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It's about the aims. Sacha Baron Cohen does it for comedic effect. Others do it to influence elections, destabilise societies, hurt minorities etc.
by threeseed 7y ago
It's about the aims.
Sacha Baron Cohen does it for comedic effect. Others do it to influence elections, destabilise societies, hurt minorities etc.
- 0x445442 7y agoI think it would be reasonable to conjecture that part of the reason he does it is to hurt, or at least humiliate, those he doesn't agree with politically and thus, to indirectly influence elections.
- cycrutchfield 7y agoBy that logic, any action we take indirectly influences elections. See how ridiculous this reductionist argument is?
- 0x445442 7y agoAbout as ridiculous as suggesting Cohen's only motivation is comedy.
- cycrutchfield 7y agoHmmm, I’m starting to feel like you might be sympathetic to the kind of people that Cohen is satirizing. Perhaps you may even share their same viewpoints as well. Did you feel personally attacked by ”Who Is America”?
- 0x445442 7y agoNope, just pointing out the cognitive dissonance.