Posted on 04/05/2021 8:55:48 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX
Satire, Dillon says, is “an incredibly effective way of communicating truth. You’re using falsity, you’re using these made-up exaggerations of reality, to communicate about something true.” He’s fond of reciting a quote from G. K. Chesterton that “humor can get in under the door, while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.”
In addition to ridiculing bad ideas, Dillon says, it’s also important to be able to laugh at yourself. When he first bought the website, he was pleased to find out that it was run by Calvinists because “there were a bunch of Calvinist jokes on the website — jokes that poked at Calvinists, jokes that made fun of Calvinists. . . . It was actually very refreshing.”
The ethos is, as he puts it: “If you come to the Babylon Bee, you’re gonna get made fun of, it doesn’t matter who you are.”
“In the middle of dark times,” Dillon adds, “it’s nice to be able to sit back and laugh and have a little levity.”
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How stupid what is?? What is "it"?
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Spin bump...
Excuse me, but are you talking about televised football?
I though only America-hating kneelers liked that...
Regards,
You are absolutely correct, which is why the left has no sense of humor and can’t use satire.
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