It's also great because this morning I've got "Kekistan" losers all over that post about how they attacked Sophie, further proving the "joke" to just be a front for actual Nazism. Here's how:
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."— Jason P. Steed (@5thCircAppeals) August 9, 2016
3. To say humor is social act is to say it is always in social context; we don't joke alone. Humor is a way we relate/interact with others.— Jason P. Steed (@5thCircAppeals) August 9, 2016
5. ...and to find our individual place in or out of those groups. In short, joking/humor is one tool by which we assimilate or alienate.— Jason P. Steed (@5thCircAppeals) August 9, 2016
7. Consequently, how we use humor is tied up with ethics - who do we embrace, who do we shun, and how/why?— Jason P. Steed (@5thCircAppeals) August 9, 2016
9. This is why, e.g., racist "jokes" are bad. Not just because they serve to alienate certain people, but also because...— Jason P. Steed (@5thCircAppeals) August 9, 2016
11. A racist joke sends a message to the in-group that racism is acceptable. (If you don't find it acceptable, you're in the out-group.)— Jason P. Steed (@5thCircAppeals) August 9, 2016
13. This is why we're never "just joking." To the in-group, no defense of the joke is needed; the idea conveyed is accepted/acceptable.— Jason P. Steed (@5thCircAppeals) August 9, 2016
15. And when he says "just joking," that's a defense offered to the out-group who was never meant to assimilate the idea in the first place.— Jason P. Steed (@5thCircAppeals) August 9, 2016
17. If you're willing to accept "just joking" as defense, you're willing to enter in-group where idea conveyed by the joke is acceptable.— Jason P. Steed (@5thCircAppeals) August 9, 2016
19. Same goes for "jokes" about armed revolt or assassinating Hillary Clinton. They cannot be accepted as "just joking."— Jason P. Steed (@5thCircAppeals) August 9, 2016
21. ...racist humor that is, in fact, designed to alienate (rather than assimilate) the idea of racism. (Think satire or parody.)— Jason P. Steed (@5thCircAppeals) August 9, 2016
The same applies to this "Kekistan" thing. Plus, pretending doing and saying all the things they do and say is fine because "just joking" exposes often young white men to horrific bigotry and desensitizes them to it. Then they're exposed to the deeper ideas behind Nazism and indoctrinated into white nationalism by their new ingroup. It's a pretty smart tactic, actually.
So don't let them convince you it's just a joke. They'll laugh and mock you, but behind all that is the fear that everyone will realize what their scheme is. Or they've recently been indoctrinated and don't get it themselves yet. Then they're just sad but it's probably too late for them.
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