In Summary
• True to form, the state’s over-reaction to the ridicule worked to Kiama’s advantage, exposing its intolerance and brutality and inspiring even more online memes and derision
• The democratisation of satire by the internet and social media makes it much more difficult for the state to either control or ignore them
“At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed,” declared Frederick Douglass, the 19th Century American abolitionist, who had himself escaped slavery. He was discussing the ...