingers at them, laugh uproariously, and encourage others to do the same.

We can call them “laugh riots” or whatever.

That’s one of the many ironies about these thin-skinned panty-waste Trumpers: not only can they not take a joke; they usually don’t even get the joke.

It goes without saying they have absolutely no sense of humor. The sound of people having a good belly laugh at their expense is probably the most pain those fuckers could ever feel. If they ever feel.

The President’s spokes-demon Karoline Leavitt should be greeted by a wall of derisive laughter every time she dares to appear in public. How can the White House Press Pool keep a straight face? She reminds me of one of those STEPFORD WIVES. Creepy.

Mockery is one of the truest expressions of free speech, and it should remain legal. Ridiculing dumb beliefs or corrupt public figures or politicians has historically proven to be an important function in social discourse. Satire is a highly effective way of pointing out why things need to change and exposing ridiculous belief systems which negatively influence people’s lives.

In ancient Athenian democracy [Greece], public opinion could be greatly influenced by the political satires performed in the theaters and in the Polis. They poked fun at politicians, philosophers, and fellow artists. The satires gave an invaluable insight into Greek society, with details on the workings of political institutions, legal systems, religious practices, education and warfare.

Throughout recorded history – humor, parody, and satire have been used to offend and ridicule the ruling classes in order to expose hypocrisy and influence public opinions. Comedy has traditionally played a vital role in democratic societies. There is nothing dictators and despots hate more than being mocked and ridiculed.

Enter South Park. I haven’t watched the show in years, but I support their recent efforts to expose the Evil Ones through humor and scathing satire. It’s virtually all we’ve got left.

Same goes for Jimmy Kimmel. Can’t say I’ve ever actually seen his show [too late for me..!], but he seems like a genuinely funny guy and his heart is in the right place. Still, he only gets like 6 or 7 minutes for his opening monologue. The rest of the show is dedicated to interviewing celebrities about their latest “projects.” Yuck.

Right now we’ve got a President who’s totally unhinged, utterly corrupt, and a complete moron – which makes him fair game for mockery. Him, along with his other hilariously evil minions. Trump is surrounded by what must be the biggest collection of sock puppets and sycophants the world has ever seen.

Our only hope is to shame them all into submission. Unfortunately, they have no shame. But let’s mock them anyway. Laugh our asses off at them. Make fun of them at every opportunity. Nothing makes their little penises shrivel up like good ole abject humiliation. Nothing gets their quivering insecurities flaring more than being the object of well-earned fits of laughter.

But this isn’t a ‘liberal vs. conservative’ argument: this argument is solely about free speech and having the right to say something funny and potentially offensive without being vilified by others. That’s what true progressives are supposed to be fighting to protect.

But they don’t seem to get that.

Nazis are small-minded people. The scorn and sarcasm heaped upon them should therefore be merciless. We can’t treat them seriously. They want that; it empowers them. But a wall of laughter? That can be utterly soul-destroying…or it would be, if they had a soul.

Still, it can’t hurt to try.

[Adapted from several previous posts…]