Think About It

I used to enjoy political humor, but I believe that like so many other things in my life, I am losing my sense of humor.  In days-gone-by I found some good-natured joking to be funny and even good for the national psyche, but the way things have disintegrated I question the value of poking fun at the beliefs of others.  Sure, I would like to think that everyone should be able to endure some good-natured ribbing, but I am not sure that is a good idea any more.  It has become too easy to be perceived as being offensive.  We might say, “Well, they need to learn how to take a joke”, but the point is that others don’t, so our lampoons create divisions.  Additionally, it has become tempting to use divisive humor as a way to vail our disdain for the thoughts and opinions of others.  By using cutting humor, we pretend that we are being funny when in reality we are disrespecting their beliefs. I doubt that the Apostle Paul had political and social humor in mind when he wrote, “ But immoralit