Daniel DeMontigny
Since Trump’s presidential election, the extremes of the
left and right have taken up a lot more space on the networks
social networks, especially on Youtube, where a large
number of channels appeared reporting the actions and
the opposing parties. Some of these podcasts or podcasts
are produced in the studio, but others come in
spontaneous interviews filmed in the field during events,
on university campuses and on the street. An interviewer
Conservative asks questions, rather provocations under
form of questions to left-wing protesters to incite a
reaction. The attitude is aggressive and the questions are often without
foundation but the answers given and the emotional responses
they arouse expose the ridiculous misinformation and
the fragility of the opposing party.
On the other hand, these podcasters are not all equal. Some
arrive, without aggressiveness and with a more playful attitude,
accompanied by facts, to make the protesters speak. These events,
whether it is for women’s equality, LGBT rights,
anti-racist or anti-Islamophobic struggle, to name only one
some causes are intertwined for the protesters.
Ultimately, all of these causes converge to a point
Common: Trump! The majority of messages on placards, and the
protesters, hold him accountable to all
societal ills. As proof, during a recent demonstration of the group
PETA in Hollywood, a group that defends the ethical treatment of
animals, a podcaster on Youtube, Fleccas Talks, questions
several protesters and the answers are worthy of a satire. Balance sheet:
Trump is responsible for animal abuse in America and
as evidence, an individual invokes the fact that the president did not of dog! These spontaneous interviews are very addictive. On the one
on the other hand, the logarithm of Youtube facilitates access to these videos because,
only watching one, Youtube will offer you more
in addition, and on the other hand, verbal and psychological responses
data to questions are satirical and very funny. Decrease
argument to make it look ridiculous, exaggerate a situation
real to such an extent that it becomes ridiculous or juxtapose questions
of unequal importance to the point of diminishing the importance of
all are satire. Just look at a dozen
of these videos to understand that the political movement of
left, centered on a so-called « victim culture », is a
satire of a political movement. The facts no longer exist or, from
less, are fragmented, exaggerated, to adjust to the cause. The juxtaposition
different causes and claims merge,
even oppose. The ridiculous imposes itself, but the ridicule does not seem
not affect them unless they are presented with
facts when questioned individually. And here, tragi-comedy
settles for our greatest happiness.
Watching these videos provides hours of enjoyment, but it would be
naive to believe that this is just comedy. Narratives and
requirements of these alleged victims are reflected in the
media, are recognized as facts, influencing
governmental, infiltrating our institutions, our laws
and even our biology: the state of New York, under the pressure of
women’s groups, would have passed a law authorizing abortion
until the moment before birth. But satire is
continues. In the media, the discussion is now
about the protocol required to abort a child who would already have
been born! We do not laugh anymore.