I don't know why Youtubers think "comedian" is a qualification

They have no skills or talents, nor do they really bother to learn much about what they cover, they just want to be covering whatever the latest thing to have an opinion on is, and so make a few "jokes" about people they disagree with, and then name their videos "comedian reacts to x". You make "jokes", how is that a qualification? Especially one for politics?

You aren't on the level of John Cleese or Rowan Atkinson.

And even if you were - and even though I love Cleese and Atkinson - I'm not interested in their political views. They make jokes. So, I don't see how being a "comedian" is now being used as a sort of qualification to talk about politics.

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Richard65 · M

Cleese and Atkinson are comedic actors, rather than, say, stand ups. Their comedy is honed for film and television, where they play invented characters for laughs. Stand up comedians often specialise in political commentary in their routines, as they fashion their material from real life. It depends on what you mean by comedian.

Longpatrol · 31-35, M

Comedians satire politics all the time. Which comedian has not done a bit of political riffing, look at George Carlin.

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Longpatrol · 31-35, M

@TheEmperor Oh I looked him up, he's a stand up comedian as well.

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maskedbandit · 61-69, M

First off, it's just entertainment, some like it, some don't, just like everything else. Second, politicians are comedians, look all the jokes Joe Biden tells. All the trips and falls stunts he pulls, just to make the people laugh. Do you need to know anything about politics to be a comedian, no. The majority of people in the world don't know politics but still have their own opinions. You don't have to be qualified to have an opinion, no matter how stupid it may be. Politics is an easy target for jokes, that's all. 👍 🙂

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