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Much of today’s humor, he said, is shaped by what he called “clapter” — where people applaud because they agree with the person making the joke, rather than laughing at themselves.

“It might be funny but it loses some of the joy,” he said.

Sienkiewicz said attempts to label the Bee as misinformation are silly, as the site is clearly satire. But, he said, the Bee risks falling into a “risk-averse strategy” when it comes to comedy by only telling the jokes its audience will agree with.

“One of the saddest things about the state of American politics is that it makes comedy harder and less interesting,” he said.

Ethan Nicolle, a conservative writer from California and a Babylon Bee staffer from 2018 to 2022, agrees.

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Nicolle, who was creative director of the Bee in the early days of working out of editor-in-chief Kyle Mann’s garage, said he loved working for the Bee and having the chance to poke fun at the state of American culture — some of which he believes is very unhealthy.

“They tell the jokes you aren’t supposed to tell,” he said.

Still, he suspects the country’s polarization makes satire more difficult. People are afraid to critique their own side — and unwilling to be friends with anyone on the other side.

“All of the joy of life comes from your relationships with other people,” said Nicolle. “And to cancel another human being because of something political they said makes no sense. And we’re doing that with half the country.”

So far, Musk’s takeover of Twitter hasn’t paid off for the Bee — the site’s Twitter account remained suspended as of early November. But the Bee’s staff did score a long, in-person interview with Musk, in which he discussed censorship, sustainable energy and his own religious background, which included attending both Hebrew school and Sunday school at an Anglican church and believing in “the God of Spinoza.”

Musk also said he’s a fan of the teachings of Jesus.

“Things like turn the other cheek are very important, as opposed to an eye for an eye,” he said. “An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind.”

This article originally appeared here.