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The Left’s Gag Reflex
I don’t know what to make of this.
One of the differences between conservatives and we classical liberals is that we do humour better than they do. And way better than the left.
Libertarian humour is a fantastic idea, one that would never cross my mind, but at least I can see the funny side in saying it. I definitely do not read Ayn Rand or Mises for their lighter bits. Humour is essentially the preserve of conservatives. You might say Woody Allen or Seinfeld are funny and note that they are on the left. But that’s just their politics, and here we are discussing what makes what they write funny. Where have you seen humour as conservative as in, let us say, Midnight in Paris or Annie Hall or almost any Seinfeld episode? Portrayed is the world as it is, in which we see life with a comic touch. Here is the list put together by The Guardian of the 100 best novels ever written in English. I have pulle out the ones that are comic (and note they are in date order only). Almost all the…
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