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OftenBen  ·  3536 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why "Seinfeld" Is The Most Villainous Sitcom In Human History

    Liberals and conservatives aren't the only 2 things you can satirize.

True. But they are also the only groups upon whom you can hope to affect(effect?) Change through satire. A moderate usually doesn't have enough logical fallacies in their philosophy to make them worth ridicule. Or rather, such ridicule comes across as bland and definitely has little to no entertainment value.





galen  ·  3536 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Effect. And my point was less that moderates exist (although the thought did cross my mind) an more that there are things you can ridicule about people that have nothing to do with their position on the political spectrum.

Kaius  ·  3536 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    A moderate usually doesn't have enough logical fallacies in their philosophy to make them worth ridicule.
Conversely would you say that moderates are wiser as they usually avoid stances that have logical fallacies.
OftenBen  ·  3536 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Potato, potahto.

I agree.

Kaius  ·  3536 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Spoken like a fellow moderate :)

OftenBen  ·  3536 days ago  ·  link  ·  

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