Well, as far as I am concerned, there are times that call for irony and
there are times that don't. And these particular times that we are
living in certainly DO NOT call for irony.
I've just been watching all the Dutch media reports about the events
that took place yesterday night and the night before in Amsterdam. There
is much talk about 'deporting' the assailants of the Maccabi Tel
Aviv-supporters and about the need for harder repression and so on. I
fail to see the irony in that, just as I fail to see the irony in the
slaughtering of innocent civilians by the Israeli military (already for
more than a year now!) or in the fact that most countries in the
so-called 'free world' are now governed (or about to be) by the radical
right or worse. Maybe there is some irony in the picture that was shared
on social media after the Trump-victory of Trump with two guys sitting
next to him in his campaign headquarters watching the electon results
coming in: Elon Musk (of course) and a rather Vulcan-looking type who
turned out to be Dana White, the president of a martial arts company.
This second guy represents in my view what we are up against, and once
more, I fail to see the irony in that.
But you're right, I should apologize. I should not have used the word
'degrading.' I meant 'condescending' instead.
Menno
Op 08-11-2024 om 21:04 schreef Keith Sanborn via nettime-l:
Irony is dead! Long live irony! Maybe the post and the critique were both?
Intentionally or not.
On Nov 8, 2024, at 2:58 PM, Joseph Rabie via nettime-l
<[email protected]> wrote:
Personally I found that what Christian wrote brings a welcome note of humour,
given the morosity of the times. Christian’s sense of irony is always welcome.
Menno : you find this “utterly degrading and abusive language”, and accuse
Christian of being a neo-Fascist, which is (mildly putting it) outrageous, and
definitely calls for an apology on your part.
The LEAST that you can do is provide an argument laying out why you find it
“utterly degrading and abusive language”. Then we can discuss it.
Joe
(Je suis Charlie)
Sent from my lawn-mower
Le 8 nov. 2024 à 20:42, Menno Grootveld via nettime-l
<[email protected]> a écrit :
Sorry, but this is the kind of utterly degrading and abusive language that
makes me a little suspicious: are you perhaps a FPÖ-supporter? A neo-fascist,
in other words?
Op 08-11-2024 om 20:34 schreef Christian Swertz via nettime-l:
Hi Felix,
thanks for the precise overview. I also like apocalyptic perspectives. The
apocalypse is - according to the Wikipedia - translated to revelation in
Christianity. Apocalypse describes the revelation of divine knowledge. In other
terms: Your description promises the approach of the final truth. Didn't we
pray for this all the time? Redemption is near! And we will see it happen.
That's great! We should storm parliament to get more momentum to the movement.
See you Sunday after coffee at the Parliament?
On the other hand: Governments have been collapsing since I remember political
events. That makes me a little suspicious. But maybe this time it will work. To
be on the safe side, I will pray to god and ask for speedy salvation. I just
have to choose the god to pray to. One moment please - I think I have to google
that briefly ...
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