Humor is divisive.
The authoritarian right has been getting laughed at for many years by the smug left, and they are now taking a stand. Finally they have a hero, and not a single conspiracy or joke is going to divert their support. The more their leader is laughed at, the more emboldened they become. If a person cares about removing the division in society, it would help by not mocking the other side.
Then there is a part of the trump supporters that are energized when they see the “snowflakes triggered”. The more we are triggered, the louder they cheer. Therefore, it is a simple matter to trigger the flakes in effort to drum up support, the flakes’ glee is a manipulation to extrude support, which makes the whole thing even less funny. Was confefe a mistake that went unnoticed? I think it is either trolley trap, or at least another mistake that provides the same desired result.
On a more personal level, I live in trump town USA. My daily life can include maga bumper stickers, trump yard signs and banners, dixie flag waving pick up trucks, fearful friends and coworkers, brazen gun rights advocates, open carry gun laws, energetic pro trump discussions in public, opposing sided families and long time friends are no longer enjoying activities together, and my city is already on the growing list of places where an immigrant has been murdered by a trump fan. These people are emboldened and righteous, I don’t see either side trying to come to the middle, and looking at history leads me to believe it is going to get worse before we finally decide enough is enough. Sometimes humor isn’t the correct reaction.
