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A delightful take from a non-Western newsmonger, using the language the West uses when analyzing corrupt far-flung lands. I don't imagine it'll be received well

A delightful take from a non-Western newsmonger, using the language the West uses when analyzing corrupt far-flung lands. I don't imagine it'll be received well. OTOH, who could oppose it? When the British sleaze-machine can Photoshop damning pictures of opposing politicians supporting terrorism and the press raises an barely-there protest, who fucking cares? "Consequences"? From whom? It's open season!

ZeroGravitas 5y ago
You may appreciate this, which does similar: https://youtu.be/9pnt_uT5YzQ https://youtu.be/9pnt_uT5YzQ
- revolvingocelot 5y ago
  Hah yes! See also Motel of the Mysteries, for a kids' book take on an excavated motel in a far-flung future, or Body Ritual Among The Nacirema [0] for the anthropologically-minded dental hygiene enthusiast. [0] https://www.sfu.ca/~palys/Miner-1956-BodyRitualAmongTheNacirema.pdf https://www.sfu.ca/~palys/Miner-1956-BodyRitualAmongTheNacir...
Freaky 5y ago
> A delightful take from a non-Western newsmonger, using the language the West uses when analyzing corrupt far-flung lands Author has a vast megathread on Twitter using similar language: https://twitter.com/gathara/status/1351038226581118986 https://twitter.com/gathara/status/1351038226581118986 "Winter storm batters huge swathe of covid-ravaged, politically troubled US, as it struggles to emerge from deadly coup amid dire humanitarian crisis that has killed nearly 500,000 and left one in seven households, including 18 million children, without enough to eat."
- adventured 5y ago
  The joke is obviously on the author. Nobody in so called far-flung lands would have confused the January 6 riots for an attempted coup. And the US press would never have used language like that for such a riot, which featured so little weaponry and organization (up against the global military superpower). Putin has been protested against many times, the US press doesn't call the protests attempted coup attempts. People in far-flung nations can tell the difference between a riot - where, for example, the rioters were recorded on video being intentionally let into the government building in question - and an actual coup attempt. It's only domestically where a small group of politically motivated people are so wildly irrational or ignorant that they don't know the difference.

ZeroGravitas 5y ago

You may appreciate this, which does similar: https://youtu.be/9pnt_uT5YzQ https://youtu.be/9pnt_uT5YzQ

revolvingocelot 5y ago
Hah yes! See also Motel of the Mysteries, for a kids' book take on an excavated motel in a far-flung future, or Body Ritual Among The Nacirema [0] for the anthropologically-minded dental hygiene enthusiast. [0] https://www.sfu.ca/~palys/Miner-1956-BodyRitualAmongTheNacirema.pdf https://www.sfu.ca/~palys/Miner-1956-BodyRitualAmongTheNacir...

Freaky 5y ago

> A delightful take from a non-Western newsmonger, using the language the West uses when analyzing corrupt far-flung lands Author has a vast megathread on Twitter using similar language: https://twitter.com/gathara/status/1351038226581118986 https://twitter.com/gathara/status/1351038226581118986 "Winter storm batters huge swathe of covid-ravaged, politically troubled US, as it struggles to emerge from deadly coup amid dire humanitarian crisis that has killed nearly 500,000 and left one in seven households, including 18 million children, without enough to eat."

adventured 5y ago
The joke is obviously on the author. Nobody in so called far-flung lands would have confused the January 6 riots for an attempted coup. And the US press would never have used language like that for such a riot, which featured so little weaponry and organization (up against the global military superpower). Putin has been protested against many times, the US press doesn't call the protests attempted coup attempts. People in far-flung nations can tell the difference between a riot - where, for example, the rioters were recorded on video being intentionally let into the government building in question - and an actual coup attempt. It's only domestically where a small group of politically motivated people are so wildly irrational or ignorant that they don't know the difference.