Posted on 05/10/2021 2:07:08 PM PDT by Heartlander
It used to be that jokes were either funny, or not. They made you laugh, or they didn't. But now, in the fact-checking age, we're giving them a truth rating. Jokes are no longer funny, they're false. And false information is dangerous.
Our CEO Seth Dillon discusses what this means for comedy and satire in this brief, five-minute video that's being hailed by critics as "not unwatchable." View it here:
Babylon Bee / PragerU Video: How the left is killing comedy- (4:51 minutes)
Seth Dillon is the CEO of The Babylon Bee, where they write satire for a living. You’d think that would be easy in today’s absurd world, but in reality, it’s just the opposite. Seth explains why this endangers the very concept of free speech and the open exchange of ideas.
You can have comedy.
Just make fun of men, heterosexuals, people or European origin (culturally/racially), Christians and in particular Catholic priests.
Do not make fun of any group or even idea/cause deemed special or which they use to push their agenda. These issues are to serious to be made light of.
In case no one noticed. America has undergone a Cultural Revolution.
Case in point. TV comedies from just 10-15 years ago.
30 Rock, Scrubs, 2 and 1/2 Men, etc.
Can you imagine TV executives today getting by with jokes about women, blacks, gays, etc?
Are there currently any funny TV sitcoms on the air today? I don’t know of any. Even The Simpsons has gone PC.
The left needs to be flushed. That means our universities need to be turned upside down and shaken vigorously. Big tech needs to be obliterated in favor of we the people. Action needs to be taken while we still may have a chance to set America back on the right course.
Yeah, I’m not holding my breath. We may have let this go too far. We may be ruled by China in the near future.
A new headline for the Bee: Babylon Bee considering shutting down after realizing silly outrageous headlines are giving the left too many ideas to use.
Natan Sharansky in “The Case for Democracy” explained how deadly serious humor is in dictatorships. Their power is based on lies. Humor skewers those lies and is an existential threat to them.
The USSR was ruthless when it found an anti-Soviet joke. Hitler sure wasn’t the butt of open humor.
Widespread contempt, laughter and mockery is the cornerstone of destroying them and they know it.
Just look at Obama’s humor. It was always nothing but mockery and humiliation of others.
It’s not just comedy, it’s everything they touch.
The left kills anything and everything - it’s what they do.
I can count the truly funny comedians these days on one hand with fingers to spare. Sad sad sad.
they’re eliminating our ability to ridicule their idiocy...
Rush was GREAT at that.
It’s true. What is happening to comedy today is not funny, nor ironic.
They’ve never had a sense of humor.
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