I'll take this even further- the right's idea of "comedy" has radically shifted in the last 10 years.
The idea of what's funny- a setup of a common situation that is relatable to just about anyone with a "punchline" that is unexpected is gone. The rights idea of comedy now is "saying something to make someone else angry, and then laughing at that anger."
Provoking a reaction can be funny but it's a very narrow scope of comedy. It's a lot of work to not wander into being a bully. Just look at the difference between Andy Kaufman's work and the show Jackass.
I think this is why so many conservatives in Hollywood say they're being silenced. They're doing what the conservative audience wants but they keep being shut down by everyone else.
Which, I think that Gosar's staff thought the same thing with the AOC/Biden video they put together. I don't doubt they were chuckling the whole time saying "this is gonna own the libs so hard."
It's not that fantasizing about her death that was funny, but the anger they knew it would provoke that was funny.
Which, I have to say, as a writer that's a weird way to write a joke. "I'm gonna do something that I know will piss you off. then I'm going to laugh when you get pissed off. Then I'm going to expect you to not be pissed off about it because it's just a joke."
Are there funny conservatives? Oh, yeah. Absolutely. Ron White is a perfect example. Larry the Cable Guy. That's a character created by comedian Daniel Whitney for a conservative audience. Also, very funny. But the audience has moved beyond that.
They want Crowder. They want to "own the libs" and then laugh at the anger and pain they've caused and not be held accountable for that because "it's just a joke."
