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Since when is satire supposed to be neutral?
Your entire reply shows you're suggesting satire should be neutral (emphasis mine)
The meaning of the word implication is to give a meaning but not explicitly say it with words.
Could be satire but at this point I'm afraid it's just radicalized cynicism. And I think that's the reason why some do think it's not funny anymore. It's not healthy for anyone to really believe the world is in fact running like the Onion is implying. Yes, countries and struggles for power lead to a lot of atrocities. But in most cases not because of blatant bloodthirst and sadism of the leadership. That assumption is just crass and downright ignores the complicated reality of our world.
There is no complicated reality about cutting electricity, water, food, medical supplies and fuel from an already impoverished population.
It is a straightforward crime against humanity. And there is nothing complicated about the continued escalation of the Israeli occupation over the past decade, installing more and more settlers, driving more and more Palestinians off their land, aiding in radicalization and protecting Israeli murderer of Palestinians. Israel is bloodthirsty and sadistic in the way they treat the Palestinians.
Well, I don't think that's true either. "Israel is" is already giving away your biased view of the issue. I think there definitely is a majority among arabic as well as Israeli palestinians who'd prefer to have peace with each other and prosper. Sadly those sane people are betrayed by extremists on both sides who commit crimes while claiming it's for the best of their own population, which is clearly wrong and delayed peace since decades.
If you don't want to accept these "complications", fine. Keep your beliefs about evil occupier nation vs poor oppressed freedom fighters. I don't care.
My point was that there is imo a difference between satire and cynicism.
It's not supposed to imply that's how the world is. Swift didn't actually advocate for eating children either.
There's nothing complicated about kindness and empathy. Sociopaths have successfully convinced a lot of people in this world that it's truly a uncaring universe where everyone is fighting alone for themselves.
I didn't write a single world about empathy vor lack thereof. I do have empathy with the palestinians who suffer enormously from the attacks. I have empathy for all humans that are suffering. But empathy is not the sole category through which we can judge the actions of the POTUS of any politician. Also it's hard to tell who is empathetic and who is not. Do you have empathy for the countless Israeli families who lost relatives in the terrorist attacks?