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Re:Tesla stock falls again, toward longest losing streak in ... by krapp on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @12:47PM (#34151338)
No, because Jonathan Swift wasn't actually eating people in the service of satire. "Goat fuckers" actually fuck goats even when they do so "ironically." If you spread Russian propaganda for the lulz you're still spreading Russian propaganda.
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Re:Tesla stock falls again, toward longest losing streak in ... by Robotbeat on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @12:57PM (#34151459)
Are people who quote-tweet Musk tweets to dunk on them spreading Musk propaganda? “Satire is bad because it spreads the thing being satired” is a fun take, but no one in the media seriously believes it enough to be consistent about it.
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Re:Tesla stock falls again, toward longest losing streak in ... by krapp on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @01:42PM (#34152076)
Except we're talking about Twitter, which is designed to do exactly that, and Elon Musk, who should know by now that any thread he replies to will go viral. In this case, "satire" is bad because is spreads the thing being satirized, yes.
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