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| + | |image_caption=An article from the [[Babylon Bee]] highlighting the transparently self-serving nature of the CDC's COVID-19 policy. | ||
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| + | Historically, satire has satisfied the popular need to debunk and ridicule the leading figures in politics, economy, religion and other prominent realms of power. Satire confronts public discourse, playing as a public opinion counterweight to power (be it political, economic, religious, symbolic, or otherwise), by challenging leaders and authorities. It forces administrations to clarify, amend or establish their policies. Satire's job is to expose problems and contradictions, not solve them. | ||
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| + | [[image:neil_ferguson_did_the_counting.jpg|390px|left|thumb|A satirical image of a protest against the [[UK Covid Lockdown]], highlighting the {{CCM}} [[COVID-19/Censorship|censorship]] of dissent and the reliance on flawed [[statistical]] models by [[Gates Foundation]]-backed modellers such as [[Neil Ferguson]]]]. | ||
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| + | == On Wikispooks == | ||
| + | Well chosen satirical images, like [[humour]] in general, have an established place on this website, lightening the tone. However, since the site stresses accuracy and factual correctness, satire should be labelled as such to prevent misunderstandings. | ||
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| + | {{SMWDocs}} | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 15:17, 3 May 2023
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 An article from the Babylon Bee highlighting the transparently self-serving nature of the CDC's COVID-19 policy. | |
Historically, satire has satisfied the popular need to debunk and ridicule the leading figures in politics, economy, religion and other prominent realms of power. Satire confronts public discourse, playing as a public opinion counterweight to power (be it political, economic, religious, symbolic, or otherwise), by challenging leaders and authorities. It forces administrations to clarify, amend or establish their policies. Satire's job is to expose problems and contradictions, not solve them.
A satirical image of a protest against the UK Covid Lockdown, highlighting the Commercially-controlled media censorship of dissent and the reliance on flawed statistical models by Gates Foundation-backed modellers such as Neil Ferguson
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On Wikispooks
Well chosen satirical images, like humour in general, have an established place on this website, lightening the tone. However, since the site stresses accuracy and factual correctness, satire should be labelled as such to prevent misunderstandings.
Examples
| Page name | Description |
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| Document:Bigger than 911 | Some light relief at the expense of the MOD and its Trident nuclear missile carrying submarine fleet. |
| Document:Big Pharma pushes Cure for Holocaust Denial Syndrome | Big Pharma launches cure for 'Holocaust denial' |
| Document:Navalny, Ukraine and the West | A tongue-in-cheek, mildly satirical commentary on the latest "Vladimir Putin poisoned my cat" Novichok nonsense emanating from the Westerm media over the September 2020 hospitalisation of Russian 'opposition politician' and Western super-hero Alexei Navalny |
| Document:Statecraft or Witchcraft? | Ex-patriot Russian satire on the pathetic arrogance of US interference in Ukraine and its sponsorship of the February 2014 coup |
| Document:The EU's ugly kindergarten of intellectually challenged clowns | There is Russian saying: "you can't scare a hedgehog with a naked backside". It summarises of this article's analysis of the threatened fourth round of EU Sanctions against Russia and the clownish absurdity of its US puppet leaders |
| File:Israel must perish.pdf | Other than a preface and explanatory introduction, the document contains the exact text of the 1941 book Germany Must Perish, but with the words "Germany" and "German" replaced respectively with "Israel" and "Jew". |
| File:Tales of the Holohoax.pdf | Biting, cartoon-based satire on the official narrative of The Holocaust |
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| Worldnewsdailyreport.com | "Where facts don't matter" |
An official example
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| The Onion |
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