(i know this is an exchange between some of the worst people of the internet)

    • untorquer@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      Moreso a means of communicating where everything is tongue in cheek and generally accepted as fake. It wasn’t perfect, don’t want a lot of it back, especially not the parts that eventually incubated fascists, but that’s her humor, and i understand it.

      She’s problematic in oh so many other ways. I’m not suggesting she’s a protagonist here lol

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        11 minutes ago

        The whole “lol it’s just a joke” thing has been a key tool used to normalize fascism in the US. It’s a blatant tactic used by the right to normalize truly horrifying things.

        And unfortunately, it has been wildly successful