Love the irony of calling out kneejerk assumptions… This post is effectively “Left wing people are smart. Right wing people are dumb. Upvote if you agree”
No, the post is pointing out that reinforcing existing beliefs doesn’t require an explanation while giving reasons to change does. Explanations are always longer.
So, leftist memes are long and nuanced? Leftists must not hang around Lemmy and Reddit then, because by the time I see anything long and nuanced around here it’s not a meme any more.
Moreover, a short, meme-length satire absolutely can challenge and give reason to change, as it draws attention to the incongruity in the reader’s expectations. If course it can also be dumb, wrong, maligned or ignored.
No, I do think this post is essentially “my memes clever, your memes dumb”; and, “stop having fun at your own satire. You’re all stupid and you need to know you’re all stupid”; and back again, “see guys, I called them stupid. Now we can all feel relief and walk away.”
Boring endnote, please stop reading…
I take to the comments again to complain that there’s too much oversaturation of defending good things with dumb takes. I’m not, above, trying to defend right-wing memes; what frustrates me so often on Lemmy and Reddit is seeing good values - caring for the poor, having justice in society, treating women with respect, making policies with science not assumptions… - seeing good and important things defended often with lies, ad hominem attacks and other bad takes. If your true goal is for the ‘poor’ to win, then lies and tantrums make superficial logical sense, but (a) watch your necks when today’s poor become tomorrow’s rich and (b) do you actually care for the poor or is it “my segment of society” win? But if your true goal is for society to be good and kind and just and honest, then while you fight for justice, be just; and be honest, while you fight for honesty; and be kind to those you don’t like, while you fight for people in power to be kind even to those they don’t like; and choose your sources with integrity when you fight for science; and consider your own views when you fight for people to seek truth outside their echo chambers. But do you care about the people you’re memeing to? Or do you really want to make yourself look good.
Love the irony of calling out kneejerk assumptions… This post is effectively “Left wing people are smart. Right wing people are dumb. Upvote if you agree”
No, the post is pointing out that reinforcing existing beliefs doesn’t require an explanation while giving reasons to change does. Explanations are always longer.
So, leftist memes are long and nuanced? Leftists must not hang around Lemmy and Reddit then, because by the time I see anything long and nuanced around here it’s not a meme any more.
Moreover, a short, meme-length satire absolutely can challenge and give reason to change, as it draws attention to the incongruity in the reader’s expectations. If course it can also be dumb, wrong, maligned or ignored.
No, I do think this post is essentially “my memes clever, your memes dumb”; and, “stop having fun at your own satire. You’re all stupid and you need to know you’re all stupid”; and back again, “see guys, I called them stupid. Now we can all feel relief and walk away.”
Boring endnote, please stop reading…
I take to the comments again to complain that there’s too much oversaturation of defending good things with dumb takes. I’m not, above, trying to defend right-wing memes; what frustrates me so often on Lemmy and Reddit is seeing good values - caring for the poor, having justice in society, treating women with respect, making policies with science not assumptions… - seeing good and important things defended often with lies, ad hominem attacks and other bad takes. If your true goal is for the ‘poor’ to win, then lies and tantrums make superficial logical sense, but (a) watch your necks when today’s poor become tomorrow’s rich and (b) do you actually care for the poor or is it “my segment of society” win? But if your true goal is for society to be good and kind and just and honest, then while you fight for justice, be just; and be honest, while you fight for honesty; and be kind to those you don’t like, while you fight for people in power to be kind even to those they don’t like; and choose your sources with integrity when you fight for science; and consider your own views when you fight for people to seek truth outside their echo chambers. But do you care about the people you’re memeing to? Or do you really want to make yourself look good.
Out of curiosity, can you post 1 (one) SINGLE right-wing meme that’s funny?
I mean, I have one. It’s Canadian, and I was not stoked at all about the actual event, but I did laugh (and felt guilty after) at this.
yeah that one is kind of funny, but at the end of the day it fits right in the arguments that right wingers can’t make memes-- the joke is cruelty.