{"id":31,"date":"2001-09-26T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-09-26T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/soapbox\/?p=31"},"modified":"2001-09-26T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2001-09-26T13:00:00","slug":"america-needs-to-laugh-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/soapbox\/america-needs-to-laugh-again\/","title":{"rendered":"America needs to laugh again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seriously. It’s part of the healing process.<\/p>\n

You’d have to understand my origins to understand me. I’m from Brooklyn… we are world-reknowned for our sick humor at the darkest times.<\/p>\n

Growing up in dilapidated house, no male role models to fix things as they broke… (My friends have been calling the house “1313 Mockingbird Lane” since Junior High School). You had to laugh at it. When I built a recording studio in my basement, to watch the toughest “gangstas” in Brooklyn haul ass, as sewer rats the size of chihuauhas came out to hear their lyrics…<\/p>\n

That was funny as hell!<\/p>\n

There were a lot of hard times there, it was overcrowded, it was hostile and dangerous to be a white person in that neighborhood after a while…<\/p>\n

Humor got us through.<\/p>\n

Early attempts to make us laugh after the tragedy was pretty bad<\/a>. Poking fun at the WTC is like making fun of a rape victim (which is never funny, and when you think about it… that’s what happened to America on 9\/11).<\/p>\n

However….<\/p>\n

  • Al Qaeda announced Thursday that it would lay off 5,000 or more holy warriors.<\/a> – Fucking hilarious!<\/li>\n
  • The Onion<\/b> shows us how it’s done with its Special Report: “Holy Fucking Shit! Attack on America<\/a>” – American satire at its best…. CHECK IT OUT!<\/li>\n

    All links via MetaFilter<\/a>… which brings me to today’s Newz & Gossip: <\/p>\n