• Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 years ago

      I wish it really did hurt to be stupid. Those suffering from it would be much more inclined to correct the condition rather than delighting in it like they do now.

  • Joe_0237@lemmy.ml
    7·
    2 years ago

    “Conservative Christian” is and oxymoron but having never read any Jesus, its easy to identify that way.

    First of all you don’t become a conservative Christian by being willing to read. So lets imagine DeSantis misspoke and said “The only way to ensure that Trump can violate The Constitution and overthrow our democracy is to read the New Testament and understand it”

    Here are some probable outcomes:

    • They see that Jesus is a leftist and can no longer call themselves Christian, when asked their religion they say “none, atheiest”.
    • They see that Jesus is a leftist and conclude that the bible was simply written by leftists and that it isn’t true.
    • They see that Jesus has good ideas, unconsciously redefine what conservative means to them, and stay quiet until someone they considerd a friend angrily calles them a libtard for stating one of jesuses teachings in disagreement of something thet had repeated from facebook.
    • They see that Jesus is a leftist, they trust in their lord choosing his love and reason over the hatred and fear of man and can no longer call themselves a conservative.
    • They conclude that Pontius Pilate and the Roman government where the good guys and Jesus was an evil libtard who earned his crusofiction and they start worshoping Pilate instead.
    • The whole thing goes over the readers head
    • They strengthen their belief by ignoring parts that clearly don’t fit their belief, and twisting anything that can kind of fit their beliefs.
  • Xanthobilly@lemmy.world
    7149·
    2 years ago

    It’s sad really. This post was the final straw for me. I’ll be unsubscribing. I saw the same thing happen dankmemes. Post after post of politically charged, right leaning nonsense. My tinfoil hat says it’s intentional to kill Lemmy, and honestly it’s working.

      • Xanthobilly@lemmy.world
        5122·
        2 years ago

        Yes, this post when interpreted as ironic, is making fun of socialism and CRT. Regardless it is leveraging oft used conservative boogeymen buzzwords for a joke. It dilutes the original use of the words, and whether or not intended, degrades their meaning. It’s a very common tactic of fascism and hard right actors. It’s exactly what Trump did when assuming the ‘fake news’ moniker and repurposing it to attack media. This entire site has been circling the drain for some time, and the downvotes just prove none of you value actual discussion.

          • Xanthobilly@lemmy.world
            249·
            2 years ago

            I understand that. You’re the first one to trust I have a point. Trolling from either side serves right wing agendas. It degrades the discussion. I know this is a meme thread, but this thread has been nonstop political garbage for about a month.

            • enkers@sh.itjust.works
              21·
              2 years ago

              I feel like you might be ignoring the purpose of satirical content. IMO, it serves two purposes: the first is to entertain and consolidate people who already agree with the message, the second is to raise cognitive dissonance in those that disagree with the message by raising awareness of hypocrisy.

              As someone who cut their teeth on 4chan and ended up harbouring some fairly bigoted views, political satire is a large part of why I eventually abandoned those views.

              To write it off as ineffective or even counterproductive seems to me to be a gross misunderstanding of its purpose.

            • RedditWanderer@lemmy.world
              7·
              2 years ago

              The right wing won’t return you the favor, you’re giving them too much credit. Facism didn’t lose to kindness in WW2.

        • GarrulousBrevity@lemmy.world
          25·
          2 years ago

          I think you’re alienating your allies here. This is clearly intended to be left leaning, and you’re lumping OP with Trump and facists.

            • GarrulousBrevity@lemmy.world
              22·
              2 years ago

              Okay, so, I am reading what you’re saying, and I don’t really know how one could make a joke that isn’t, by your understanding, part of the conservative agenda.

              And if that’s what you think, I am curious why you’re looking at memes at all.

              • Xanthobilly@lemmy.world
                426·
                2 years ago

                There’s a universe of thing’s worth joking about, but this post just serves political agendas, mostly right wing ones, and isn’t funny. CRT has become such a punching bag it’s lost all meaning. I’ve had the experience of my (very different) field of study becoming a political football, and the end result was the field suffering for years afterwards. Those setbacks are due to the right wing of political discourse choosing to meme the subject and make it political. The very act of targeting it was the main transgression, but subsequent meming on both sides only dragged things down further.

                • GarrulousBrevity@lemmy.world
                  16·
                  2 years ago

                  So, telling people to not try and be funny, even those you agree with, is definitely alienating your allies. I hear what you’re saying, but I have also seen parents losing their ever loving shit at PTA meetings… And to say that everyone must treat those ignorant displays with quiet respect, because CRT was mentioned… Seems a bit beyond the pale.

          • Xanthobilly@lemmy.world
            337·
            2 years ago

            The downvotes only validate I’m right that this site is in the shitter. You just assume because the message is liberal, it doesn’t play into right leaning agendas.

        • Dick Justice@lemmy.world
          13·
          2 years ago

          To be honest it sounds like you don’t want people to mock conservatives, and that’s a tough ask when they make it so easy.

          • Xanthobilly@lemmy.world
            421·
            2 years ago

            Sort of. I’m saying mocking only lowers the overall dialogue into the shitter, which doesn’t serve the purpose you think. It may make you feel morally superior, but does nothing to fix the issue, and arguably further entrenches the two sides.

            • Dick Justice@lemmy.world
              15·
              2 years ago

              Well and now you’re inching up on “both sides” territory, which just makes me wonder if your outrage is even genuine.

        • getynge@lemmy.world
          11·
          2 years ago

          I understand all the component words here and still have absolutely no understanding of how you can make your assertions so confidently this makes no sense.