IRAQ NEEDS HELP (WARNING: GRAPHIC PIX)

[HairOfTheDog]

MOCKING IS FUNDAMENTAL

The Islamic State group uses rather sophisticated social media strategies to recruit and spread their propaganda. While IS has been successful in recruiting extremists from around the world, they are largely condemened in and outside of the Middle East, by all accounts.

Recently, some Middle Easterners who oppose IS have taken to social media themselves to mock and ridicule IS.


^ When the IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made a rare public appearance in Mosul in July (video posted upthread), social media users rushed to mock the expensive-looking watch that had slipped out from under the self-styled Caliph's robe.

The IS jihadist group also produces a pretty slick magazine, packed with news, propaganda and recruitment ads. That too is being mocked.

^ The real deal........................................^The mockers' vision

While there are those who criticize the mockery for being insensitive and inappropriate, others defend satire as a way to push back at the Islamic State's intimidation tactics.

"Sometimes, you have to mock, to belittle. Because sometimes, belittlement is your enemy's greatest fear," Libyan-American writer Hend Amry wrote on Twitter.

I like it.

Ref: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/29...37500.html