The Christian satire web site referred to as The Babylon Bee is taking a brand new strategy on comedy.
Stefano Giovannini
Woke humor
John Stossel reveals that woke humor is much too restricted (“Comedians Who Refuse To Go Woke,” PostOpinion, June 23).
He mentions Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert as two comedy talk-show hosts who signify wokeness and its limitations.
Kimmel was once humorous, however now he acts like he’s operating for workplace and is a beacon of ethical superiority. Colbert was by no means humorous and acts smug and superior like a Sunday morning evangelist.
There are apparent occasions when some joke could or will not be applicable, however that's strictly a situational event that doesn’t warrant blanket censorship for all remarks. When conservative spiritual web sites are out-humoring conventional comics who immediately discover nothing humorous, it’s time to rewind our comedy values.
Ray Starman
Albany
Texas delusions
Final weekend, the Lone Star State’s GOP handed what many are calling two far-right resolutions (“Texas GOP rejects Biden’s election,” June 20).
Me? I say they're un-American. The primary proclaimed members of the LGBTQ neighborhood as “irregular,” whereas the second declared President Biden’s 2020 election victory “illegitimate.”
For the great of the nation, I urge all nationwide associations planning to carry conventions in Texas to right away cancel their reservations. As well as, I urge each state within the union to cut back its enterprise ties to Texas by 50%. Lastly, I urge all faculties and professional sports activities groups to boycott taking part in video games wherever within the state this summer season or fall.
Members of the Texas GOP who authorised these resolutions don't communicate for first rate, law-abiding residents. It’s time to name them out, America.
Denny Freidenrich
Laguna Seaside, Calif.
Drug epidemic
David Gonzalez went from New York Metropolis firefighter to heroin addict and shoplifter extraordinaire (“Going from hero to a life on heroin,” June 23).
What precisely did I get from this text? Let’s see — a onetime FDNY worker failed a drug take a look at and was allegedly given an opportunity to retire with a three-fourths pension however selected to proceed to get excessive.
The Submit’s Stephen Yang said he was nervous Gonzalez was going to ask for cash to observe him round injecting heroin into his neck. As a substitute, Gonzalez supplied to purchase Yang ice cream.
So he steals from the wealthy and provides ice cream to the poor. What a man.
Sure, there’s an epidemic of drug addicts in our once-great metropolis. I see it day-after-day on the streets and within the subway. Offering syringe merchandising machines and legalizing medication solely exacerbates the issue.
Sadly, Mayor Adams is extra enthusiastic about Florida’s “Parental Rights in Schooling” invoice than within the trivia of on a regular basis life in New York Metropolis.
Andrew Shapiro
Ozone Park
Weed $plurge
The Dormitory Authority of New York will spend $200 million in taxpayer dollars to lease locations for weed outlets (“Pot’s in retailer for ex-cons,” June 23).
I'm glad that these of us could have jobs, particularly in the event that they had been incarcerated for promoting weed on the streets prior to now. Again in my day, that’s what occurred, and it was not proper again then.
Nevertheless, I'm certain many extra companies are wanted within the metropolis that this cash may be utilized to. I needed to apply for a grant to get my roof fastened as it's in dangerous form. This course of will take two years if I'm authorised.
Possibly I ought to arrange a store at my residence and apply for help from the Dormitory Authority of New York as a substitute.
Donna Goddard
Ronkonkoma
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