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[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 months ago (12 children)

I find Led by Donkeys very annoying, but they're absolutely right that Labour are fair game for satire. How could they not be?

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Some people seem to have forgotten that humour isn't limited to "our side good, your side bad, hahaha".

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net -4 points 2 months ago (6 children)

You're right and usually Led by Donkeys forget this, too, which is why they're not funny! But maybe this is a sign that they're about to turn over a new leaf and become actually amusing.

[–] gedhrel@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Led By Donkeys is about five years old. I don't think that in that period there was a non-Tory government for them to mock, was there?

[–] doleo@lemmy.one 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

I don't see how this is relevant to my innocuous comment about a satirical group I don't find funny.

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What does this have to do with whether they're funny?

[–] nublug@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"which is why they're not funny"

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[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

Yes. Because they think that saying:

“our side good, your side bad, hahaha”

Which is what I was replying to, is sufficient to be funny. It isn't.

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