Thanks! I have a big problem with sarcasm and 'satire' because they contain denial. Denial is always a clusterfuck of judgement and distraction that claims to be something it's not. Even if John is on the side of 'ignorant' rather than 'malicious', his 'comedy' has a real effect in the sub-conscious of the impressionable viewers. It would be nice to think that people aren't so impressionable after years of TV exposure, but that just isn't true - in many cases they are even more impressionable than early TV watchers may have been due to years and years of careful psychological manipulation by those who want to use the TV as a method of control... :/

I'm sure I'm not telling you anything you don't already know, I just feel a need to say this - call it therapy! ;)

I am not religious and typically advise against religion, but there are always gems among the BS in there and the phrase from 'the bible' has come to me repeatedly recently:

Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them.