It is not lost in them. The intention is to equate their “facts” with actual reality.
And they are succeeding.
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xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 1 month ago
The perverse irony appears to be completely lost on them.
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 month ago
“Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”
Copy and paste “fascist” for Sartre’s “anti-Semite” and you’ll see some patterns of behavior emerging.
xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 1 month ago
You’re right, of course: It’s not that they oblivious (well, Trump notwithstanding); it’s that they just don’t care whether they’re being flamingly hypocritical or not. They’re essentially 4-chan trolls.
This timeline, man…