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

yep, conservatives watched him unironically.

[–] [email protected] 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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