Q&A: Why Right-Wingers Don’t Have Humor
Why Right-Wingers Don’t Have Humor
Question
Hello Rabbi,
I recently came across this cartoon: https://x.com/Torat_IDF/status/1810198510051966976
I’m right-wing myself, and I agree with a large part of the criticism of the High Court and the State Attorney’s Office. But regardless of the message, I don’t understand what this cartoon has to do with humor. It looks like the creator doesn’t fully understand the concept of humor, and it kind of feels as if they tried to explain to ChatGPT what a caricature is and this was the result. I remember getting a pretty similar impression from other right-wing humor platforms as well (for example, "Latma" or "Bardak"): there’s a kind of lack of imagination and a complete absence of nuance or sophistication in it, something that in my opinion does exist in left-wing political humor (not always there either, but it never reaches levels as crude as the cartoon above).
Does the Rabbi have an idea why that is?
Answer
Good question. But you’re presenting too black-and-white a picture. The right-wingers are new to this field, and it’s improving.