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The level of irony is off the charts, given the global right's shift towards authoritarian populism under untouchable leaders.

• throwawaypath 18d ago
  >The level of irony That's not irony. Please reread the definition of irony. >given the global right's shift towards authoritarian populism under untouchable leaders. Whataboutism. hackyhacky is following me around in the comments because he's crashing out about being proven wrong here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546137 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546137
  • hackyhacky 18d ago
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    • throwawaypath 18d ago
      So you post a definition of irony and completely fail to come up with an example of said definition LOL. Misunderstanding irony is so prevalent: https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/what-irony-is-not/ https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/what-irony-is-not/ My criticism of the left has nothing to do with the "incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result." Nor do I support right-wing groups. Your inability to understand irony is on full display here. hackyhacky is following me around in the comments because he's crashing out about being proven wrong here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546137 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546137
      • hackyhacky 18d ago
        > My criticism of the left has nothing to do with the "incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result." That's not what I said. You are criticizing the left for disliking election results; meanwhile, you are supporting groups that aim to overturn election results. That's the irony. The incongruity arises from the contradiction in your opinions. One would expect a reasonable person to either support democracy in all cases, or oppose it. You, however, support democracy when it suits your partisan ends and oppose it when it doesn't. That's both hypocritical and ironic.
        • throwawaypath 18d ago
          >You are criticizing the left for disliking election results; meanwhile, you are supporting groups that aim to overturn election results. That's the irony. I do not support groups that aim to overturn election results, you're delusionally inventing that. There is no irony here. >The incongruity arises from the contradiction in your opinions. There is no incongruity here, it's just something you've delusionally invented in your mind. Supporting democracy != supporting far-right parties >One would expect a reasonable person to either support democracy in all cases, or oppose it. You, however, support democracy when it suits your partisan ends and oppose it when it doesn't. That's both hypocritical and ironic. I have never opposed democracy, full stop. This must be ironic according to you, because it's the left that's calling for undemocratic, fascistic moves like banning opposition parties: https://www.yahoo.com/news/germanys-social-democrats-back-proposal-104240144.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/germanys-social-democrats-back-pr... Every accusation is a confession. hackyhacky is following me around in the comments because he's crashing out about being proven wrong here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546137 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546137
          • hackyhacky 18d ago
            > I do not support groups that aim to overturn election results, So you don't support Trump, who has tried to overturn the 2020 election results? You don't support Reform UK, who have expressed an interest in bypassing democratic results in order to enact their agenda? You don't support AfD who have explicitly embraced anti-democratic measures and Nazi-style politics? > Supporting democracy != supporting far-right parties So, to be clear: do you or do you not support Trump, Reform UK, and AfD? > fascistic moves like banning opposition parties You should address the other commenter's question: why do you think German law outlaws anti-democratic parties? Can you think of any reason? > Every accusation is a confession. lol