One of the most fascinating shifts the media has made in the last two years is being the arbiter of morality, vis a vis, the Trump administration. Suddenly because conservatives are supposed to be moral and good, they are mocked and ridiculed if they fail to live up to this standard. While this makes some sense – they are purported to be the party of faith and family values – what’s strange is that progressives don’t actually attempt to also adhere to this moral code. Instead they venture toward the opposite direction, to a land where there are no moral absolutes. Worst of all? They think it’s funny and they want you to think it’s funny.

Case in point:



Cannot watch the GOP shitshow tonight because I am doing incredible dad stuff with my son. pic.twitter.com/Clsz3z5Rf0 — Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) March 11, 2016

Hey, is it considered molestation if the child makes the first move? I'm gonna need a quick answer on this. — Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) July 7, 2009

What's Latin for "bring me some boys"? — Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) March 13, 2013



And those tweets aren't even the half of it.

Lefty comedians who think pedophilia is funny are like pedophiles who think lefties are funny. The point is they both touch kids. Nothing about this is funny and it wouldn’t be any less funny if a conservative said it.

Rape, pedophilia, sexual assault, and a litany of similar crimes are just that – crimes. This isn’t a political issue, it’s one both parties, for the sake of humanity, safety, and civility, need to remain firm on. This was true when Roy Moore ran for Senate and was subsequently accused of sexual misconduct that had allegedly occurred decades prior, often between him and women who were in their teens while he was in his thirties, and it’s true now.

Although comedians will undoubtedly argue they aren’t politicians or even thought leaders, there is power in humor and the best humor has an ounce of truth in it. So it’s dangerous when comedians venture into the crude and crass and attempt to pass it off as normal.

Even though conservatives have not toed this line nearly as well as they should have, liberals have twisted issues like these too, just in a different way. In either case, if both parties took a strong stance on, let’s say, hurtful actions and behavior towards children, it would make for an ultimately stronger society. One that could debate other issues, because there are some that are just too awful to debate.

Nicole Russell (@russell_nm) is a contributor to the Washington Examiner's Beltway Confidential blog. She is a journalist who previously worked in Republican politics in Minnesota.