tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post7446880508489952762..comments2024-03-14T04:07:39.792-07:00Comments on Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...: "Why Isn't Liberalism Funny? (And I Am Not A Hundred Percent Certain It Isn't)"Earl Pomerantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963705121297866334noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-37482044421290448942017-04-23T23:15:52.842-07:002017-04-23T23:15:52.842-07:00I believe Norman Lear mostly succeeded in making M...I believe Norman Lear mostly succeeded in making Maude Findlay a funny liberal figure partly because of the feminine aspect and also because of the fact that Maude always wanted to be the most liberal or the very first to take a liberal stand on any given subject. Her attitudes toward her maids, who were mostly minorities, are one example. Plus, in many cases, she would even concede that she went overboard to prove just how liberal she was trying to be when she still held on to some old fashioned values.<br />DARON72https://www.blogger.com/profile/01726705799261360259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-82063773888639574722017-04-20T04:51:30.455-07:002017-04-20T04:51:30.455-07:00The funny stuff I can think of lampooning liberals...The funny stuff I can think of lampooning liberals (Phil Ochs' song "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" springs to mind) actually targets *rich/middle class* liberals, and it's more about their class, privilege and wealth than their being liberals. I'm minded of Alan Alda in one of his movies talking about fundraising events filled with women wearing Gucci pants that cost more than the money they raised: "Why didn't they just send them the pants?"<br /><br />wgWendy M. Grossmanhttp://www.pelicancrossing.netnoreply@blogger.com