143 points

Evil can’t stand to be laughed at.

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It’s quite possibly the reason he ran in the first place lol

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He had run before that roast. But yeah i think it made him hate stand up, and reinforced his drive.

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Yeah, he ran as part of Perot’s reform party lol

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So fragile, they need to be treated very gently

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“The devil… the prowde spirite… cannot endure to be mocked.”

Thomas Moore

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Meanwhile, the actual devil (Lucifer) couldn’t give to shits about being mocked lol.

If he were real of course.

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71 points

Once again demonstrating their collective cowardice…

Obeying in advance. Can’t risk upsetting Don Mangolini. The Mafia Bully Admin wins again.

🙄 🙄

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63 points

They should have canceled the entire “White House Correspondents’ Dinner” and simply held a completely new event at the exact same time at the same venue with a different name, and kept the jokes at the president’s expense.

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It’s not White House’s Correspondents’ Dinner. It’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

The Correspondents organize it. It’s hosted in a Hilton hotel, not at the White house. The White House doesn’t control it in any way. This is simply the press rolling over to appease the fascists because they are scared of losing access.

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They should hold it at the Four Seasons.

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This vibe, for lack of a better word, is more important than some may think. Having an official role for poking fun at the government once a year reinforces Democracy and 1A. This is an act that signals to everyone just how ok it is to point out flaws and say what you like about the federal government and the people in it, including the president. To remove the comedy element states the opposite.

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I don’t know if there’s a word or phrase for this but it is funny how you’re saying the dinner is important to show that in democracy leadership can take it on the chin. But in this case, this administration is wrecking democracy and can’t handle the correspondence dinner. It’s cool to see how that works in real time

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When they hold the neutered dinner, there should be a rota of comics outside doing democracy proud.

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There is no way this happens. Left can’t muster anything more then a mild protest

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Exactly as intended

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An official demonstration of Freedom of Press?

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It’s more than that. Every year the president sits down in public to be roasted. Maybe it’s lighter and more formal than Reddit, but it’s still a roast. Sitting in a chair for it at an event is much more pointed than passing headlines or essays.

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he never got over obama roasting him. in anycase, conservatives never could understand how comedy works, because all they do is know how to punch down, and it often comes from bigotry and hateful sources.

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That’s completely accurate.

He loves to dish out insults but can’t handle it being done to him even in jest. What a strong man.

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I blame Obama 100% for Trump running. He just couldn’t fucking help himself.

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