{"id":383,"date":"2017-03-06T12:06:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T17:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/?p=383"},"modified":"2017-03-06T12:06:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T17:06:37","slug":"its-so-bad-i-have-to-laugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/its-so-bad-i-have-to-laugh\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s So Bad I Have to Laugh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today I want to thank Steven Colbert, \u00a0Samantha Bee, Trevor Noah, Jon Stewart, Garrison Keeler, the entire cast of <em>Saturday Night Live,<\/em>\u00a0editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovitch,\u00a0<em>\u00a0<\/em>and comics around the world who give us laughter in the face of tragedy.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-secret=\"SNdyFoFV6h\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/americannewsx.com\/humor\/garrison-keillors-nterpretation-psalm-23\/\">Garrison Keillor&#8217;s Trumpian Interpretation Of Psalm 23 Is Spot-On Perfect<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"http:\/\/americannewsx.com\/humor\/garrison-keillors-nterpretation-psalm-23\/embed\/#?secret=SNdyFoFV6h\" data-secret=\"SNdyFoFV6h\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Garrison Keillor&#8217;s Trumpian Interpretation Of Psalm 23 Is Spot-On Perfect&#8221; &#8212; \" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I am a news junkie. I am involved up to my eyeballs in the resistance \u2013 and that is exactly where I want to be and what I want to be doing. <em>And<\/em> it gets overwhelming, I sometimes get discouraged and wonder if my little bit matters. (It does! And so does Sally\u2019s little bit and Chuck\u2019s little bit and your little bit \u2026and all our little bits together make a big ole\u2019 strong movement of persistent, passionate, compassionate, warriors who are standing against walls and bans, misinformation and deregulation, and against Trump and his ilk\u2019s basic inhumanity based on race or gender or nationality or religion or gender identity.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-secret=\"HXbArISTu6\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2017\/02\/28\/watch-the-trump-song-a-parod.html\">Watch: The Trump Song, a parody of The Village People&#8217;s YMCA<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2017\/02\/28\/watch-the-trump-song-a-parod.html\/embed#?secret=HXbArISTu6\" data-secret=\"HXbArISTu6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Watch: The Trump Song, a parody of The Village People&#039;s YMCA&#8221; &#8212; Boing Boing\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But let\u2019s face it \u2013 we are taking on a lot and, by necessity, engaging on multiple fronts. The enormity of the work before us is daunting. However, we all get it: <em>this is work that must be done! <\/em>So we dig in and call and write and march and go door to door and donate our time and money to push back against the tide of greed and hate.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3\";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheOther98\/photos\/a.115969958413991.17486.114517875225866\/1558003250877314\/?type=3\" data-width=\"604\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheOther98\/posts\/1558003250877314:0\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>Pretty muchImage via Mike Luckovich AJC<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheOther98\/\">The Other 98%<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheOther98\/posts\/1558003250877314:0\">Thursday, December 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>I wake up in the morning and read the newest barbarism, the newest message of hate, the newest abomination done in our name, and instead of crying or raging or wanting to throw in the towel, I turn on Steven Colbert or SNL or find a clip on Facebook that let\u2019s me laugh and groan at the absurdity of it all. Sometimes they fuels my anger (in a good way) and I am up for the day. Sometimes they give a release valve for my anger and I am able to be more effective. And sometimes they just let\u2019s me know I am not alone, that others are calling out the disgrace, and that others see the absurdity of what is going on.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cmdFne7LnuA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So thanks for the laughs. And thanks for sharing my horror. And thanks for sharing your strength of conviction. 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