WC Fields’ brand of curmudgeonly comedy has been out of fashion for quite some time. When I feel irascible, I call it a WC Fields mood. He turned crankiness into comedy gold.
It’s time to channel your inner WC Fields, dear readers. It’s going to be a long struggle against Team MAGA and they fight dirty.
We need to fight smart. If you’re arguing a point with a MAGA cult member or a fascist fellow traveler, don’t concede anything. They see liberal rationality as weakness. Ask yourself what would WC Fields do? He’d have a belt, then fire off a withering wisecrack. He would never be reasonable.
Dare to be unreasonable.
Don’t give an inch.
Never give in.
Don’t give up.
The last word goes to Peter Gabriel:
I am not very good at being reasonable… and I’m relentless, so amusing myself at the expense of any MAGAts is entertaining to me. *Snort*