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Are people who quote-tweet Musk tweets to dunk on them spreading Musk propaganda? “Satire is bad because it spreads the thing being satired” is a fun take, but
by Robotbeat 4y ago
Are people who quote-tweet Musk tweets to dunk on them spreading Musk propaganda? “Satire is bad because it spreads the thing being satired” is a fun take, but no one in the media seriously believes it enough to be consistent about it.
- krapp 4y agoExcept we're talking about Twitter, which is designed to do exactly that, and Elon Musk, who should know by now that any thread he replies to will go viral. In this case, "satire" is bad because is spreads the thing being satirized, yes.