The propaganda arm of the Left is still crying about Dave Chappelle’s comedy special, “Sticks and Stones.” They demand that there is to be no more laughter in the United States. We are supposed to just grit our teeth and follow their ridiculous pronouncements and word games by hanging our heads, apologizing, and then following their road map to hell. Our so called betters must never have heard the old adage, ” Laughter is the best medicine.”
While my family was vacationing together a couple of years ago I happened to find a Sebastian Maniscalco comedy bit on YouTube. It was about the difference from answering a knock on the door today and twenty years ago. It was hilarious . I showed it to my son after dinner. I could have sent him the link but I love to see him laugh. He’s the serious sort, he doesn’t laugh often, but when he does; it comes from his soul and it makes me happy. It also brought us together.
Strange as it might seem for a holy book, the word laughter is written in the Torah- not once but many times. Jews believe that every word in theTorah is kadosh or holy. To me, that means that laughter is important for the human spirit. Therefore, for the looney and dangerous Left it must be eradicated. For us “normals” as Kurt Schlicter calls us, laughter is as important as breathing.
I always found it interesting that the name of one of the three founding fathers of Judaism , Isaac or in Hebrew Izchak, literally means will laugh. His mother, Sarah, laughed, when she overheard that she would have a child at the age of ninety. When her even older husband, Avraham, got the news he prostrated himself and laughed with joy. We are taught that when the messiah comes laughter will replace the current world of despondency, despair, scorn and all negativity. Maybe that’s why the Left hates it.
According to the politically correct police, laughter is no longer allowed. Why? Is it because we laugh at the ridiculous, ironic, and just plain foolish. My former husband was an alcoholic and son of two Holocaust survivors. There were many dark days between us, but he also had a great sense of humor. Laughter became the bandage for our marriage. It couldn’t hold it together forever, but it’s among the reasons I have a soft spot for him.
At one time in my life I did some stand up comedy in Atlanta. I got some laughs and learned it is an amazing and powerful feeling to be able to make people laugh. Laughter is so potent I even heard a famous comedian say something like, “You have them forever.” As a society we take life very seriously. We don’t have many laughs at work, the world is dangerous, and then we run home to our responsibilities there. Having a good laugh is a physical response to the stress and anxiety of everyday life. Laughing together can bring rivals together momentarily. Sharing a laugh brings us together as a group; even when everyone doesn’t agree.
In my opinion, Mel Brooks is one of the all time great comics. I read that he had a hard time getting his classic movie and Broadway hit the The Producers into production because the powers that be were afraid no one would laugh at Nazis dancing. Wrong- we’re still laughing. We’ve laughed at every tasteless joke and will continue even when the bad guys come after our guns. I came up with a joke this morning after I read , “At the G7 Trump called Egyptian President Sisi his favorite dictator.” My punchline would be, “No one there asked, wasn’t Kim Jong Un jealous?” Instead, of laughing our “elite” propagandists are going to say this proves our president is a fascist, racist, dictator hater. Our elite is so pitiful that if their paymasters and overseers told them Brawndo was a great substitute for water they’d have their favorite illegal water the lawn with it- just kidding!