On The Babylon Bee podcast, Kyle, Ethan, and Wes read through a hilarious debate between Wikipedia's editors over whether The Babylon Bee is funny satire -- or dangerous right-wing disinformation.

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[–]Intuit 8 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 3 fun -  (13 children)

They are good points. Satire is meant as a vehicle for scathing critique. But, I think they get the causation wrong. People read the Bee because it's funny. It's funny because it humorously illustrates things readers already know to be true.

[–]Chipit[S] 8 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

They want to censor it because it makes very good points and ridicules the left in ways that hurt them. SJWs are completely humorless and cannot bear to be laughed at.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

I don't think it's funny. Only people who like their 'right-wing disinformation' will think they're funny. The site is obviously pushing a narrative with right-wing disinformation, especially to a demographic that think's they're Christians, aka the American Taliban.

[–]jet199 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (4 children)

Try not to killjoy when you troll.

The world's miserable enough.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I am sincere in my concerns about Babylon Bee, not trolling. Ask me anything. Yes, there is no joy in this Satanic website.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Well I don't personally belive in satan, because I'm sane.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I only wonder about Satan when I see Kenneth Copeland, and similar demons:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y1xJAVZxXg

[–]AmbroseBierce 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I doubt you find anything actually funny, and anything you claim to be humorous is anything but

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

OK numbnuts - I read the Devil's Dictionary many years ago - where one learns that:

MISCREANT, n. A person of the highest degree of unworth. Etymologically, the word means unbeliever, and its present signification may be regarded as theology’s noblest contribution to the development of our language.

These are the shitheads at Babylon Bee, as the only 'Jesus' they believe in is the evangelical, supply-side Jesus, and these bible-thumping asshats are tryint go fool the 99% while the 1% take everything they own.

They wouldn't know the real Jesus if he threw the merchants out of the temple. They're miscreants.

[–]JasonCarswell 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

You don't have to be right or religious to think most of their stuff is not just funny but hysterical.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

That's what makes them subversive.

(Almost like the FOX News helicopter logo on the Simpsons: "not racist; #1 with racists." Or: Babylon Bee - No theocratic agenda; #1 with those who have a theocratic agenda.)

[–]JasonCarswell 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

Funny examples, both.

Subversion by it's very nature can be funny.

Joke formula:

  1. This thing happened.
  2. This thing happened the same way, developing a pattern.
  3. This thing subverts the pattern and expectations by being unexpectedly different.

Occasionally subversion is tragic, like what happened to the Star Wars franchise.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

lol

dude...

I'll show myself out

[–]Akali 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Remember kids, Wikipedia foundation need your donation to survive. They only made 14 million $ of profit in 2019 and only have 180 million worths of assets based on their own financial statement in their 2019 annual report.

Their are benevolant people who works for your good. They don't seek profit, they only seek to help you.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/f/f7/Wikimedia_Foundation_FY2019-2020_Audit_Report.pdf