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It’s not funny anymore. Far-right extremists’ use of humour

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Re: It’s not funny anymore. Far-right extremists’ use of humour

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I'm so pissed off that my European tax money is wasted on financing bullshit like that. But be aware, this is maybe the first sign that "humor" will be the next victim of the "cancel culture" and the current trend in "free speech censorship"...

Tracking far-right extremism and its modern forms is "bullshit"?

Re: It’s not funny anymore. Far-right extremists’ use of humour

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"This document has been prepared for the European Commission however it reflects the views only of the authors, and the European Commission is not liable for any consequence stemming from the reuse of this publication"

Then they shouldn't pretend to represent the European Comission or any of its logos. It's not fun anymore how the far left lobbies pretends to manipulate the public calling names everyone who happens to be at their right: everyone else.

Re: It’s not funny anymore. Far-right extremists’ use of humour

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post #8

I'm so pissed off that my European tax money is wasted on financing bullshit like that. But be aware, this is maybe the first sign that "humor" will be the next victim of the "cancel culture" and the current trend in "free speech censorship"...

how's that bullshit?

memes have strong power, especially if you can vote them to the front page

there has been shitton of them before 2016 election and during Pandemic they were used for both - good and bad.

From looking cost efficency perspective memes are insanely good.

edit Trump -> 2016

Re: It’s not funny anymore. Far-right extremists’ use of humour

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post #8

I'm so pissed off that my European tax money is wasted on financing bullshit like that. But be aware, this is maybe the first sign that "humor" will be the next victim of the "cancel culture" and the current trend in "free speech censorship"...

How much do you pay a year?

The claim was easy: no money on bullshit, we got actual problems that do need resources. Our tax systems are open. Go and check it yourself.

Re: It’s not funny anymore. Far-right extremists’ use of humour

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

How much do you pay a year?

The claim was easy: no money on bullshit, we got actual problems that do need resources. Our tax systems are open. Go and check it yourself.

If you believe that manipulation and misinformation on the internet is not an actual problem then I don't know what to say

It affected shitton of people about covid/vacciness related stuff

It's one of the biggest challenges nowadays

Re: It’s not funny anymore. Far-right extremists’ use of humour

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"This document has been prepared for the European Commission however it reflects the views only of the authors, and the European Commission is not liable for any consequence stemming from the reuse of this publication" Then they shouldn't pretend to represent the European Comission or any of its logos. It's not fun anymore how the far left lobbies pretends to manipulate the public calling names everyone who happens t…

> Then they shouldn't pretend to represent the European Comission

But they don't? Since, as you even cited, the first thing in the document after the title is a disclaimer that this does not represent the European Commission's view.

> [...] or any of its logos.

The Radicalisation Awareness Network is part of the European Commission, so any document produced by anyone there will have the European Commission logo on it.

Re: It’s not funny anymore. Far-right extremists’ use of humour

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The usage of sarcastic humor on the political field has a clear purpose: to disarm oppositors propaganda. And it is by far the most effective weapon against propaganda with no solid philosophical foundations.

And that's why the far left is so pissed off, after so many years of monopoly in the internet and having been infiltrated in all levels of culture, universities, media, actors, political lobbies, corporations, etc now they try to play the same cards conservatives from the 60s used in order to defend their acquired status.

But the world has changed and new young people now on what side is nowadays counterculture.

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post #3

>This document has been prepared for the European Commission however it reflects the views only of the authors, and the European Commission is not liable for any consequence stemming from the reuse of this publication.

Oh the irony, the commission always says that with every report it payed for, or equity free investment made. It's part of a deliberate strategy of feigning ignorance in order to sidestep any question of its competence or legitimacy.

> the commission always says that with every report it payed for

Because when you pay for a report, you are asking a group of people for their opinion on the subject, so you can then read the report and get inform and maybe act. So by very definition it is indeed not their opinion, and not that ironic.

Re: It’s not funny anymore. Far-right extremists’ use of humour

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"This document has been prepared for the European Commission however it reflects the views only of the authors, and the European Commission is not liable for any consequence stemming from the reuse of this publication" Then they shouldn't pretend to represent the European Comission or any of its logos. It's not fun anymore how the far left lobbies pretends to manipulate the public calling names everyone who happens t…

Nothing in here is "far left". That is entirely your own prejudices that you brought to this discussion, and your own attempts to polarise a discussion that is about fairly objective facts.

Re: It’s not funny anymore. Far-right extremists’ use of humour

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The claim was easy: no money on bullshit, we got actual problems that do need resources. Our tax systems are open. Go and check it yourself.

If you believe that manipulation and misinformation on the internet is not an actual problem then I don't know what to say It affected shitton of people about covid/vacciness related stuff It's one of the biggest challenges nowadays

None of that was the topic here. It is about propaganda and how far left tries to not lose the control of the counterculture, and, it is already gone. Counterculture nowadays does not belong to the far left anymore.
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