In these uncertain times, should we be joking about our future?

I made an "equal-opportunity" satire called THE DEATH PANEL that satirizes both extremes of the debate. Though, it mainly focuses on lampooning the "smear-tactics" being propagated by the extreme on the right. I naturally figured I'd get responses from laughing liberals and angry republicans; but I've received quite the opposite -- many conservatives seem to embrace it as a "true" vision" of the future, and liberals don't seem to want to joke about it.

This isn't the universal reaction, just some that's surprised me. I'd ask you to judge for yourself:

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Best,
VM