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GAZA CITY, GAZA—The complicity of each and every Palestinian in the violent actions of their militant ruling authority was reportedly on full display Friday morning when dying Gazans received justified criticism for not using their last words to condemn Hamas. For example, instead of issuing a full-throated denunciation of the violent attacks by Hamas that have left over 1,300 Israelis dead, one dying woman holding her 6-year-old son who had just been killed in a bombing is said to have doubled down by telling her child she loved him. According to reports, such barbarism on the part of Palestinians was on full display across the Gaza Strip, where many men of fighting age could not muster a single world of reproof for Hamas’ actions while they coughed up blood. In war-ravaged Gaza City, a dying reporter was heard blatantly begging for help instead of labeling Hamas a terrorist organization. At press time, the Israeli Defense Forces Twitter account underscored the massive surge of contempt they were contending with by posting a video that featured the shocking savagery of a Palestinian corpse that refused to condemn Hamas even when kicked.
link: https://www.theonion.com/dying-gazans-criticized-for-not-using-last-words-to-con-1850925657
Is this even satire at this point?
This is what satire is supposed to be.
I recall seeing a criticism of the type of satire you see on shows like Saturday Night Live. They tend to prioritize the humor over everything to the point that the social commentary seems diminished. Often, you’ll see evil people portrayed as bumbling morons, for example.
Satire is supposed to be social criticism done through humor, so if you don’t go for a knockout blow with the criticism, what’s the point?
The real question is whether anything less than this is satire.
Fair enough. I just felt this is the actual position of the colonizers, not an exaggeration of their stance.
some of them probably think like this (or close to this) , that’s why it’s so good.
But if you forgo the humor then it’s just hyperbolic criticism, and I’m struggling to see anything humorous in this article.
if you struggle to see humor in he article maybe your funny bone is broken.
how can you read this and not chuckle at the absurdity?
I guess the situation is just too tragic for me to laugh at.
It’s a specific type of hyperbolic criticism. Kind of like weaponised sarcasm.
Nope.
It reads so evil it sounds like propaganda but who knows
It is only propaganda in the eyes of those that decided barbaric terror is okay, if it is comitted by the right people with laser guided bombs instead of simple rifles.