Researchers have found that a particularly humorless ideology is fundamentalism in one’s beliefs: “I am right and you are evil.”[20] Therefore, it isn’t surprising that the current ideological climate in the United States (and many other countries) is also so humorless, or that political extremists are so ready to use their offense at humor as a weapon. To be happier and make others happier, no matter what your politics, don’t participate in the war on jokes.
