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RE: Poe's Law: Sarcasm and Satire Online
When I say political opportunism I don't mean absolute brutality or whatever; when political opportunism doesn't work in your favour then it's time to find another tactic. I suppose one has to be selective about opportunism.
Also, regarding your reply to your reply, satire is great when used properly. Satire is probably one of my favourite tactics to use or observe.
Agreed.
I am fully in favour of satire. And the use of what tend to be memes to spread views in an semi-serious way isn't something i'm entirely against just cautious about.
And I do think that outside of the internet (or the media) the tactic loses a lot of its value. If you were on a stall for example having a leaflet that was just a joke would be counter-intuitive. But a sign at a protest could be far more effective if it was "just a joke". So I guess it's context dependent.