Sitting on my couch on the eve of midterm elections, it’s no surprise that one negative ad after another was shown during commercial breaks. These ads have been a huge part of elections for some time now but damn do they really showcase just how ugly and utterly retarded political campaigning is. This isn’t what I’m really trying to accomplish in this post though, just something I felt like bitching about for a second.
Over this past weekend, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert had a rally in Washington DC which they called the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. I would have loved to attend but unfortunately am running short on funds at this point and it wasn’t really in the budget. Some estimates have about 215000 people that showed up for it which is much larger than the number they expected. Glenn Beck had a rally not too long ago as well and they estimated about 87000 people to have attended that. It’s not too shocking that more people would rather see a good comedy show than listen to the words of a raving lunatic but to me it proves another thing. In comedy, there is truth.
Like myself, I assume most of the attendees of this rally are sick of hearing the ravings of lunatics from both sides and just want everyone to wake up to reality and stop listening to idiots make up our minds for us. Sure, both Stewart and Colbert present serious issues and then make fun of media outlets for reporting on them one way or another. I can’t find a real political agenda for either of them and I’m pretty sure they do that on purpose since they are comedians. This keeps them able to make jokes about either side of the fence without really having to answer to anyone about it. I’d like to think that most of America is like this but I live in a major city and associate mostly with intelligent and overeducated people. They can be some of the more annoying people too though as they will at times discount the needs and desires of what a factory worker with 2 or 3 kids to feed wants out of life. Both of these people need to realize that in order to sustain a functioning economy (and not only that, a tolerant society), they need each other. It’s the lack of respect for people of different walks of life that is most irritating to me.
But back to my original point of how comedy is the last bastion of truth. Listen to any good comedian (I’d suggest Louis CK, Patton Oswalt… there are others… Bill Hicks… ) and listen to they way they are able to make real life funny. This is the truth. Life in the world today has become so ridiculous that we all need to take a step back and wonder how in the hell we got here in the first place. Look at your situation, your local situation, your state’s situation, your country’s situation and the situation of the world and then the universe. Now look mirror and at how imperfect you are. Now quit giving a fuck about that because you’re becoming obsessed with stupid shit you dumb asshole.
After you’re done laughing and come back to reality, figure out something you can do to make things a little less ridiculous… whatever it is. I’d rather laugh at dick and fart jokes than the fact that another homophobic politician was caught giving a blow job to another man. It wouldn’t even be an issue if he was just honest in the first place…. and that doesn’t make me ‘low brow’ by any means, it just means that if that’s what we’re able to laugh about, life is pretty good…. anyway, I got off topic on this post too much and now I’m tired so maybe I’ll pick it up later.
