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Musk makes Holocaust jokes after Netanyahu defends him as ‘great friend of Israel’
(www.jewishnews.co.uk)
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Just like with some of the 4chan idiots though, there is little functional difference between being a true believer nazi and merely pretending to be one.
Exactly.
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
Yeah I'm not saying it would make him better. Only saying his main intent seems to be to rile people up.
I agree, but also we can never know what's in a person's heart. It seems more useful to consider his actions; if it walks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck...