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Here's what I almost tacked onto the end of my original comment: "In before someone defends them by saying it's sarcasm. Oh? So the people in /r/coontown who w

Here's what I almost tacked onto the end of my original comment: "In before someone defends them by saying it's sarcasm. Oh? So the people in /r/coontown who were being sarcastic about killing blacks is reprehensible, but this is somehow ok?" I didn't want to construct a strawman argument, but there you go. Dismissing online forums seems silly. Both HN and reddit have had a huge impact.

andrepd 9y ago
The title "deport them" is satirising the classical conservative discourse of blaming the immigrants and the minorities, suggesting that those really to blame by the average Joe's woes are the rich 0.1%, thereby making use of irony to subvert the term "minorities" to mean those 0.1% of the population. Clearer?
- sillysaurus3 9y ago
  It's ironic you're explaining irony to me when I already got the joke. It's in the context of "screw these rich people." That joke wouldn't be okay if it was "screw these black people." So are we applying equal standards? Why not? Personally, I think all jokes should be fine. The more scathing criticism and wit, the better. But we live in a climate where that's not really realistic. (Well, it is, but the joke had better be pretty funny to get away with it. This one was a lowball.) So again: Why is it ok to aim this hatred towards rich people, but not minorities?
  - andrepd 9y ago
    Minorities don't hoard wealth to the detriment of others. Minorities don't encourage and profit from a reckless, agressive, all-consuming consumer capitalist economy that's wrecking the planet. Minorities don't manipulate your mind with endless propaganda and advertising. Minorities don't lobby government to write laws that favour them. Minorities don't dodge taxes. In short, I have no valid reason to be angry at minorities, I have plenty to be mad at the privileged few in the current system. Honestly? If I have to spell this out to you I don't think this conversation is ever going anywhere.
    - Shidizity 9y ago
      You just made a blanket statement about the rich. All black people do is steal and murder. See, I can do it too.

andrepd 9y ago

The title "deport them" is satirising the classical conservative discourse of blaming the immigrants and the minorities, suggesting that those really to blame by the average Joe's woes are the rich 0.1%, thereby making use of irony to subvert the term "minorities" to mean those 0.1% of the population. Clearer?

sillysaurus3 9y ago
It's ironic you're explaining irony to me when I already got the joke. It's in the context of "screw these rich people." That joke wouldn't be okay if it was "screw these black people." So are we applying equal standards? Why not? Personally, I think all jokes should be fine. The more scathing criticism and wit, the better. But we live in a climate where that's not really realistic. (Well, it is, but the joke had better be pretty funny to get away with it. This one was a lowball.) So again: Why is it ok to aim this hatred towards rich people, but not minorities?
- andrepd 9y ago
  Minorities don't hoard wealth to the detriment of others. Minorities don't encourage and profit from a reckless, agressive, all-consuming consumer capitalist economy that's wrecking the planet. Minorities don't manipulate your mind with endless propaganda and advertising. Minorities don't lobby government to write laws that favour them. Minorities don't dodge taxes. In short, I have no valid reason to be angry at minorities, I have plenty to be mad at the privileged few in the current system. Honestly? If I have to spell this out to you I don't think this conversation is ever going anywhere.
  - Shidizity 9y ago
    You just made a blanket statement about the rich. All black people do is steal and murder. See, I can do it too.