• TokenBoomer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Won’t it be great when the history books recount how America held off fascism because it memed it away.

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      1 year ago

      Memes in a way also brought back fascism. Remember when T_D (and some parts of 4chan) started out with Trump for president as a joke?

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      1 year ago

      Considering that the right-wing memed Trump into office, I think it is only fitting that memes are what destroy them

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      1 year ago

      Yeah I immediately thought of being in school reading about Washington crossing the Delaware and how future generations will read about dark Brandon memes.

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        1 year ago

        on the other hand, people probably felt the same about news, leaked correspondence, “yellow journalism” (fake news), crowd baiting speeches, pamphlets, flyers, and marches throughout pre-digital media.

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          And while fascism does use humor to lure people in, it also cannot deal with being the but of a joke

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            Fascist humor is just the first thing any teenage mind would think of to make their teenage friends giggle. It usually just amounts to calling someone a derogatory name. And, just like a teenager, they get pissed when it’s echoed back at them. They are, literally, mentally retarded.

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            That’s ironic when you consider who you mean to be talking about, and who actually tried to blacklist comedians like Dave Chappelle.

            I’m of the opinion that left wingers say these things because they sound high brow, but they never seem to realize how big of a self-own they’re making for themselves. It’s like they don’t have the awareness to take a step back and look at how what they’re saying would be seen by those outside their echo chamber.

            Oh well. I don’t even know why I’m here. I know you guys don’t believe in dissident views. Keep telling yourselves you are the virtuous few in the face of the evil fash. I’m sure you don’t resemble exactly what you hate at least some of the time.