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I can also explain why, despite the snickers and stares and perpetually blooming bruises, it’s still worth it.

These viral moments demonstrate that Americans can and should “snicker in the face of official wrong,” choosing laughter over tears as a response to authoritarianism.

While the mockery and memes may feel good as snickering payback and certainly stoke the Democratic base — boosting Newsom’s presidential hopes — Mahan suggested they are ultimately counterproductive.

There now seems to be a bit of snickering immaturity in the film’s garish period trappings, though the emotional acuity and empathetic consideration of even the most minor of characters still makes “Boogie Nights” remarkable.

And while members of the GOP applauded Booker’s tenacity, they also secretly snickered that “he’ll be as successful as Thurmond was holding back civil rights.”