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Citation for the law being exploited ?

The statement "The law is frequently exploited by individuals who share genuine extremist views and, when faced with overwhelming criticism, deflect by insisting they were merely being satirical."

Is there any citations for this ? I've not seen this exploited that frequently (it certainly does happen). I have seen much satire assumed to be genuine extremist views, and also extremist views assumed as satire. 83.134.161.138 (talk) 01:52, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Well, if you want/need to institute control over the narrative, you first need to eliminate satire/parody as it is the last and most powerful weapon of the weak. To do that, you need to create an atmosphere where using satire is seen as "the tool of the evil". This is a very old tactic and was ubiquitous in totalitarian societies with even the eventual prosecution of even professional commedians. So any time you see it, it is coming from a Stalinist, a bolshevik by convicsion, or a fool. Either way, it is a weapon of a totalitatian mind. Trying to as for citation is pointless. There are MANY cases one can find justification for it as the whole point of the argumet use that is is by definition irrefutable - to refute it, one needs to prove a negative. To confirm it, one needs a single sample which is easy to find... 83.240.60.185 (talk) 09:00, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]