Re: Santa Fe Plaza Riot

Posted by Gary Schiltz-4 on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Santa-Fe-Plaza-Riot-tp7596686p7596705.html

I also thank Glen for the pointer to Poe's Law, of which I was indeed unaware. And believe me, there are *plenty* of people who take conspiracy theories against Soros seriously. Just as there are plenty who believe the same about the Koch brothers (I'm more toward that camp).

On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 10:48 AM Steve Smith <[hidden email]> wrote:
I'm so out of the loop of Internet/Urban culture (despite decades
embedded within the former) that I truly appreciate that others here
(such as you Glen) have your finger on the pulse as well as you do.

Poe's Law is very helpful.   I think *many* people (even here) can't
accept that their sarcasm or parody might literally not be recognizeable
by others.   I wonder where this fits in the in-group/out-group
dileniation?   Dog-whistles seem to be the converse of this?


> We were punked, too:
>
> Fake news flyer targets Thurston County political organization
> https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article243215486.html
>
> I can't help but wonder if the inclusion of Soros indicates whoever
> made the flyer was purposefully joking. Or if it indicates that
> whoever made the flyer really believes the conspiracy theories about
> Soros. What's that "law"?  Oh yeah Poe's Law
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law>.
>
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 5:59 AM Steve Smith <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Looks like the Santa Fe Police and Plaza shop owners got punked:
>> https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/threat-of-riots-on-plaza-sparks-police-response/article_a318da30-a525-11ea-90b5-b38b80513d11.html
>> Shows how isolated we are here from the broader unrest...

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