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 -  (3 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.

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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.

[–]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

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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.