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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

If you know how the satire is used, you'll appreciate that it's not that goofy.

ie: the disinformation talking points of the GOP are pushed as satire, but they are also the essential messages of the GOP and especially the anti-vax Christian evangelist group. Serious messages are mixed with silly messages, but the overall message is clear: convince readers that everything associated with Democrats is a joke and everything associated with the GOP is just common sense. The satire is not the problem. The promotion of disinformation is the problem.

[–]Comatoast 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

I'm having trouble understanding what you mean, because you used a completely unrelated example. So what is the promotion of disinformation within the article here that is meant to be a joke using qualities observed above many women (shamefully, self included-- except decorative pillows are stupid on the bed unless you actually make yours/or want it to look nice, and lack utility even then). Is it disinfo to poke fun at someone or to laugh with someone trying to poke fun at you?

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I am not sure if I'll make sense if I have to explain it (ie. we apparently have different views of what's happening on the micro and macro levels here). My reference to the present satire is an effort to locate it within its larger context at babylonbee.com and for its audience. References to so-called "Toxic Femininity" are a bit more than playful, funny jabs at women. This fits a larger context of general misogyny by the Alt-right, and more specifically, the Christian evangelist Alt-right, who want to promote what they consider family values by emhpasizing that women are easy to laugh at (for many reasons) and remain part of a male-dominated society to which they should acquiesce, and let men be men, and let women be women, kept in their places. I appreciate that this may not be obvious when reading satire, and indeed it might not be in another context or website. But within its context on babylonbee.com it's in a constructed space that is meant to push a very specific narrative. It's that narrative that should be obvious to most. It's not innocent satire about women, not at that website.

[–]Comatoast 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you for taking the time to respond.