Conservatives Can't Stand Comedy

 Okay, about the JD Vance couch thing.

Is it true? Likely not. Is it important to point, laugh, and make memes about it? Oh, hell yes. And here's why.

Here's the thing about modern conservatism. You can call them a bunch of monsters for their racism, misogyny, and degradation of the rule of law and voting rights, and they don't mind. Because like any abuser they revel in insults like that. It makes them feel powerful.

But MOCK them? Call them "Weird" or "Bizarre?" That they can't stand. Because THAT makes them look weak. Comedy is all about making fun of the disconnect between words and actions, and the entire conservative ethos of "Rules for Thee, Not for Me" paints a target on their backs for that kind of humor

You can't feel threatened when you're laughing at the guy making the threats. That's why TFG threatened to sue Saturday Night Live during his presidency, because their relentless mockery reminded everyone that not only didn't the Emperor wear any clothes, the tailoring was absolutely awful.

The proper response to being mocked is to laugh it off. "Let's go Brandon?" Here, Biden will sell you a t-shirt with the phrase and his laser eyes smiting his enemies. Obama sold coffee mugs with his birth certificate on it. Meanwhile the TFG threatens to jail comedians, because "humble" and "self-depreciation" aren't words in his vocabulary, and his massive ego demands that any insult be attacked, lest he be perceived as weak. Which in turn guarantees that the jokes will continue, because hey that guy *really* doesn't have a sense of humor, amirite?

Because at the end of the day, the Devil cannot abide being mocked.