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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•edit-23 days agoAnd personally, I believe that any community that pretends to be idiots, are.
minus-square@LengAwaitslinkEnglish9•3 days agoYou may be right, there. I do tend to excuse comedians, like Monty Python and their ilk, though. I guess it’s always contextual.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•2 days agoYeah, also satire. Look at Colbert’s schtick, that entire thing was pretending to be dumb, but it was peak satire.
minus-square@LengAwaitslinkEnglish2•edit-21 day agoIt’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
And personally, I believe that any community that pretends to be idiots, are.
You may be right, there. I do tend to excuse comedians, like Monty Python and their ilk, though. I guess it’s always contextual.
Yeah, also satire. Look at Colbert’s schtick, that entire thing was pretending to be dumb, but it was peak satire.
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