(i know this is an exchange between some of the worst people of the internet)

  • untorquer@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Moreso a means of communicating where everything is tongue in cheek and generally accepted as fake. It wasn’t perfect, don’t want a lot of it back, especially not the parts that eventually incubated fascists, but that’s her humor, and i understand it.

    She’s problematic in oh so many other ways. I’m not suggesting she’s a protagonist here lol

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      18 hours ago

      The whole “lol it’s just a joke” thing has been a key tool used to normalize fascism in the US. It’s a blatant tactic used by the right to normalize truly horrifying things.

      And unfortunately, it has been wildly successful

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        13 hours ago

        Look I’m not defending much, but especially not what came after 2006. Shit went south but it wasn’t the humor that caused it. /pol/ was a mistake from the start. Gave the fash an unmoderated anonymous hang out. That spread after 2006.