Politics and the American Sense of Humor
August 11, 2012
Reblogged from Humor in America:
M. THOMAS INGE
If incongruity is at the heart of humor and what makes people laugh, as some theorists have maintained, then nowhere is there a greater disparity between the ideal and the real, between the dream and our failure to achieve it, than in American politics.
The democratic system posits higher values than we can live up to—not only life and liberty, but the pursuit of happiness for heaven’s sake!
A re-post of M. Thomas Inge's piece, "Politics and the American Sense of Humor." This piece marked our official launch into the world one year ago today.
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