▲ 814 ▼ Musk makes Holocaust jokes after Netanyahu defends him as ‘great friend of Israel’ (www.jewishnews.co.uk) submitted 2 years ago by mEEGal@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 99 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Souroak@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 2 years ago* (1 child) And personally, I believe that any community that pretends to be idiots, are. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LengAwaits@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) You may be right, there. I do tend to excuse comedians, like Monty Python and their ilk, though. I guess it's always contextual. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, also satire. Look at Colbert's schtick, that entire thing was pretending to be dumb, but it was peak satire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LengAwaits@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* It's tough. Colbert is actually a great example in this case, because, while I also loved his schtick, a lot of conservatives didn't realize it was satire. There was actually a study done about it, in fact! The Irony of Satire: Political Ideology and the Motivation to See What You Want to See in The Colbert Report permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LengAwaits@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) You may be right, there. I do tend to excuse comedians, like Monty Python and their ilk, though. I guess it's always contextual. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, also satire. Look at Colbert's schtick, that entire thing was pretending to be dumb, but it was peak satire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LengAwaits@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* It's tough. Colbert is actually a great example in this case, because, while I also loved his schtick, a lot of conservatives didn't realize it was satire. There was actually a study done about it, in fact! The Irony of Satire: Political Ideology and the Motivation to See What You Want to See in The Colbert Report permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, also satire. Look at Colbert's schtick, that entire thing was pretending to be dumb, but it was peak satire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LengAwaits@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* It's tough. Colbert is actually a great example in this case, because, while I also loved his schtick, a lot of conservatives didn't realize it was satire. There was actually a study done about it, in fact! The Irony of Satire: Political Ideology and the Motivation to See What You Want to See in The Colbert Report permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LengAwaits@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* It's tough. Colbert is actually a great example in this case, because, while I also loved his schtick, a lot of conservatives didn't realize it was satire. There was actually a study done about it, in fact! The Irony of Satire: Political Ideology and the Motivation to See What You Want to See in The Colbert Report permalink fedilink source parent