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Born in the USA Was a Protest Song (lemmy.world)

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[–] Zexks 90 points 2 months ago (10 children)

It’s a studies thing. Conservatives are unable to grasp irony or sarcasm. It’s one of the reasons Steven Colbert stopped his show. The people he was mocking were holding his character up as someone to aspire to.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What?! I didn't know that

[–] pyre 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

yep, conservatives watched him unironically.

[–] MidRomney 39 points 2 months ago

I watched The Colbert Report for years with my mom before realizing that she was just straight up agreeing with the things he was saying.

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