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Musk makes Holocaust jokes after Netanyahu defends him as ‘great friend of Israel’ (www.jewishnews.co.uk)

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[–] 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.

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[–] 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

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