JERUSALEM—Describing the terrifying yet valiant experience to his fellow battalion members, Israel Defense Forces soldier Yossi Saadon recounted Tuesday his harrowing, heroic war story of killing an 8-month-old Palestinian child during a violent attack against protesters. “It was a heart-pounding experience—there was…
Yes, but it’s not funny now, so why is someone posting it? It’s incredibly poor taste .
Gallows humor. It’s sad that the general events are real but the mocking way the article and headline are written allows the reader to chuckle through the horror.
How is it in poor taste? Just because it’s real? The faux empathy for the IDF is literally the joke. It’s saying “killing babies bad”. What part of that do you have an issue with?
Yes but something happened after this article was written, why haven’t the time lords gone back and unmade the article so I don’t have to feel uncomfortable about the fact that this has all been going on for a long time and the world has been silent about it?
They tried
It’s not meant to be funny. It’s meant to be shocking and lead your outrage in a quest to disprove the core tenet, only to be forced to confront the awful element/actual reality the article was satirizing.
The “oooof that’s hits close to home” reaction is the entire point
Satire isn’t necessarily meant to be funny. This one is meant to spark conversation, and look at what we’re doing right now. Would it be in better taste to not talk about it at all and stay ignorant?