Satire, like that of Swift, is a different animal.
(I refer to "A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick")
I'll be writing a longer essay on the place of irony in the post-modern nihilism, but suffice it to say many people who consider themselves to be conservatives also employ irony extensively, a staple of Leftism.
Yes, most people will say that example of sarcasm or hypocrisy is "irony", but irony is a rarer element. Isn't it ironic?
Satire, like that of Swift, is a different animal.
(I refer to "A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick")
I'll be writing a longer essay on the place of irony in the post-modern nihilism, but suffice it to say many people who consider themselves to be conservatives also employ irony extensively, a staple of Leftism.