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Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson
They’re both fun to watch, but clowning on Sarah Palin on Twitter is light entertainment at best. It’s leftists being funny for other leftists.
Sure her "clowning" entertains middle-aged liberals, but her social media mobilized enough people who weren't politically active to vote in a mid-term primary and defeat an entrenched, powerful, party-backed congressman who'd run unchallenged for years despite not living in the state or even having been elected through a primary in the first place. It helps empower young women of color to stand up for themselves and fight for what they believe in. It gets people excited about having a politician they can relate to. John Oliver's clowning entertains Libs (though I'm not really sure why) while making lots of money for himself and the largest media conglomerate in the world.