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“Violent, Insurrectionist Mobs Are Attacking Federal Agents!” Says Man Who Called for Violent, Insurrectionist Mobs To Attack Federal Agents (theshovel.com.au)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by ZeroCool@lemmy.ca to c/theonion@midwest.social

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Because too many people in this community seem to be under the impression that satire requires a fictional premise... It does not, and never has.

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[–] SacredHeartAttack@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago (2 children)

lol this isn't even satire, it's literally what he's done.

[–] Photuris@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago

And this stuff isn’t funny. It’s just real now.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

you lol tho

[–] ignirtoq@fedia.io 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Where's the satire? This is just rephrasing what he has actually done. Is rephrasing factual statements satire now? Or have these satire sites given up and just resorted to real reporting?

[–] myrmidex@lemmy.nogods.be 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It seems we've entered a post-satire world.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

We crossed that Rubicon a while back

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Onion reporting actual news now.