meta link: A lesson in good vs. bad irony thanks to Amanda Palmer by sparkymonster

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From sparkymonster: A lesson in good vs. bad irony thanks to Amanda Palmer.

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Amanda Palmer of the "Dresden Dolls" and "Evelyn/Evelyn" fame decided to talk about her dislike of Lady Gaga last night on twitter. Among other things, Gaga is a sell out, is just like Justin Bieber, and Palmer really dislikes the product placement in "Telephone".

Then Amanda Palmer shared this:
ironic product placement is only ok if you take no money & beyond that give all the income to something ironic. like the Klan.

Let me just repeat. Something ironic. like the Klan.

*****This might be potentially triggering for violence, as sparkymonster illustrates her point with pictures of actual lynchings of African Americans in the US.*****

Amanda Parmer's bizarre feats of self-promotion have been questionable at best and plain offensive at worst before now, but this is--I keep erasing what I was going to say here. I don't know what to say that encompasses how revolting this is, how lightly she takes a horrific and destructive part of both our past and our present, the systematic murder of African Americans because they demanded equality, the deliberate attempt to use murder as both a method of silencing and a warning.

Okay, just--what the fuck was that? I can't even tell how the hell that train of thought starts.

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And ALSO.....ze claims that Ms. Palmer has never complained that people "talk about her wrong?"
I suppose the Evelyn/Evelyn stupidity never happened, then. You know - where Ms. Palmer was shocked that people took offense at a poorly thought out publicity stunt act and then was even MORE shocked that they expected her not to mock them and to, you know, maybe apologize for being an ablist asshat. Those disabled feminists, talking about her all wrong and stuff!
How soon they forget.