December 16, 2018
ALL COMEDY IS CONSERVATIVE:
Let's admit that comedy is problematic (Godfrey Elfwick, December 15, 2018, Spectator USA)
It's time for us to admit that comedy is a problem. For too long comedians have got away with making light of issues using the flimsy excuse of it being their job to make people laugh. Like 'free speech', comedy is now a far right dogwhistle. The Internet is filled with unregulated and dangerous comedy. Laughter has become a weapon, with sharpened japes and poisoned memes its ammunition.For a while now, the wokest and most progressive of us have forgone humor.
Posted by Orrin Judd at December 16, 2018 8:10 AM