It’s the Near Enemy vs. the Far Enemy.

They felt the southerners were fellow Americans, the ingroup. The unions were communists and thus The Other. Makes perfect sense when you understand it.

They deliberately encourage copycats in order to boost ratings. Millions of people tune into the news when a shooting happens.

Here is an example of the media glorifying a killer for ratings: 30 second Video: Sheriff asks media not to report Oregon shooter’s name, CNN ignores request and does it anyway, including publishing his social media comments. (Note: video was edited by uploader to censor CNN’s publishing of the shooter’s name)

It’s worth it to watch that clip a few times. It’s so insane that we allow this.

‘Media contagion’ is factor in mass shootings, study says - Psychologist calls on media to withhold shooters’ names

disabled people get a lot of mockery.

Many here unironically use the r-word.

" where the profane, ugly, and ridiculous is used as a rhetorical tool against reactionary and liberal targets."

Well, no wonder it’s attracting so many crypto-fascists. That’s basically what they do. You just described every meme that ever appeared on /r/The_Donald. They just had their own, twisted idea of “reactionaries” - that’s what people like McCain and Romney seem like to them.

theres still the instict to mock “cringe” stuff.

You’ll find humans do that when they consider whomever they are mocking as “The Other”. All the bromides about tolerance and understanding get thrown out the window - those only apply to the ingroup. The outgroup has no such protections and may be treated like Mississippi police departments did to runaway slaves.

A house? For $100k? I don’t think they cost that much even in Montana.

I’m sure this is meant to show how out of touch they are with the working class, but actually it shows how out of touch they are with the landlord class. Landlords know exactly what property costs, it’s one of their favorite topics.

Babylon Bee made me chuckle a few times. SNL Cast Getting Stage Fright As They’re Not Used To Having People Tune In To Watch Them

They also have a lot of content that ridicules Christians. Evangelical Flips Through Book Of Revelation To Figure Out When Trump Will Be Back

Barrett’s Privateers by Stan Rogers - the original.

Barrett’s Privateers by The Irish Descendants - a whole new level. Beautiful.

This will mostly affect Americans of Chinese descent. They’re the ones who sign up for these programs. Surprise, a racist policy out of DC, who would have guessed.