The right to comment | The duty

I share the concerns underlying the text by Mrs. Sylvie Marchand entitled “A people dead laughing” and published in the January 19 edition of the To have to. The idea that the omnipresence of humor in Quebec should worry us, brilliantly expressed by Mathieu Bélisle in his Welcome to the land of ordinary life, must continue to make its way. This text will help, I hope. However, I would like to add two nuances that seem essential to me.

First, the mere fact of laughing, even often, is not what is problematic. Mentioning the name of Marc Favreau should be enough to demonstrate that one can both laugh and live (or think). Everything that falls under the term “humor” is not equal, which also applies to end-of-year shows…

Secondly, it seems essential to me not to ask the question “How does being a comedian give you the right to comment on current affairs and politics? but rather “Why do comedians’ opinions get all the attention we give them?” “. Indeed, participating in public debate, if it is a “right”, must be a universal right. Approaching the question differently leads us into this dangerous universe where we should limit ourselves to listening to “the experts”, a hackneyed notion if there ever was one…

The fact that Dédé Fortin was not an urban planner does not change the fact that the song The main street remains one of the most relevant comments I have ever heard on the subject. America is crying and Nothingfrom the Cowboys Fringants, are similarly important comments that it would be dangerous not to listen to, wondering who has the right to speak when one should rather be looking at what is being said.

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