What evidence is there from the last 20 years of US history that "ridicule, mocking, and humor" work in the sense of causing reactionaries to back off on some reactionary proposal or action?
Seems to me it only "works" in the sense of making the reactionary's opponents feel all superior. Might as well masturbate in public and call it a blow for the resistance. https://fediscience.org/@petergleick/113907589558939664
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Remember when Barack Obama ridiculed Trump in a very public way?¹ Trump sure learned his lesson, was not in the slightest motivated to double down and show that .²
(Sorry, a hobbyhorse of mine, along with people who think that pointing out a reactionary's hypocrisy is somehow effectual. It just isn't.)
¹ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B998-9DmecM&t=68s
² https://people.com/politics/chris-christie-on-obamas-2011-roast-of-donald-trump/
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@marick maybe what it accomplishes is reducing "obeying in advance" by normal people?
https://bruces.medium.com/the-power-of-the-powerless-by-vaclav-havel-84b2b8d3a84a#:~:text=a%20freely%20written%20poem
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@marick but, yeah, it might just be a cope
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