In the Church of Woke, there is no greater, more unbearable, or unforgivable sin than telling the truth. Comedy, satire, in particular, succeeds by this very mechanism. Speaking the irreverent, public mockery and shrewd castigation of staunchly held, virtuous twaddle releases our collective, self-inflicted constipation—the pressure to be a "good person" or at least to maintain all appearances of being so. The late Barry Humphries, most known by his beloved stage character as Dame Edna Everidge, was a trendsetting provocateur. Seeing the same snakes who sought to annul his illustrious career now backpedalling for public sympathy is neither vindicating nor satisfying to watch. Humphries's final, posthumous act will be
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