A community to satirize conservtive and right-wing "ideals".
This community (now) exists as a pressure valve, a place to process through humor the often frustrating world of conservative politics. Above all, this is NOT the place for serious conservative support/viewpoints/arguments. There are other places on Lemmy for that if you desire it.
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Parody With Purpose: This is a space for humorous takes on conservative politics. We welcome satire, but draw the line at content that promotes racism, sexism, homophobia, or other forms of bigotry.
Memes Over Manifestos: This community focuses on humor and parody, not serious political debate. There are plenty of spaces for earnest conservative discussion, this isn’t one of them.
Highlight Contradictions: Sometimes the best content points out inconsistencies and hypocrisies in conservative talking points. Creative commentary is encouraged.
Public Figures Fair Game: Politicians and pundits can be satirized, but no targeting of private individuals, doxxing, or harassment.
Children of public figures under the age of 14 are also off-limits, a 16 year old has enough free agency to break with or adopt their parents views. An 8 year old kid doesn't.
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A note on ChadMcTruth: Chad's content is 100% satire, but his work can sometimes be hard to tell, but if he posted it be assured, its satire.
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For the moment, i'm allowing properly tagged NSFW content as long as its funny and relevant. Don't make me regret it.
And above all, HAVE FUN!
originally found on Lemmy here: https://lemmy.zip/comment/16964400
Th bulk of people on here have no concept of what conservative is because they can't name any group on the political right who disagree with conservatives. They can't list any views of people on the political right who are against conservatism.
I can't quite put my finger on how but, compared to last year, I feel like the content here has been much more relatable lately.
Mod was removed/acct deleted and the sub had no mod, so people started shitposting. New mod was appointed recently
Yep, that was the joke.
“I just want the government to TAKE money from people I hate, knowing nothing about them! I don’t care where the government GIVES that money!”
"But bonus points if the government gives that money to a billionaire, or corporation."
Well one day I'll be that billionaire. I want that money then.
C'mon guys meet me in the middle please! It's only fair to compromise. How about instead of me blowing up your entire family, I just get to blow up half of them? That'd be the smart and reasonable move. You want to be smart and reasonable right?
Conservative doesn't mean wanting lower taxes. It means the other thing. The lower taxes thing was always about the other thing anyway.
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
If conservatives become convinced they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy.
These two quotes sit pinned in my phone clipboard. They are used with regular frequency.
The secret ingredient is racism
No, it's bigotry. They don't just hate other races.
It's actually classism. The first conservatives were literally monarchists, and nothing has changed since except maybe replacing ruling by "divine right" with "he who has the gold makes the rules." The single defining criterion of conservatives is that their worldview is hierarchical and zero-sum. They are authoritarian followers who crave subjugation.
The bigotry is just a convenient way of defining the classes according to easily-visible characteristics.
No, it's not just classism. They hate anyone who isn't a rich straight white male. That's a minimum of 4 different demographics.
Agreed