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Satire, Catharsis, and Parody: America Strong! [Satire/Parody General Thread]

Started by Mordred Pendragon, November 24, 2016, 01:29:47 PM

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Mordred Pendragon

November 24, 2016, 01:29:47 PM Last Edit: November 24, 2016, 01:40:35 PM by Doc Sammy
Alright, the polarization of this country, especially in the wake of the 2016 Election's outcome has gotten me really upset at both the Alt-Right and the Regressive Left. I am a socialist liberal but I really despise both sides for obvious reasons. So in order to cheer myself, I made this weak parody piece and I thought I'd share it with you.

Also, I'm seriously considering running for local office when I turn 25 (I'm 23 right now).

Background

It is titled America Strong! (Remove Alt-Right and SJW) and is a blatant parody of the dated alt-right 4chan meme Serbia Strong! (Remove Kebab), which stemmed from an old Yugoslav War-era propaganda video that the Serbian Army produced to express both Islamophobia and Serb Nationalism (particularly in support of disgraced politician and war criminal Radovan Karadzic). When this old video was leaked to the internet around 2011-2012, it became an internet meme and soon parodies appeared all over with new material, usually including Tupac Shakur and more Serb propaganda videos of the time. So, to express my disgust at the Alt-Right, I decided to re-appropriate the Serbia Strong song and make it an attack on the Alt-Right AND the Regressive Left, and express support for Bernie Sanders and Jill Stein instead of Radovan Karadzic.

Now, before anyone makes any accusations, I don't think Donald Trump is an actual alt-right politician. He's definitely popular among the Alt-Right, but in actuality he's just a loudmouthed meme candidate with more dollars than sense and he loves attention (though his ties to Steve Bannon are troubling, but that's probably just more pandering on his part).


Now, to further calm me down, I wrote this in the style of a crappy script fic (as TV Tropes would call it, "Stylistic Suck") and the cast includes my favorite fictional characters from my childhood. The cast is as follows...

Sailor Mercury: Vocals
Takeru "T.K." Takaishi: Trumpet
Mr. Conductor: Keyboard
Tuxedo Mask: Accordion


Now, onto the lyrics of the actual parody itself.....


America Strong (Remove Alt-Right and SJW)

(Sung to the tune of "Serbia Strong")


Verse One

From Social Media all the way to Portland Town
All the way to Portland Town
Free Speech is under attack!
Free Speech is under attack!

Chorus

Jill Stein, lead the Americans!
Please lead the Americans!
Show them they are not afraid of anything!
Not afraid of anything!

Verse Two

Christian Fascists have awoken!
Christian Fascists have awoken!
Do not touch our Constitution!
Do not touch our Constitution!

Chorus

Verse Three

From Roanoke, the Wolf of Rome is coming!
The Socialist Wolf of Rome is coming!
Be afraid, Fascists and SJW's!
Fascists and SJW's!

Chorus

Verse Four

In defense of the American People's rights
We fight the Alt-Right and the Regressive Left
We fight, Glory to our freedoms!
Glory to our freedoms!

Chorus


I'm sorry you guys had to go though this awful parody, but I really needed to get this off my chest. Now, onto the ACTUAL purpose of this thread. And yes, the Wolf of Rome refers to my own personal local political ambitions within the Roanoke Valley. I intend to restore some sanity to local politics if elected to office. It is not meant as a threat but as a call forward to a hopeful future when local politicians can start caring for their voters and tell the extremists to cram it.

Let's bitch about the dangers and excesses of both the Alt-Right and the Regressive Left. Feel free to share your works of parody, satire, or catharsis in relation to the current political climate.
Sic Semper Tyrannis

Bedrockbrendan

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November 24, 2016, 01:45:45 PM
I am nearly certain this is of zero interest to Pundit. There is already more than one thread where this is being discussed. You can talk about it there if you like. So closing the thread.
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