Posted on 08/09/2025 4:33:51 AM PDT by MtnClimber
For leftists, the contrast between their maddened world view and reality epitomizes that hard-to-define word: Irony.
Irony is a term whose meaning is elusive and which escapes precise definition. A lot of people think they know what it means when they actually don’t. About the best that can be said is that irony is the quality of a situation in which not only are prospects ruined and even reversed, but done so resoundingly – irony not only wrecks your plans, but does so while turning you into an object lesson.
Irony occurs when the postman rings twice for the drifter Frank Chambers, who is arrested, tried, and executed not for the murder he unquestionably committed, but for the accidental death over which he had no responsibility. Irony is what you’re left with when Jay Gatsby is shot, not by the outraged husband of his former girlfriend Daisy, but by a demented gas-station owner whom he scarcely knows exists.
Randy Newman constructed an entire career on irony, writing songs in which the actual meaning was 180 – at least – to what the lyrics were saying. The public lost its collective mind over “Short People,” in which Newman suggested mass annihilation for everyone under a certain height. It’s a good thing they didn’t listen to “Sail Away” or “Rednecks.”
Irony can be tricky. A lot of people find it difficult to grasp and try to take it straightforwardly or view it as a joke, and in either case, end up confused and bewildered. (One particular case involves Saul Alinsky, whom, we are earnestly told by droves of people who should know better, dedicated his book to SATAN!!!
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Ahhh...many of the lawfare democRATs now under investigation for real crimes.
That is an interesting illustration of Obama running in the jungle, trying to flee the Safari hunters who aim to bag a prized simian for their museum collection.
We always knew he was doing the bidding of the organ grinder. This time, his lover Larry Sinclair won’t save him from the pain headed his way.
.
Most excellent bit of writing and insight!
When one looks at the soldiers, however, they don’t seem to be looking at their quarry. They’re looking at each other and one’s looking up into the trees while Bam scoots away, jacket still buttoned, without his suit even getting wet
I’m like “HE’S RIGHT THERE, YOU GUYS! THERE HE IS! HE’S GETTING AWAY!!!!”
Irony is when you’re on your way to the church to get married and your car breaks down and when you finally get there, your bride and best man have eloped but you’re glad it happened.
Hmm... these nails taste kind of irony.
Irony is lost on most people. I have friends who will routinely post on FB “Be kind. You don’t know the struggles of those around you” just after posting “If you voted for Orange Hitler, you are a Nazi”. I frequently see this.
The two memes that disappeared during Covid were “Be kind” and “Stop bullying” because they were planning to be unkind and bully people into complying.
It’s like rain on your wedding day.
You are thinking not of irony, but of hypocrisy and contradiction.
However I am not sure there is value in the thesis of the article.
In other words if the article is narrowly defining irony, would not your example be excluded? My impression is that this is pedantry.
.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.