Comment on British public more likely to prefer Count Binface wins Clacton by-election than Nigel Farage
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 14 hours agoI got jumped on on reddit for suggesting the same thing. It feels like an active attempt to muddy the waters and dissuade honest discussion/criticism but I can’t work out exactly why.
FishFace@piefed.social 11 hours ago
It’s because calling someone a joke sounds disparaging… even if they’re a literal comedy character played by a comedian. So that’s enough to put it in the wrong bin when people are making black and white judgements of “does this person wholly align with my views or not”