Paul@lemmy.esquiretheduke.nohost.me to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoStephen Colbert Revives Right-Wing Alter Ego to Rip Donald Trump on Free Speechwww.thedailybeast.comexternal-linkmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1520arrow-down10
arrow-up1520arrow-down1external-linkStephen Colbert Revives Right-Wing Alter Ego to Rip Donald Trump on Free Speechwww.thedailybeast.comPaul@lemmy.esquiretheduke.nohost.me to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·12 hours agoThe fact is that this character played an role in normalizing this shift we saw, across the board, towards accepting this kind of right wing framing of politics. The fact that it was satire is irrelevant. The normalization is damage done.
minus-squareMiddleAgesModem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 hours agoNo the fact is people like you are too dense to understand satire.
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 hours agoLemmy seems to be more interested in worshiping its heroes than it is addressing their flaws. Go look up what the word normalization means.
minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoAre you saying wingers didn’t accept this right wing framing of politics long before?
The fact is that this character played an role in normalizing this shift we saw, across the board, towards accepting this kind of right wing framing of politics. The fact that it was satire is irrelevant. The normalization is damage done.
No the fact is people like you are too dense to understand satire.
Lemmy seems to be more interested in worshiping its heroes than it is addressing their flaws.
Go look up what the word normalization means.
Tbf, hindsight is 20/20.
Nuh uh
Are you saying wingers didn’t accept this right wing framing of politics long before?