Paul@lemmy.esquiretheduke.nohost.me to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoStephen Colbert Revives Right-Wing Alter Ego to Rip Donald Trump on Free Speechwww.thedailybeast.comexternal-linkmessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up1636arrow-down12
arrow-up1634arrow-down1external-linkStephen Colbert Revives Right-Wing Alter Ego to Rip Donald Trump on Free Speechwww.thedailybeast.comPaul@lemmy.esquiretheduke.nohost.me to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square109fedilink
minus-squareMiddleAgesModem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 hours agoNo the fact is people like you are too dense to understand satire.
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·20 hours agoLemmy seems to be more interested in worshiping its heroes than it is addressing their flaws. Go look up what the word normalization means.
minus-squareDoomsider@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoHe was really more of an absurdist than just someone doing satire in my opinion. I get you didn’t like his character, but he didn’t normalize anything despite your insisting he did. https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/does-satire-soften-the-blow-of-criticism In fact, according to modern research he was using the most effective tool we have to destroy their reputation.
No the fact is people like you are too dense to understand satire.
Lemmy seems to be more interested in worshiping its heroes than it is addressing their flaws.
Go look up what the word normalization means.
He was really more of an absurdist than just someone doing satire in my opinion. I get you didn’t like his character, but he didn’t normalize anything despite your insisting he did.
https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/does-satire-soften-the-blow-of-criticism
In fact, according to modern research he was using the most effective tool we have to destroy their reputation.