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minus-square100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·6 months ago He is using satire to make a point. If only that were satire
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 months agoAt least I have more dignity and self respect than a large portion of the people running my country
minus-square100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·6 months agoI mean, technically: the most powerful man in the world cannot do satire, because it requires punching up.
minus-squaremoondoggie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoThere is a lot of punching up he can do: morality, intelligence, compassion, basic human decency. When you’re at the very bottom of something, there’s nowhere else to punch but up.
minus-square100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoThat doesn’t sound like satire either and it wouldn’t be his job anyway.
minus-squareIzzyScissor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 months agoI wish our journalists did ANY amount of push-back because calling it satire is just a red herring and I wish they wouldn’t even engage with it. OK, let’s assume it is satire used to make a point. What point exactly was he making? That he IS a king and is shitting on us all?
If only that were satire
At least I have more dignity and self respect than a large portion of the people running my country
I mean, technically: the most powerful man in the world cannot do satire, because it requires punching up.
There is a lot of punching up he can do: morality, intelligence, compassion, basic human decency. When you’re at the very bottom of something, there’s nowhere else to punch but up.
That doesn’t sound like satire either and it wouldn’t be his job anyway.
I wish our journalists did ANY amount of push-back because calling it satire is just a red herring and I wish they wouldn’t even engage with it.