We recently covered how comedian Bill Burr had chosen to immerse himself into the political discourse, and it was a case of bad decision-making. Not only did he show himself poorly equipped to expound on social and political issues but Burr managed to defy his own ridicule of other people who engage in that very discourse. He literally devolved into his own punchline.
Burr, at that time, was making the rounds of the podcasts and talk shows to promote his newest standup special, with one such stop quixotically being “The View.. I’m sorry, but as a fan of Burr’s standup, I do not see too many in the audience of that show who would be tolerant of his pointedly politically incorrect positions. Yet, he found a sympathetic environment and managed to spout off on Elon Musk and show support for alleged murderer Luigi Mangione.
Now, in the aftermath, when he…
