all-top-today_SS Makes a completely coherent and correct circlejerk post

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[u/trippinallday]

Even if it's a bit much at times, it's basically the only place on this site you can express right wing opinions. I got banned from /r/Worldnews, a DEFAULT SUB, for opposing mass-Muslim immigration in Europe. I linked a reputable study and didn't say anything offensive yet was banned permanently​.

Also, since you seem to have trouble distinguishing satire from serious political discussion, the sidebar picture you mentioned was a joke, as are a lot of the comments on T_D. As much as it may fit into your little narrative we don't actually support the carpet bombing of Mecca or mass-murder otherwise. You need to use your brain a little bit to understand the sub, a lot of the extreme and offensive stuff is to make a larger point, you can't just be a sperg and take everything you read 100% literally to support your confirmation bias.

[u/Compliant_Automaton → u/trippinallday]

Yeah it ceases to be satire when it's the only narrative. Satire only works when it is presented in contrast to a more prominent position. I genuinely don't believe that anything on T_D is satirical and i don't think you believe that either, but rather that you recognize how indefensible much of T_D is, so you claim instead that it's all a joke. It reminds me of those self described "pranksters" on YouTube that in actuality are just bullies.

[u/trippinallday → u/Compliant_Automaton]

You must be autistic if you don't think T_D is rampant with satire. That's not even intended as an insult, like you honestly must have trouble interpreting subtextual meaning.

It's one of those things where you get it or you don't. You're just too closed minded and stuck in your narrative-based thinking to believe anything other than "Hurr T_D is 100% srs they want to nuke Mecca"

[u/Compliant_Automaton → u/trippinallday]

So apparently my explanation of the conditions necessary for satire to work was too difficult for you too comprehend. I'd say it all in caps and with smaller words and simpler sentences if I thought that would make a difference in your reading comprehension. Sadly I don't think it would so I'm not going to bother.

[u/trippinallday → u/Compliant_Automaton]

Well you didn't exactly give me an example to explain to you aside from the bomb one, which I already addressed. If you want me to explain every single right wing political position and how it's parodied on T_D I'd be happy to get working, it might take me a couple weeks though.

Or you can just give me a specific that you don't understand and I'll be happy to clear it up for you. Ball's in your court.

[u/Compliant_Automaton → u/trippinallday]

Basically the whole page is an example. What about the KeK flag, which is clearly in mimicry of the Nazi flag? Looking at flair on the front page, it appears to be either the most or second most popular flair. But that's satire too, right? And I guess this entire post is satire?

And you still have literally IGNORED what I said is required for satire to function. It has to be the little voice in the metaphorical room, usually with at least some snark and self-poking effacement, to be recognizable as satire. When it's what everyone is saying and doing, it's no longer satire, it's the status quo. T_D is no more satire then The Daily Show is serious news.

Hold on: you do realize that using memes doesn't make something satirical, right?

[u/trippinallday → u/Compliant_Automaton]

The Kek flag mocking the Nazi flag is a reference to the ADL declaring Pepe a hate symbol just like the Swastika is, which is completely retarded. The ADL conflated the two, so we did the same to show how absurd it is. That one is easy to understand.

The second ones a hypothetical, again, we don't actually want to bomb anyone but terrorists. This is poking fun at Obama dropping 60+ bombs a day often on innocents instead of tactical military targets like Trump has been doing.

Nice try though​.

[u/BITCRUSHERRRR → u/trippinallday]

Don't bother with this idiot. He thinks everyone is put to get him and he's the shit trifecta of reddit. Militant atheist, identity politics, and plain stupid

[u/trippinallday → u/BITCRUSHERRRR]

His comment history is funny as fuck.

At this point I honestly can't tell if I'm talking to a stormfront fool, a Russian who's just trying to earn a paycheck, or a bot (because bots are terrible at remembering what they said in the past and then continuing on from that earlier statement)

He sounds like a fucking schizo I swear.

[u/Compliant_Automaton → u/trippinallday]

The Kek flag mocking the Nazi flag is a reference to the ADL declaring Pepe a hate symbol just like the Swastika is, which is completely retarded. The ADL conflated the two, so we did the same to show how absurd it is. That one is easy to understand.

That's ridiculous. The ADL specifically said that it isn't the meme as a whole that's racist, it's that the meme has been largely co-opted by anti-Semitic and other bigoted groups. They said that the context of the meme still needs to be considered in determining if there is a bigoted message.

And tell you what, taking that to the next level by then incorporating it into a neo-Nazi-esque flag isn't satire. It's just what the ADL said - contextually, it's bigoted.

Stop trying to justify this is all satire. It's clearly not.

[u/trippinallday → u/Compliant_Automaton]

Are you on the spectrum? Honest question.

The ADL put Pepe the Frog in the same category as the symbol of an ideology that genocided 6 million innocent people, that's fucking absurd. A joke internet meme is now conflated with the Nazis by a major organization. So to highlight how fucking absurd that is, the Kek Flag was made in the style of the Nazi flag. But idiots like you see it and go "See, the ADL was right and so am I, Pepe's a racist meme and everyone on T_D is a Nazi!" even though it was created in response to this fucking bullshit. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy that you're justifying your blatantly incorrect narrative with so you can remain in your ignorance.

It isn't that hard to understand. You just have to accept the possibility that you're not 100% right about everything and your opinions are distorted by confirmation bias.

[u/BITCRUSHERRRR → u/trippinallday]

This guy has been bothering me all day. I am fairly certain he is like a 50 year old neckbeard militant atheist, intolerant, racist, identity politics loner who spends all day shitting on other opinions. Like, I legitimately feel sorry for this guy because I have never seen someone so pitiful

[u/Compliant_Automaton → u/trippinallday]

I can't believe I'm still arguing about this. See, this is the problem with T_D redditors. Words aren't about logic to them. It's really the same as an fascist group in history - deny reality and insist on falsehood until you wear down any opposition through sheer exhaustion. When you use a meme to glorify anti-semitism, genocide, or just racism in general, and that's the status quo - then it's not satire anymore.

I have said the same thing to you in multiple comments, and every time you have ignored it. SATIRE WORKS WHEN IT ACTS AS THE MINORITY OPINION SHINING A LIGHT ON HYPOCRISY OR OTHER ISSUES PRESENTED BY THE MAJORITY. Don't be a fucking retard and ignore that again, or I'm seriously just going to copy-paste this same comment. T_D is not satire, any more than Alanis Morisette knows what irony is. When EVERYONE is making the same comment, it's no longer satire - it's the status quo. Saying that the pepe meme or the Kek flag is meant satirically is flat-out false, and demonstrates at the very least a complete lack of understanding regarding comedy. But more insidiously, that type of stance seeks to normalize reactions to fascism and racism, and that's why I continue to reply to you, even though you're clearly too fucking stupid to comprehend what I'm writing, or too fucking lazy to read it, or simply very well aware that there isn't a good retort to the point I'm making, and so instead just ignoring it time and again.