every single politics thread is just full of liberals pointing out “wow the party of small government huh lol” or “so much for party of personal freedoms huh lol” as if anyone else isnt noticing that republican/GOP marketing is an obvious lie and that even their base knows that
they really think pointing out this obvious hypocrisy is breaking the news to anyone else. and its just like, we get it dude. we all get it. we’ve all known this for a long time, im glad you’re catching up
99% of politics libs espouse or even interact with is just the same “republicans are hypocrites” bullshit over and over.
and by the way, these people are entirely unaware of their own blatant hypocrisies. i should go around saying “party of equality unless you’re trans huh lol” or “party of peace unless you’re palestinian i guess huh lol” but i dont because i know they know they don’t actually believe that shit and i know we all know it so there’s no use in pointing it out unless i wanna be jerked off by other people who already agree with me. guess that explains why thats the extent of liberal resistance to fascism. voting for diet fascism and then calling out obvious hypocrisy like nobody else noticed somehow
Seemingly never. I remember after several years of watching Jon Stewart do his shtick long ago, getting frustrated even as a viewer that he and his writers were putting so much effort into simply mocking republicans to literally no discernible effect. It made me realize what a flimsy weapon sarcasm is, on a political scale.
It's actually the opposite of a weapon. It is false catharsis. Liberals watch shows like John Oliver's and feel like they've resolved a problem when all they've really done is make themselves feel righteous.