Opinion | Trump has killed satire

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Opinion: Trump has killed satire

Nothing lasts forever, not even the art of satire. Its long and popular run, tweaking pretensions and foibles of power with cutting irony and deft exaggeration, spanned millennia. From Lucilius and Juvenal in classical Rome to the brilliant likes of Dave Chappelle and Kate McKinnon today, satirists have delighted and challenged audiences with their pinpricks — sometimes dagger thrusts — of acid humor.Alas, satire is dead, as of the second week of July 2020.

In 1729, Jonathan Swift satirized the exploitation of Ireland’s poor by offering “A Modest Proposal” that was anything but. Irish babies, he suggested, could be sold as delicacies for the banquet tables of wealthy British diners. Even savage Swift, however, couldn’t magnify the callousness of late-stage Trump. An average of 1,000

 

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Leftist Propaganda. Scum Media.

He has killed a lot of things... FakePresident ObeseAndObtuse

Who knew that the best thing Biden could do is be quiet and let Trump do his campaigning for him. Every time Trump opens his mouth, more votes flow to Biden. His platform should be, 'whatever Trump says, I am the opposite.' Trump is a world-class incompetent.

Maybe what the establishment is really hiding...

when you cant do satire anymore you have to troll.

Viewers have already picked up on that. Late Night has become our news source to commiserate with and the presidency, a joke without a punchline. 2020 will go down in the books that's for sure.

Are you kidding? Trump's presidency has made the legacy media satire.

Nah, the left just lost their sense of humor.

And virtue signalling, politically correct loons have killed comedy

Opinion: Trump is Killing Innocent Americans on Purpose

Lol, nope. That would be you guys! Trump is hilarious, you just lost your sense of humor

TheOnion can attest to that.

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