Big Bob Dole Cock

So I went to see some stand up comedy last weekend, and one of the comics was quite funny. The other, however, was somewhat offensive and juvenile. Political incorrectness was the central component of his act, and it’s not really surprising that he wasn’t really my thing.

One theme in his act that he emphasized several times struck me. The reason he was ranting against bikers, gay rights supporters, people who recycle, or whoever else was that “he didn’t like being talked down to, dammit”.

Fair enough. But he only verbalized this feeling later in the act, as he was ranting against Bob Dole’s Viagra commercials for making him feel inferior. I think perhaps what is necessary in such a situation is to separate the commercial message that is intended to make you feel inferior so you buy a product, and someone who makes you feel slightly inferior for doing something that is detrimental to some of your fellow human beings (gay rights) or perhaps all of the creatures on the earth (recycling). It seems as though this inferiority complex will show up in very inconvenient places, such as when one is in charge of the U.S. military and one wishes to use it against U.S. citizens just so those Terrorist Motherfuckers learn that one doesn’t fuck around.

But really, when someone tells you to support gay rights or to recycle, it’s not about you or your lack of a Big Bob Dole Cock. It’s about everyone. I’m reminded of some writing that I saw on a bathroom wall once: “It’s not everyone else, it’s everyone”.