JP Sears He may have a huge following on the right, but he’s out to make fun of his fans, and by extension, himself.
“Nine months ago, I had a realization: I need to do more self-deprecating comedies about conservatives,” Sears told Align. “I’ve seen a lot of my work make fun of leftists and woke people. I certainly still do that…but a lot of conservatives take themselves too seriously.”
The former self-help satirist says if it means well-intentioned mocking of both sides, then so be it. Modern progressives, he argues, are probably less confident in their beliefs.
“They end up feeling scared on some level. … This is not a good place to be from,” he says. “The same goes for conservatives.”
Sears, known for his fiery coverage of the coronavirus and Team Biden’s anti-liberty measures, won’t be giving the left much leeway for the time being.
“Every day brings a new wave of stories,” he says, like a 50-year-old biological man swimming with 13-year-old girls.
“It’s a terrible story, but it’s clearly an easy subject for satire,” he says of today’s radical left. His approach to a society where yesterday’s Babylon Bee article becomes tomorrow’s headline? “Knowing the true North Star… [and making] It’s the kind of satire that helps cut through the scar tissue and propaganda. ”
That way, he says, viewers can draw their own conclusions.
He approaches difficult topics in a similar manner. Let’s take abortion as an example. Mr. Sears’ thinking on this issue changed after the birth of his first child.
his 2023 videos on this topic I found a funny guy wearing a “Fetal Lives Matter” shirt explaining its trajectory and his nuanced view of its legality. He once embraced what he now calls “propaganda” about problems created by the left.
Abortion, he argues, is neither “empowering” nor a “virtue.”
Now he says abortion is “evil” but should be legal during the first few months of pregnancy, adding that government intervention at that point in pregnancy to protect the child would further erode freedoms. It states that there is a possibility that
“I don’t know if this part of my thinking is correct. I just know that’s what I’m thinking right now,” he confessed in the clip.
“Abortion is one of the least interesting topics in the world,” he tells Align. The trick is to consider the problem and find where humor can be applied. Humor can often be applied around the edges of a discussion to “bring lightness to a relatively heavy subject.”
He added that this allows the audience to be less wary and consider the subject matter in a fresh and revelatory way.
This is also the main way he gets around YouTube’s strict censorship. The video platform often punishes non-leftist ideas on things like the transgender debate and the 2020 presidential election. Sears said his approach to radioactive material topics often gets past censors. It’s also a time to open your heart.
“When people hear this wave of information for the first time, they get defensive,” he says. “The language of comedy seems less preachy and more playful. … The ego is not as alarmed or defensive as it would otherwise be.”
Sears began his career as a comedian by making fun of spiritual gurus. His focus shifted to the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The phrase “two weeks to slow the spread” has been translated into lockdowns and mandatory vaccinations.
“For the first time in my life, I saw freedom being eroded,” he says. “We now know how far freedom can be eroded if we allow it to happen.”
Sears, an early and frequent critic of what Elon Musk called the “Wake Mind Virus,” is seeing signs that Wake is backing down. And he credits people like Joe Rogan, Dave Chappelle and Canadian professor Jordan Peterson with giving him that hope.
“[Rogan] He is one of the most powerful men in America. …He’s not on the side of woke culture, he’s more on the side of common sense,” he says of the Spotify superstar. “Chappelle says it like he saw it.”
As for Sears, he plans to remain honest on the left and leave the “applause” to late-night comedians.
“It’s easy to be in an echo chamber and say things you know your audience will agree with,” he says. “That’s fine and dandy. We do our best to stay true to comedy. Hearty laughter helps us go beyond the limits of thought and see through the deceptions that are out there.”
