Kasz216 said:
Funny thing about Dennis Miller was that he used to be a liberal. He's a rare example of something that's pretty common. People becoming more conservative as they get older and expiernece life more. In an actual viewpoint way, not a "your older so more conservative by default" way. I think it doesn't happen much to famous people because if they talk about their politics it becomes part of there brand. You need to keep it up as it is. While the thing about the Colbert report and Daily show is that they actually tend to be pretty balanced. Until it's time for an election... then they go hyper partisian. Pen and Teller's Bullshit sorta did some of that for a Libretarian style viewpoint. Downside being Pen is kind of a douchebag. |
I think, as a general rule, people who are Libertarian will tend to be able to pull off humor to a greater degree than maybe someone who is conservative. Well, at least from what I have seen. There are exceptions. It is just, maybe the neocon stuff makes for bad humor, when all you do is end up mocking people who don't think militant Islam is that much of a threat, which is the main thrust of the Half Hour News Hour, which had some of the weakest comedic anchors I ever ran into. I think part of humor is that you just have to not care at all about the outcome, and not have an agenda outside of getting laughs. Yes, you have Colbert, and Jon Stewart, which end up having political views, but I believe both put getting laughs above other things.
I would say that similar happens in the area of religion or anyone on a mission. For the most part, they end up not really doing what they are supposed to do that well, because they have other things in mind. I also am not sure strong anger is a place to come from with humor, as the rage overwhelms things.
That said, I really like Brad Stine, conservative Christian comedian: