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  • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
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    11 months ago

    It also speaks to the insidious nature of discourse in the West.

    Incivility of language is considered deeply uncouth, but electing leaders who have promised to do horrific things is perfectly fine, as long as they express it in acceptable language.

    Biden sending billions to Ukrainian skinheads, continuing to build a wall, increasing police funding, doing nothing about COVID, gutting the child tax credit etc is all perfectly fine because he was polite and well spoken about it. Can't come out and say overtly you want Israel to turn Palestine into a graveyard, but aiming to help them achieve that is fine.

    • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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      11 months ago

      People by and large don't get extremely obvious satire -- they aren't going to get any of that out of "unlimited genocide" jokes.

      • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
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        11 months ago

        Sure, I agree; I'm just adding my metaphorical 2 cents to the original comment

        Part of the reason I think it resonates is the deep seated hatred of 'civil' discourse, coupled with the frustrations of being politically neutered