Re:When does satire become misinformation?
by aaron695 on Saturday June 09, 2018 @10:36AM
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> In a moment of somewhat poor judgement, he said, essentially, "I've always hated gay people." But he was joking.
I wouldn't say it was a joke, it was a form of humor.
> The joke was that gay haters are often so over the top that they will sound completely ridiculous
No this wasn't the humor as far as I can see.
He's rubbing his nose in the fact many people no longer get humor in its many forms and is using a type of humor that's not commonly done these days. Even things like the Daily Show have to "Explain the joke" these days.
FYI Australians (He's Australian) consider this an a lower class American trait, right or wrong it's a common meme in Australia, Americans audiences are so bad the joke has to be explained. (And notice I have to include the "Right or Wrong" when it wasn't needed, cause it's another form of infection were you can't report on things without saying your moral stance no matter how outrageous)
> Now, to be clear, if you watch the original video, there's probably no way for you to tell it was a joke.
This is simply not true, it's incredibly obvious.
And no he wasn't trolling, a best he was thumbing his nose at the outrage machine that kicks into action without regard to why, for them it's all about forming their mob whenever possible, they use mobs for adrenaline rather than humor.
Did he win a round for humor over the lynch mob, two mortal enemies. Hard to say.
I wouldn't say it was a joke, it was a form of humor.
> The joke was that gay haters are often so over the top that they will sound completely ridiculous
No this wasn't the humor as far as I can see.
He's rubbing his nose in the fact many people no longer get humor in its many forms and is using a type of humor that's not commonly done these days. Even things like the Daily Show have to "Explain the joke" these days.
FYI Australians (He's Australian) consider this an a lower class American trait, right or wrong it's a common meme in Australia, Americans audiences are so bad the joke has to be explained. (And notice I have to include the "Right or Wrong" when it wasn't needed, cause it's another form of infection were you can't report on things without saying your moral stance no matter how outrageous)
> Now, to be clear, if you watch the original video, there's probably no way for you to tell it was a joke.
This is simply not true, it's incredibly obvious.
And no he wasn't trolling, a best he was thumbing his nose at the outrage machine that kicks into action without regard to why, for them it's all about forming their mob whenever possible, they use mobs for adrenaline rather than humor.
Did he win a round for humor over the lynch mob, two mortal enemies. Hard to say.