So instead of Blame Canada they will sing Blame Brazil?

When names collide everything start to lose meaning.

which benefits fascists, generally speaking. degrading global social communication enables the basal ganglia into the local us vs them.

As much as I find satire amusing, a lot of it does not do what people think it does as effectively in this context.

Sacha baron cohen, sining throw the jews down the well had a bunch of racists singing it with zero care what it's satiring. Dave chapelle did similar to black culture. South park gets pretty close to the same.

theres a bit overeliance on satirization. Paul ryan wasn't satirically listening to "Rage against the machine"; he was actively trying to redefine it for his own delusion.

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ryandrake 21 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Sacha baron cohen, sining throw the jews down the well had a bunch of racists singing it with zero care what it's satiring. Dave chapelle did similar to black culture. South park gets pretty close to the same.

I worked with people who totally missed the sarcasm and satire in Parker & Stone's Team America World Police and legit thought it was just a cool action movie about America kicking the world's ass. I had to double check before it dawned on me that they were serious.

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croon 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's the same reason I can't watch It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia or Rick & Morty anymore, despite them being great shows. The parts they're lampooning are the parts most celebrated.

Or another example is Springsteens "Born in the USA" being played at so many political rallies: Reagan, Dole, Buchanan, Trump (without permission).

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mulderc 21 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Knew many conservatives that loved the Colbert report and clearly didn’t get the satire

	▲	etempleton 19 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I remember feeling at the time that the Colbert Report’s satire was too on the nose for my tastes.

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philipallstar 21 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It benefits all sorts of types of people.

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behringer 21 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Sarcasm wasn't designed for these people. They're simple people that will never allow themselves to be educated. Sarcasm is not for them, it's for the people around them.

You will never be able to stop the simple minded racist with your educational movie. He only consumes media that appeals to him. "Go woke go broke!" as they say. If you want to get through to him you need to appeal to his smarter friends and family. You can bring them together with sarcasm more than any other tool, because two people of opposing views can relate to the same media.