Remember when the left used to be kind of funny? Woody Allen, George Carlin, and Robert Klein could be hilarious. Allen made several films that are amongst the funniest American movies ever written. But sadly, as PC has taken over, the left is no longer amusing. Yeah, not a lot of laughs in authoritarian socialism.
There are a couple of exceptions. Tina Fey and Bill Maher are honest liberals who have not sacrificed their humor on the pyre of the hard left.
Fey is adorable (okay, so I have a crush on her) and brilliant. When she strays into politics she generally puts the jokes above ideology. Maher is the closest thing we have today to a Will Rogers or Mort Sahl, in that his takes on topical subjects are not only witty but cut through BS to get to the heart of a matter. That’s why few skewer the left like Maher. He rips them apart with slashing comedic gusto.
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