DMB Digest: Serving up the Satire
Mmmmmm, satire.
I love me some satire so delicious it gives you love handles. So meaty half the human race embraces the content as if it were God’s honest truth. It’s hard to come by such satirical content these days. Most satirists have been simultaneously immortalized and cancelled (ie. caramelized) by rival factions resulting in a sort of human-flaming-ice-cream dessert.
I’m happy to report that such satire still exists, and I’ve recently come across a story involving The Onion that has resulted in Satirical saliva ala Homer Simpson…Mmmmm, satire.
If you’ve not been keeping up with the story, The Onion has been attempting to purchase InfoWars under the phony guise of Global Tetrahedron, a media empire (with the catchy slogan of Infinite Growth Forever) bent on realizing a dystopian horizon. Currently Global Tetrahedron is being blocked from the takeover by a bankruptcy court. Global Tetrahedron, in case you couldn’t tell, is tongue in cheek. But the effort to purchase the bankrupt InfoWars is genuine.
If you have wisely avoided the broad category of “bull-plop, on-line media” then kudos. You may not be familiar with InfoWars brand of alt-right, fake news fondly known in my neck of the woods as “bull&%*$.” Essentially, InfoWars endeavored to be a satirical content creator that intentionally overlooked the fact that all its content was farcical and embraced the half of humanity that took it for real.
While the modus operandi of InfoWars was clearly shameful, let’s not punish the content for the sins of its creators. It’s not the satire’s fault it was used as a cudgel against the unsuspecting and gullible. Satire, as a category, should not be punished for our willful ignorance. Satire has done nothing wrong.
Just because you’ve failed to reach your target weight while on the Garth Brooks juice diet doesn’t mean satire is to blame. I, for one, am hopeful The Onion, I mean Global Tetrahedron, is able to eventually overcome their courtroom drama in order to purchase InfoWars. All that delicious satirical content deserves a second chance at a healthy satirical life—one during which it won’t be labeled as fake news, but simply as humor for those still willing to laugh.
Some have said it’s not guns that are dangerous, but rather the person firing the gun while aiming it at another person’s person is the dangerous one. I say it’s not the satirical content that is dangerous, but rather the purveyors and audience who willfully weaponize said satirical content in a brazen effort to gaslight themselves and others are the dangerous ones.
When life becomes a joke, all that’s left is to laugh along with it. When the news becomes a farce, relish the absurdity. We could all use a bit more levity these days. If only we could stop endeavoring to transform all the jokes into real life news.
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