Sometimes current events make for bad satire

Politico is reporting on a contemporary Virginia twit, one Kyler Schmitz who found himself arrested Friday for threatening to shoot Republican lawmakers on twitter.

Said to be satirical response to Democrat and Republican gun control stalemate ... nonetheless he went to jail over these threatening messages.

In light of the recent (and continuous) firearms tragedies the fellow might have thought better to remain silent and merely be thought a fool.
 

Kyler Schmitz, satirist

Instead, he chose to open his mouth and remove all doubt.

It was stated that he does not own a weapon but "may" have been trying to obtain one.

As for me, I pretty much lay low anymore and keep my satire regarding offing those I think may need it however much in jest it may be to myself BECAUSE public venues are rife with multitudes out to make something out of anything said regardless of the frivolous "nothing" it is perceived to be by the person speaking ...

This stems primarily from our modern day political correctness gone amok and the dummies populating the planet who have been indoctrinated by an educational system out to revise history into some fabricated image of their liberal agendas.

So kiddo, you're likely going to take some lumps over this. As for me, I'll simply think what I wish and make sure I maintain a non threatening stance.

Besides, I'm not out to hurt anyone in my "live and let live" preferred mode of operation anyway. This is not to say that I don't talk plenty of trash as a personal diversion.

Threats in a public venue are simply asking for it nowadays regardless of how "satirical" or "in jest" the intent may have been. There is always somebody out there to be offended and act like it's nobody's right to offend them. There's always somebody out there to try to twist and spin your words into something entirely different from your meaning. We've become a society of clods. There, get offended now.

A person should be able to view current events with a little more in the way of insight. This guy obviously needed a lesson in pertinent commentary in public venues. Far be it from me to knock another's poorly placed attempt at satire given my own innumerable feeble attempts right here.

I'm just saying that I understand the concept of satire and however relevant it is there are those practicalities of context and current events to consider in the mix. The emotional pain of the masses is nothing with which to toy. A wise man once said expect to be misunderstood.

There are a smattering of venues where this expectation can be nothing but trouble ... like twitter and perhaps facebook. Discretion is far better than incarceration.