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Gordcanuck

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5. The long tradition of "fools"

Reply to WA-03 Democrat (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 08:27 PM

Jul 28

works with the permission to ‘speak truth to power’with humor, a necessary balance to the courtiers seeking favour. I’m sure it’s a narrow tightrope for today’s comedians, as former comic Zelensky of Ukraine could tell you. Any jester who assumes the crown is on eggshells he can’t break. Oops!

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