Today In Mockery: It Works!

 Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:

The outspoken Parkland students inherently understand how to counteract pro-Trump media, stripping conspiracy theorists and critics of power by mocking them  —  The pro-Trump media chose a political enemy effectively born onto the internet and innately capable of waging an information war.

Discussion:

Kevin Roose / @kevinroose:   The core insight of this very good piece is that partisan shitposters are much more vulnerable to mockery and eye-rolling than fact-checking and outrage. http://twitter.com/...

Elamin Abdelmahmoud / @elamin88:   Pro-Trump media usually know how to twist information. But with the Parkland shooting survivors, the trolls have met their match: students who innately know how to wage an information war. https://www.buzzfeed.com/...

Mark Berman / @markberman:   Anyway I *highly* recommend this, which is the best thing I've read about the conspiracy theories about the Parkland survivors and why trying to troll teens online is maybe not the smartest idea on Earth https://www.buzzfeed.com/...

Elad Nehorai / @popchassid:   “The mainstream media has repeatedly failed to grasp the pro-Trump media's new rules. It's never quite understood that its online arm isn't just an opposition force — it's a parallel institution that insists on its own reality.” https://www.buzzfeed.com/...

Dan Zak / @mrdanzak:   “They address prominent critics like Bill O'Reilly not with bland, carefully written statements, but by dunking on them...” https://www.buzzfeed.com/... via @cwarzel