• Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Memes and humour are rhetoric, and speaking only for myself, I’d rather mildly joke about someone’s silly views rather than have a big grumpy debate with them. There’s a time and place to sit down and respectfully suss out a topic, and I think good comedy helps more than it hurts - even when a few people aren’t laughing.

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      10 days ago

      That much is true, but I don’t think I wouldn’t call this “good comedy”, and judging from the replies in the thread - OP included - I don’t think it’s intended as a joke either, mild or otherwise. It is kinda amusing, in that victory is presented as always impossible, but I doubt that was intentional. This isn’t goodnatured ribbing, this is more, as the kids say, bait.

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        10 days ago

        As one who left, I feel qualified to dislike Americans more than most. I don’t quite fit in in England, but I definitely don’t fit in back there either.

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      9 days ago

      “Memes and humour are rhetoric”

      Democrats absolutely hate this however. Remember how they reacted to the “genocide Joe” meme?

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          9 days ago

          Democrats don’t allow criticism no matter the situation.

          If they are in power, then they can’t be criticized because the election is very soon and you are just “helping the other side”

          If they are not in power, then they can’t be blamed for anything because they are not in power.