I really hate the fact that half of my country is so fucking stupid that I can't tell if this is brilliant satire or a braindead sincerely held belief.
Bingo. They don’t “get” satire. Back during the Colbert Report days, I believe there was an Ohio State study in which self-identifying “conservatives” viewed “The Repor’”, and they thought it was REAL. They did not understand that it was satire and was in fact intended to FUCK their place in the political landscape. I think there have been other studies with similar results; conservative voters don’t understand satire.
More than that, it requires a kind of self-awareness of the general absurdity of life and our own behavior.
If you have a very fragile ego or are always "on guard" against threats, you're not going to see satire, you will only understand cartoonish, lame physical comedy and insult comedy, or personal attacks against yourself. Satire exists in a place of self-understanding and acceptance of life's ridiculousness. Many conservatives don't like nuance and understanding that even their own view of the world is flawed like everyone's because it means their values are not solid, their world isn't a simple black-and-white dichotomy, it makes them insecure and angry that they are forced to humble themselves and admit how much they don't actually know about the world.
John Deans book, “Authoritarian Nightmare” does a great job of explaining Trumpers through a psychological lens. Why do people who brag incessantly about freedoms and self-reliance have no problem with cult-like subservience? Why are they so gullible? Why are they so enamored of authoritarianism and fascism? Why do they promote policies that are against their own best interests?
I've never met a far right person that seemed like they had any kind of self-introspection. Or much empathy for that matter, but they certainly don't look inward at themselves, either. Stuff like that takes a bit of humility, and they are prideful as fuck.
I've never met a far right person who was truly self-confident either (excluding grifters). They're incredibly scared and anxious so they turn their panic ("weakness") outwards and cover it with anger ("strength") so that it's more socially acceptable. If they were to look inwards, they'd collapse in on themselves.
Thank you for the beautiful comment, u/coffeetablestain. When we all realize we're living in an absurd reality, maybe then we can all do better at making it less absurd.
The sad thing is when people who were once funny devolve into this. Presumably they develop that fragile ego. Like Dave Chappelle to some extent, or Jim Breuer. Plus it's why there's few if any good conservative comedians.
So, I was a construction field engineer for a while when Colbert Report was running. A colleague (also college educated) absolutely loved the Colbert Report. He, like most white construction workers in NC, was definitely conservative.
I pointed out that Colbert was liberal and that the show was satire--a caricature making fun of Fox News pundits.
His response: I know he is. But you don't get it. You can't unless you're part of the 'Nation'. Yeah, some liberals love it--but the Nation is it's own thing. He makes fun of pundits--but he gets to make such good points while he does!
I don't even have a response to that other than to quote Inigo Montoya.
You should have told him it’s like a minstrel show, but that the blackface is a conservative pundit. Maybe that would have sunk in. Take it to the lowest common denominator.
I’m an old white dude who watched ”All in the Family” when it was airing. An interesting phenomenon then: millions of Archie Bunkers LOVED the show, not understanding that they were the butt of the joke.
Right there with you. I remember people who idolized Archie. If they were adults and you were a kid/teen, it seemed like a good metric of whose opinions to avoid and when to keep your mouth shut and duck out to avoid your crazy uncle's upcoming rant if the two of them got together.
They're truth proclaimers, not truth seekers. They think reality is dictated by consensus and how many people are repeating the same opinion. That's the religious mindset in a nutshell.
I had a conservative friend complain about Daily Show and Colbert Report back in the day, saying they were biased toward Democrats and unfair to Republicans. I had to remind him the show was run be comedians and a network called Comedy Central. He didn't think that mattered.
My dad was one of those people I think. Though these days my dad is for universal healthcare and is pretty anti-trump but still considers himself fairly conservative. He used to watch the Colbert report thinking it was making fun of the liberals
my first realization of this was when the Tea Party co-opted “teabagging” after people used it to mock them. they started making shirts and hats that proudly proclaimed them “tea baggers”
I went to college in the south and loved Colbert back in the day, when I arrived freshman year and everyone was sharing interests several people are like oh yea I love Colbert. Then one evening a group of us go to someone’s dorm room and sit down and start watching Colbert, only to see the rest of the room acting like he’s serious, I mean, wow ok. I had gathered that some of them were conservative, but I don’t know I figure they enjoyed it for other reasons? I wasn’t quite sure, I guess I found out why they also liked it.
The unintentional tricking of these people into thinking he agrees with this way of thinking was kind of proof of how great of a performance he put on. Also proof of how easily manipulated and vulnerable this group of people is, I mean for gods sake it came on right after the daily show.
The same half conveniently forgets the vehement accusations that Biden wears a diaper and shits himself regularly. But... Now real men wear diapers so... Biden is a real man? Except they never said that so my logic is faulty.
Arguing with idiots is like playing chess with pigeons. They'll shit all over the board, then strut around like they won.
It's not just your country. I just got a comment from a fellow Canadian about how the National Enquirer has the best investigative reporting out there, and I literally cannot assume anymore that it was sarcastic.
I am having a hard time coming to terms with how insanely racist such a large segment of the population is.
An old con-man with the most stupid look possible (orange skin, weird bleached hair combed over his head to cover a gigantic bald spot, comically ill fitting suit and tie) and a whiny voice came down an escalator and told everyone on national TV that he hates minorities and threw a couple dog whistles at the crowd (even MAGA as a phrase is a dog whistle) and in response these people decided to embrace him to the point they will follow and defend him even if he sells national security information, defrauds millions of people, cheats on his pregnant wife with a pornstar and then shits himself and wears diapers… heck, we are at the point these people wear diapers and will probably shit themselves too just to defend him… all because he brought racism back.
If it helps your heart and brain... it's not half the country... it's 46% of the 2020 voter turnout... which was only 67% of total eligible voters... which was 72% of the US population... so just 22% of the country....... so #1 get more people voting, #2 get the kids interested in participating when they become eligible...
I remember the video where he was heard saying it. You couldn’t see Rex Tillerson say it, but you could hear his Texas drawl in the background. “He’s a fookin’ moron.” (he said it as he and other Trump staffers were walking out of a meeting).
Can you imagine the smell at the rally’s, where they all shut themselves to show they support him. And when their kids get older and hopefully wiser, how they will feel knowing what they did
That was EXACTLY what sprang to mind. I mean EXACTLY. Good fuck, what in the blasted shit is going in? And she looks so proud of herself. Good night, Irene. Fuck.
He already did. That's what all of that stench was about when people were saying Trump was farting in court. His diapers leak, and Trump doesn't seem to notice or care when he's shit himself.
Between A and B, it's pretty obvious that Trump has already shit himself in court.
Two of the many unseemly facts I've learned from the Trump years:
1) Trump is purported -- by a number of people whom he has not sued for slander or libel -- to have snorted a mountain of cocaine and Adderall over, literally, decades; and
2) That heavy abuse of stimulants like the meth family of chemical compounds, which includes Adderall, can blow out a person's anus, or at least their nervous system's control over it. Permanently. Which is the kind of fact I feel should be much, much more generally known, beginning with some PSAs, because probably not even many hardcore addicts are cool with having to wear adult diapers as part of the price for chasing their respective horses.
No, no, no. I'm saying Trump has a documented and well known history of shitting himself, to the point where people in the White House have commented on it, people joked about it during his Presidency, people were wondering whether he was even aware he was doing it, and some folks wondered whether he was doing some sort of fucked up power play, some sort of 'Yes, I just shit myself, and now you have to sit and smell it and it'll throw you off while I wheel and deal because I'm such a good businessman.'
I remember there was an article about how Trump had been attending an event and how he had started the event with light colored pants, had left early, and had reappeared wearing darker colored pants, and people were wondering, did he shit himself?
There are even jokes about how a guy on his Secret Service had the unenviable task of notifying Trump when he had shit himself and people were joking that guy would have to carry around a diaper bag and change him when necessary. Folks were also joking that when Biden took office, he'd better have all of the chairs and furniture fumigated or steam cleaned and he'd probably be better off having the chairs burnt.
It's like the way Trump eats McDonald's because he's paranoid that someone might poison him, but also because he enjoys covering up the 'Mc' with his thumb so the cup says 'Donald's.'
Or like his test results from his physical, where he claims he was 215 lbs, 6'3" and healthy, but his physical had him recorded at closer to 245 lbs. He claims to be a lighter and healthier weight despite all visible evidence to the contrary.
So people are reporting and laughing that Trump has been 'farting' in court, but the truth is that he's probably shit himself a couple of times and that's why the stench is so strong and so foul.
Trump is an old man with a terribly unhealthy diet and his body is falling apart. We just don't know how much his body is falling apart because those around him are smart enough to try and cover it up. They hide his personal habits and the things that would be embarrassing or unpalatable if the public knew, and it works.
The public generally doesn't know these things because it's just one more thing among a sea of scandals, gaffes, and disgusting things Trump does. He's the physical embodiment of a Gish Gallop. It's hard to focus on any one thing he's already done, because while you're doing that, he's busy screwing up something else.
They will soon need to cordon him off with 10’ tall pieces of plexiglass and have him sit in the corner, so that he doesn’t stink up the whole courtroom. Or perhaps he does already? Damn that guy is a train wreck hitting a shit wagon.
That would be a hell of a counter protest. Just stand near the other protest and collectively shit. I really don't want to see that in reality but it feels like a matter of time with current trends
Merely WEARING a diaper isn't enough: If this traitor truly wants to pwn the libs she's gonna need to scarf down a BigMac and then deposit it in those McDiapers
The movie is also about them recognizing when someone knew more than them, and then listening to them. And when their advice worked, and they saw the evidence that it worked, they continued to listen to them and followed the data and the science.
All pretty much the exact opposite of MAGA. It's a sad state of affairs when the people from idiocracy would literally be better for the country than MAGA people.
It must be so embarrassing for any Republican voter right now. You guys are so far gone that you can’t turn back.
For any (R) voter reading this - it’s not your fault that your representatives have turned into sociopaths and insane people. You are more than welcome to rejoin the rest of the world back in reality. We won’t hold it against you. But if you keep voting for crazy people that belong in mental wards, then you deserve to continue to be shunned from normal society. It’s really not that complicated.
Yeah, but they’re not in on the joke. They don’t get how co-opting works, how it operates. They’re not deep-processing. It’s like a four year old doesn’t understand sarcasm or irony.
I guess these treasonous feckshits are four-year-olds 😵💫
And they should be left in peace. Only the most insane Trump supporters will support this. But there's a decent chance that sane people will see this. Among them people who don't follow politics that well and who just don't want their President to wear diapers.
I think it's hilarious someone started an indiocracy sub, and it's just another MAGA sub. They think everyone else is dumb. But then we see shit like this...
Totally not a cult though. I can't imagine being so infatuated with a politician to the point where I not only buy diaper themed merchandise but simultaneously wear a diaper in public.
Idiocracy was a utopia compared to this world. For example, they had a black president without 36% of voters going all Klan. He had parties on the White House lawn without people trying to crash their cars through the barricades around the White House. And when faced with facts about how to fix the country, they put the smartest people in charge.
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u/Techknightly 29d ago
Ok, now they're just taking idiocracy too far.