Indiana Launches Anti-LGBTQ "Snitch Line," Users Flood With Memes In Protest - eviltoast
  • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe
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    9 months ago

    Yeah, definitely missed your meaning towards Vonnegut’s intent.

    And you would think he made it a bit obvious when Bergeron rips off his weights and declares himself Emperor, but as you say the conservatives typically don’t see that as an unreasonable attitude.

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      9 months ago

      It is my fault for being too ambiguous in my phrasing.

      But yeah… Dude’s teacher going “and THAT’S Socialism” is essentially the effect at play. When you hit all the reinforced points of Conservative emotional reactive training with just a bigger hammer they don’t know to look for the cues that the author and the message are at odds. . A lot of the rhetoric of Conservativism is based more on vibe than on solid social or media literacy so if you just replicate the vibe the programming kicks in to stop thinking critically. They do recognize it as hyperbole… Most of the time. I have known some spectacular idiots

      You’ve probably noticed but all but the absolute most obtuse satire does not work on conservative audiences.