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Angela Merkel’s memoir only the second-best book written by a German leader, claims Nigel Farage (newsthump.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I dunno. Honestly this whole chain is so bizarre I’m wondering if they’re ok.

Besides, if joking about fascism is so bad then why is Charlie Chaplin regularly credited with torpedoing Hitler’s mystique? I think it’s honestly a civic duty to mock authoritarians. Shit, any person in a position of power should be mocked to varying degrees

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Joking about fascism is bad because it hurts the fascists' feefees