[FRIAM] Santa Fe Plaza Riot

[Steve Smith]

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 <sasmyth at swcp.com> 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...