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The writer James Thurber declared concerning '''leftism and humor''':
The writer James Thurber declared concerning '''leftism and humor''':
{{Cquote|The [[leftism|leftists]] have made a concerted attack on humor as an antisocial, antiracial, antilabor, antiproletarian stereotype,” Thurber wrote in 1960, “and they have left no stereotype unused in their attacks, from ‘no time for comedy’ to the grim warnings that humor is a sickness, a sign of inferiority complex, a shield and not a weapon.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/notable-quotable-the-humorless-left-1446769128 Notable & Quotable: The Humorless Left], From Stephen E. Kercher’s “Revel With a Cause: Liberal Satire in Postwar America.”, ''Wall Street Journal''</ref>}}
{{Cquote|The [[leftism|leftists]] have made a concerted attack on humor as an antisocial, antiracial, antilabor, antiproletarian stereotype,” Thurber wrote in 1960, “and they have left no stereotype unused in their attacks, from ‘no time for comedy’ to the grim warnings that humor is a sickness, a sign of inferiority complex, a shield and not a weapon.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/notable-quotable-the-humorless-left-1446769128 Notable & Quotable: The Humorless Left], From Stephen E. Kercher’s “Revel With a Cause: Liberal Satire in Postwar America.”, ''Wall Street Journal''</ref>}}
When [[Jerry Seinfeld]] revealed that fellow comedians had warned him away from colleges because they “were too PC,” he was savaged by the left media. Columnist Amanda Marcotte accused him of making excuses for being “a second rate hack.”<ref>[https://heatst.com/culture-wars/beyond-a-joke-why-millennials-are-losing-their-sense-of-humor/ Beyond a Joke: Why Millennials are Losing their Sense of Humor]</ref>}}
When [[Jerry Seinfeld]] revealed that fellow comedians had warned him away from colleges because they “were too PC,” he was savaged by the left media. Columnist Amanda Marcotte accused him of making excuses for being “a second rate hack.”<ref>[https://heatst.com/culture-wars/beyond-a-joke-why-millennials-are-losing-their-sense-of-humor/ Beyond a Joke: Why Millennials are Losing their Sense of Humor]</ref>}}
== Leftism, humor and mean-spirited ==
The [[conservative]] commentator and author David Limbaugh wrote:
{{Cquote|Michelle Wolf is not the first so-called comic to maliciously insult conservatives and Republicans at a White House Correspondents' Association dinner, but she was intentionally mean-spirited, and even after the blowback, she's unrepentant.
Members of the liberal mainstream media have expressed disapproval over some of Wolf's comments, saying she went too far. But I'm not buying it. This is what passes as liberal humor these days. Just watch [[Jimmy Kimmel]], [[Bill Maher]] and [[Stephen Colbert]] and tell me their humor is less malevolent.
But hold on, you say. There's a difference between late-night TV and a formal dinner pregnant with self-important dignitaries of the Washington press corps. Perhaps, but the point is there is a receptive constituency for this kind of bile. The organization had to have known what to expect from Wolf, and she admits she was just being herself that night. "If you've seen any of my comedy, you know that I don't -- I'm not (nice)," said Wolf. "I don't pull punches. I'm not afraid to talk about things."<ref>[https://www.thespectrum.com/story/opinion/2018/05/05/what-passes-liberal-humor-these-days/583878002/ Limbaugh: Sorry, Liberal Media, but You Own Michelle Wolf] by David Limbaugh, The Spectrum (part of the [[USA Today]] network), 2018</ref>}}
== See also ==
== See also ==