According to
a study done at The Ohio State University, conservatives by and large don't seem to understand that Colbert is making fun of conservatives!
Using data from an experiment (N = 332), we found that individual-level political ideology significantly predicted perceptions of Colbert's political ideology. Additionally, there was no significant difference between the groups in thinking Colbert was funny, but conservatives were more likely to report that Colbert only pretends to be joking and genuinely meant what he said while liberals were more likely to report that Colbert used satire and was not serious when offering political statements. Conservatism also significantly predicted perceptions that Colbert disliked liberalism.
Just too funny! I wonder what they make of this!
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I've feared that this was the case, secretly hoping that conservatives were rational and sane...
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