The Onion and The Babylon Bee join forces for free speech

This kills the progressive cause.

Historians mostly agree that the first joke was told by Bob Joke of Toledo, Ohio, in 1927

I'll be darned, the boomer bee can actually be funny now and then.

We ask the Court now to recall the fable of the emperor with no clothes. The insensitive, unruly child with no filter and a strong belief in the First Amendment shouted out for all to hear, “Hey, look at that dummy who’s not wearing any clothes!” See Carriere v. Cominco Alaska, Inc., 823 F. Supp. 680, 686 n.8 (D. Alaska 1993).

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But no one ever thinks about how sad it made the emperor. Everyone praises the little boy for his “daring” and “truthful” statement, but nobody considers that the emperor might not have enjoyed being made fun of. Imagine being up there all naked and whatnot and everyone starts pointing and laughing at you, shouting things like, “Check out that dude’s massive gut!” and “Nice farmer’s tan!” and “Were you in the pool or something?”

Let it never be said that the Bee has only one joke.