The Ridiculous Needs More Ridicule

I've been thinking for a long time about the best way to get the message of dissatisfaction to the "Untouchables" (very appropriate for Chicago politicians, don't you think?) in our government. Apparently they look at angry and vocally concerned citizens as the crazy, right-wing, loony fringe. When they or their socialist policies are met with any kind of disagreement, there is usually a kind of condescending, passive-aggressive response. In public, on television usually, there seems to be this verbal effort to be bi-partisan and diplomatic. Then, particularly with Barack Obama, they go to their venues of comfort, filled with their supporters (such as the AFL-CIO Labor Day rally or whatever it was), and vehemently insist that "they" will not win. In the particular case mentioned, I believe it was in regards to the struggle to pass Obama's ideal health care plan and "they" referred to those who haven't swallowed it whole.

I think the thing that frustrates and disorients people the most, generally speaking, is when their ideas that they hold so dear are ridiculed, especially when they expect them to be embraced. So when you have a very liberal, statist politician who is trying to foist very untenable policy on a people, I think the best remedy is satire, and lots of it. We need lampooning the likes of which have never been seen before. There are funny people out there and they can do this.

Satire is a great mode of criticism because it is not vitriolic and therefore usually not able to be simply dismissed out of hand. People love to laugh and messages seem to be received better when accompanied by laughter and light-heartedness. I am not suggesting that people themselves are made fun of. I don't think that is the right thing to do at all. I am talking about their ridiculous actions, attitudes, ideologies, and speech. There is plenty of material here.

Take a look at one I discovered today that I really like. Not all of it is "laugh-out-loud" funny, but it is humorous and I think we need more of it.

http://optoons.blogspot.com/

If we can laugh at the absurd that constantly spews forth from Washington D.C. and our respective state and local government seats, while embracing and vocally supporting the common sense ideas if, when, or where they occur, we might be able to have more pull with our fellow citizens.