Alex Velluto is another modern comedian who sticks to the Fairness Doctrine and shows a DEEP understanding of the facts of life. Despite meritocracy and Cinderella stories, being popular or unpopular is an innate permanent trait. Unpopular people need to stop wasting effort on an unachievable goal, and seek satisfaction more creatively.
Velluto also takes advantage of his Official Ethnic Entitlement to make a contrary point that I’ve never thought about before. It wasn’t Jews who killed Jesus, it was Italians.
Instantly obvious after you think about it. The high priests were unhappy with Jesus claiming to be the king of the Jews, but it wasn’t the high priests who arrested and executed him. It was the Italian colonial government. Centuries of antisemitism based on the crucifixion were an intentional misdirection by the SAME Italian government, operating under a different theological brand.
