Some conservatives need to stop acting like the far left who created a cancel culture and learn how to take a joke.
For those who don’t know, the Babylon Bee is a satirical comedy website that has irked the Left for years. As a matter of fact, it was the censorship of the Babylon Bee by Twitter that prompted Elon Musk to buy the social media company.
In 2022, the Babylon Bee was suspended by Twitter for the below satirical story mocking a USA Today story about a Biden official.
The group was told their account suspension would not be listed until they deleted the post, and CEO Seth Dillon refused.
I just received this notice that we’ve been locked out of our account for “hateful conduct.” pic.twitter.com/udMriKcDr6
— Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) March 20, 2022
Less than a month later, Musk initiated purchasing Twitter. Many didn’t realize that Elon was a fan of the comedy website and was a good acquaintance with Dillon. When he confirmed the website was censored, he took action, taking full control of the company on October 27, 2022.
Well, now conservatives who can’t take a joke are furious with the Bee over a funny headline about Vivek Ramaswamy who recently dropped out of the raise.
The headline “Trump Promises Vivek An Administration Position Running The White House 7-Eleven” got stuck, and conservatives were upset.
Trump Promises Vivek An Administration Position Running The White House 7-Eleven https://t.co/1cYOX4IWUx pic.twitter.com/SojL5OZDAj
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) January 16, 2024
There’s a lot of layers to the joke because Trump’s top advisor had already ruled out Ramaswamy as a VP pick but wouldn’t rule out Haley.
The joke really captured that Vivek needs a up front position in the movement.
Charlie Kirk commends @VivekGRamaswamy as someone who Trump needs: ‘an elite red-pill dispenser’ commanding the attention of leaders such as @elonmusk, @DavidSacks, etc.
‘He moved the Overton window more than any other candidate’pic.twitter.com/ZTzleSlT64
— News Nomad (@The_Nomad_News) January 17, 2024
They are also poking fun at Biden’s 2006 7-Eleven comments.
There were a lot of layers to the joke and even Vivek thought it was funny.
I’m a “survivor” https://t.co/Dx7yGeWdcJ
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) January 17, 2024
There were several posts like the one below:
Just as one example, here’s someone calling for a public retraction. This is what the right has become. At least in some corners. The absolute worst and lamest ones, specifically. https://t.co/klyPLIF1GC
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) January 17, 2024
Well, the website’s CEO, Seth Dillon, has weighed in.
Some of our readers have expressed concern about this report, suggesting it did not meet the high journalistic standards they’ve come to expect from us. We want you to know that we’ve listened to you. We’ve heard your voices. And they are stupid. https://t.co/7uJVsnUbYA
— Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) January 17, 2024
People need to chill it was a joke and it’s funny.
