3/25/25
Robi Locksley: “I’m going to tell you why so much of conservative comedy isn’t funny.
“And it has nothing to do with punching down instead of up, or lacking empathy and curiosity. Those are all definite hallmarks of conservative comedy, but they’re not why it’s so unfunny.
“It’s because conservative comedy, for the most part, isn’t created to make anyone laugh. It’s created with the intention of upsetting some stereotypical other. And the idea of that other being upset is what conservatives are laughing at.
“When a conservative tells an anti-trans joke, they’re doing it with the intention of upsetting the version of trans people that lives in their head.
“And when conservatives laugh at that joke, they’re not actually laughing at the joke itself. They’re laughing at the idea of their idea of a trans person being upset because of the joke.
“Conservative comedy is created to cause harm, and that harm is what conservatives find funny.”