![]() ![]() That, evidently, is simply a bridge too far for Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon, who this week went on an unctuous rant that tried to elevate his company’s crass transphobia to an issue of monumental importance. That’s because Twitter - perhaps recognizing that a high(ish)-profile publication mocking an extraordinarily accomplished public figure who belongs to a marginalized community that is currently under direct attack by conservative lawmakers is y’know, not a great look for its platform - has locked The Babylon Bee out of its account until the company deletes the offending tweet. You’ll notice that the above is a screenshot, and not an embedded tweet. Ostensibly a sort of right-wing version of The Onion, the Bee is not so much a place for hilarious comedy as it is a clearinghouse for various culture war grievances that somehow manages to assume the vague form and structure of comedy, without actually coming anywhere remotely close to being funny. If you aren’t already familiar with the conservative “humor” outlet The Babylon Bee, congratulations, you’re in a much better mental place than those of us who are. And yet, of all these terrible things to take an irrationally inflexible position on, none comes even close to topping the incandescent self-righteousness emanating from the some of the most odious figures in right-wing politics today, all because their favorite, deeply transphobic, astronomically unfunny “satire” website has been mildly inconvenienced on Twitter. We live in a world that’s been blessed with an overabundance of stupid hills to die on: video games and billion-dollar superhero franchises and what kind of fast food tastes best and which wealthy celebrity who doesn’t know you exist should you stan for, and so on and so on. ![]()
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