[FRIAM] Santa Fe Plaza Riot

[Gary Schiltz]

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 <sasmyth at swcp.com> 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 <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...
>
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