Humor to Ease Tensions

For John, BLUF:  Someone tried it and failed, although in retrospect I think he made some good points.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Monty Python Star John Cleese Is the Latest to Be Silenced

From PJ Media, by Reporter Stephen Green, 14 March 2022, 5:14 PM ET.

Here is the lede plus two:

John Cleese had his microphone taken away at an SXSW comedy event in Austin, TX for having the audacity to joke about reparations, according to the Daily Mail.

“[People] get competitive about this business of being oppressed,” he deadpanned.  “We were oppressed, the English, by the Romans from about 0 to 400.”

Cleese asked, “You do know the British have been slaves twice, right?”

Twice?  Yes, remember the French conquest of England in 1066—Battle of Hastings and all that.

Yes, the Englished managed to absorb the French and reassert themselves.  Remember Robin Hood?  Rember the 1215 Magn Carta.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff