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minus-squareVisstix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-22 hours agoHe calls it “not satire” but “provocative”. So he doesn’t mean it, but says it to provoke a reaction… Like satire.
minus-squaremister_flibble@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 minutes agoThis just feels like either A. He doesn’t fully get what satire is and assumes it has to be lighthearted or B. He’s using “provocative” to basically mean “clickbait, but I’m too pretentious to call it that”
minus-squareMossy Feathers (They/Them)@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 hours agoIt sounds like he just doesn’t find it funny, which is why he doesn’t want to call it satire.
He calls it “not satire” but “provocative”. So he doesn’t mean it, but says it to provoke a reaction… Like satire.
This just feels like either
A. He doesn’t fully get what satire is and assumes it has to be lighthearted or
B. He’s using “provocative” to basically mean “clickbait, but I’m too pretentious to call it that”
It sounds like he just doesn’t find it funny, which is why he doesn’t want to call it satire.