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Today we learned that nobody likes to be made fun of. Even at a roast, the audience wants you to be in their side. To say nothing for the fact that Mr. Colbert was the paid entertainment for the evening, a dancing monkey, not a fellow nobleman. So, they pretend it never happened. They talk about everything else EXCEPT the media being skewered on live television. "That's not funny... You're and asshole!" they say if cornered on the issue.
Basic human nature. Nobody likes to be made fun of. Responding with "your wrong, it is funny!" will result in a childish trap (is too! Is not! Is too! Is not!), and the country will stop paying attention.
So fellow comrades! Next time you are on O'Reilly, don't take issue with it being funny or not. Talk about the truths (and the truthiness) that Stephen Colbert spoke to power. Discuss Stephen Colbert's enormous balls (clean shaven and polished). Discuss the facts behind the accusations. Discuss the failings of the Bush media.
