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Fury as man who threatened to invade Greenland and who uses military against own people fails to win Nobel Peace Prize (newsthump.com)
submitted 4 months ago by MHLoppy@fedia.io to c/theonion@sh.itjust.works
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Donald Trump has once again been cruelly snubbed by the Nobel Peace Prize committee, despite what he insists was an “incredible” year of personal achievements in the field of “peace, which is very strong right now, the strongest peace anyone’s ever seen.”

The committee shocked the world by awarding the prize to someone who had not, in fact, threatened to annex Greenland after mistaking it for a golf resort, nor suggested using the US military to disperse protesters exercising their constitutional right to free speech.

“We had to draw a line somewhere,” explained one weary member of the Nobel committee. “Traditionally, the Peace Prize goes to people who promote peace, not to people who deploy tear gas so they can wave at a Bible.” [...]

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I mean is this even satire?

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 10 points 4 months ago

I keep seeing these types of comments implying, in various different ways, that satire is only satire if it's fictional. Satire does not have to be fictional.

(Although this post probably isn't the best place to bring this up, given that this article is largely fiction-based-on-reality rather than straight factual)