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King_Hutton
05/20/21 8:19:05 AM
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CG-rppphAu7/

Glad we could unpack that, sweetie

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The Trent
05/20/21 8:21:03 AM
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comedy can be tricky sometimes

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TheMikh
05/20/21 8:31:52 AM
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gunplagirl
05/20/21 8:33:43 AM
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I've seen some stupid infographs in my day. This is among the most stupid.

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XboxLegendary
05/20/21 9:04:36 AM
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NYT centre? hahaha gtfo.
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Southernfatman
05/20/21 9:09:47 AM
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This is satire, right?

Please be satire.

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Chad-Henne
05/20/21 9:38:27 AM
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g980
05/20/21 9:40:00 AM
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Southernfatman posted...
This is satire, right?

Please be satire.


Duh?
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luigi13579
05/20/21 9:41:10 AM
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It's clearly intended to be humorous (and failing miserably), at least in part, but I wouldn't be surprised if some of his actual views are coming through too (or those of the people he's parodying, hopefully).

Saudi Arabia, Israel, the CIA and FBI, the NYT, Kissinger and the police being benevolent centrist peacekeepers is a good one. Trump being further right / worse than the Nazis too. And Bernie being far left and Bernie bros being far right (even more than Pinochet!).
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King_Hutton
05/20/21 10:07:39 AM
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I want to be surprised that this somehow confused people

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COVxy
05/20/21 10:08:40 AM
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This would hit harder if people who made fun of "horseshoe theory" didn't often strongly endorse "fishhook theory".

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Proto_Spark
05/20/21 10:22:38 AM
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I l Ike that the part where they meet is Male communism. Whats female communism?
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masterpug53
05/20/21 10:42:11 AM
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I saw Vladimir Putin: Male Communism and immediately thought 'Fred Garvin: Male Prostitute.'

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Tyranthraxus
05/20/21 10:44:41 AM
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Proto_Spark posted...
I l Ike that the part where they meet is Male communism. Whats female communism?
AOC (interpolated from the pic)

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Shablagoo
05/20/21 10:51:51 AM
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COVxy posted...
This would hit harder if people who made fun of "horseshoe theory" didn't often strongly endorse "fishhook theory".

Fish hook theory is borne out by history.

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CruelBuffalo
05/20/21 10:53:23 AM
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Obviously a parody but some of those are accurate
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King_Hutton
05/20/21 10:53:56 AM
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If you two wanna argue go start a different topic, this one is for saying Marxist billionaire George Soros is further left than Karl Marx

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IShall_Run_Amok
05/20/21 10:55:49 AM
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I like how Karl Marx is on the same level as gun ownership, when Karl Marx was himself pretty adamant about the working class owning weapons and using violence to retain their right to them. But I don't think this is a parody.

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King_Hutton
05/20/21 11:11:45 AM
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IShall_Run_Amok posted...
But I don't think this is a parody


how

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IShall_Run_Amok
05/20/21 11:21:21 AM
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King_Hutton posted...


how
It seems too insane and unhinged to be a parody. Then again, maybe its a really good parody.

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DrizztLink
05/20/21 12:04:18 PM
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COVxy posted...
This would hit harder if people who made fun of "horseshoe theory" didn't often strongly endorse "fishhook theory".
The hell is Fishhook Theory?

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King_Hutton
05/20/21 12:59:28 PM
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DrizztLink posted...
The hell is Fishhook Theory?

Generally a deliberate joke but not always, heres a decent definition

The theory that centrists and the far-right on the political spectrum are in-fact very close. Created in response to the Horseshoe theory equating the far-left to the far-right due to similar tactics (despite having fundamentally opposing beliefs), the theory states that centrists allowing the far-right to preach their beliefs will allow the far-right to grow greater and lead to the rise of fascism again; it suggests that centrists pave the way for fascism and so the two parties are part of the same problem. Whilst there have been cases made for this theory, it is mainly used to satirise and discredit the Horseshoe Theory.

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Damn_Underscore
05/20/21 1:03:07 PM
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That assumes if you believe in horseshoe theory you are attacking far left views while letting far right views slide.

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Chad-Henne
05/20/21 1:03:36 PM
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This would hit harder if I didn't wholeheartedly believe in horseshoe theory

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averagejoel
05/20/21 1:06:19 PM
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Damn_Underscore posted...
That assumes if you believe in horseshoe theory you are attacking far left views while letting far right views slide.
and that assumption is usually accurate

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Turtlemayor333
05/20/21 1:17:38 PM
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Fishhook Theory is 100% true, I don't really understand how it's viewed as a joking thing.

Washington Post and New York Times favored Hillary over Bernie in 2016. But as soon as she won the nomination, they went straight to talking about her emails and suggesting that she and Trump are "same thing both sides." Then Democrats don't show up and Trump wins.

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ThyCorndog
05/20/21 1:22:02 PM
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as always, the center is the good guys

everyone knows bernie sanders = bad and henry kissinger = good

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King_Hutton
05/20/21 2:42:11 PM
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You guys should make a separate topic debating the merits of the fish hook theory if thats what you want to discuss

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ThePrinceFish
05/20/21 2:43:43 PM
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MARKINGRAM22
05/20/21 2:57:57 PM
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The fact that some of you thought this was real is scary. Richard Spencer's haircut, really?
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King_Hutton
05/20/21 3:34:54 PM
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i CaNt TeLl If ThIs Is SaTiRe

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metralo
05/20/21 3:37:12 PM
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horseshoe theory definitely exists

people denying the Uyghur genocide and saying that China is just helping them, for example

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Chad-Henne
05/20/21 3:53:21 PM
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yeah it's a good thing centrists aren't denying ethnic oppression on behalf of another country right now

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ThyCorndog
05/20/21 4:47:16 PM
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Chad-Henne posted...
yeah it's a good thing centrists aren't denying ethnic oppression on behalf of another country right now
lmao

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Guide
05/20/21 4:48:34 PM
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The graphic is stupid, but the logic always seemed quite obvious. There are only so many extremes that don't overlap.

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King_Hutton
05/20/21 4:50:05 PM
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Guide posted...
The graphic is stupid, but the logic always seemed quite obvious. There are only so many extremes that don't overlap.
Yeah its the graphic being stupid here

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Guide
05/20/21 4:50:57 PM
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King_Hutton posted...
Yeah its the graphic being stupid here

Why do you feel attacked? You made it?

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