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[-] Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I understand that. You’re the first one to trust I have a point. Trolling from either side serves right wing agendas. It degrades the discussion. I know this is a meme thread, but this thread has been nonstop political garbage for about a month.

[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I feel like you might be ignoring the purpose of satirical content. IMO, it serves two purposes: the first is to entertain and consolidate people who already agree with the message, the second is to raise cognitive dissonance in those that disagree with the message by raising awareness of hypocrisy.

As someone who cut their teeth on 4chan and ended up harbouring some fairly bigoted views, political satire is a large part of why I eventually abandoned those views.

To write it off as ineffective or even counterproductive seems to me to be a gross misunderstanding of its purpose.

[-] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The right wing won't return you the favor, you're giving them too much credit. Facism didn't lose to kindness in WW2.

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