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The Bill Burr–naissance The ornery comedian has never been hotter. That says everything about our culture right now.

Bill Burr’s politics are anti–conservative fascism, anti–liberal PC culture, somewhat incoherent, and fueled by anger.

Somehow, he lands on the overreaches of the #MeToo movement: “You can get canceled as a comedian for doing a Caitlyn Jenner joke, but this asshole can Sieg Heil?” he says, referring to Musk’s eyebrow-raising inauguration Nazi salute. The acrimony Burr summons, misplaced as it might be, is his comfort zone as a performer—and it’s why the comedian is currently experiencing something of a renaissance among left-leaning souls who are staring in disbelief at the massive losers who have overtaken the country. Burr’s current renaissance is not the result of a pivot on his part; if anything, it’s a sign of how much the popular culture has shifted around him, taking on a more populist sheen, sick of both politically correct niceties and billionaire worship.

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