> I cannot conceive of how anyone would think those phrases would result in useful, effective, or even interpretable irony or sarcasm.

Well, that is the root of the disagreement (and one of the main issues with this whole fiasco). When you isolate opposing side enough, you can paint them in whatever way you want, because "I cannot understand them, therefore I assume worst interpretation possible" sounds so logical to you . . .

But from the context given in comments I see just how bad the ban is, and how detached from reality are these judgments of Sargon et al. But you will keep shunning him, understand him even less, and make more opponents to progressive cause ...

Streissand effect in full power. It makes me really sad, as I hate modern right wing ideas.