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The Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN) recently published an 18-page report through the European Union (EU) titled: "It's Not Funny Anymore. Far-Right Extremists' Use of Humour."

The purpose of the report is to "[scrutinize] how humour functions as a potential factor in terms of influencing far-right extremist violence."

"As extremists disseminate their ideology as transgressive pranks, they offer new incentives to act on behalf of nation and 'race', thereby communicating violence against minorities as an act of fun," the report reads.

"Yet, these jokes are not funny anymore. The violent fantasies that are woven into these witty narratives may function as serious accelerants of mass violence that need to be countered as such."

On the one hand, the report is completely one-sided because the only groups mentioned are those of the "Far-Right." But, on the other hand, this means the report implies what we all know to be the case: leftists don't have a sense of humor (or "humour," for that matter).

"Humour has become a central weapon of extremist movements to subvert open societies and to lower the threshold towards violence," the report reads.

"Especially within the context of a recent wave of far-right terrorist attacks, we witness 'playful' ways in communicating racist ideologies. As far-right extremists strategically merge with online cultures, their approach changes fundamentally."

"'Far-right extremism' is understood as an umbrella concept, which comprises both the radical and the extreme right," the report reads. "Far-right extremism encompasses a range of different ideologies, which may include elements of cultural, ethnic, and/or racial nationalism."

That's right. We have official, academic reports issued to an entire continent to explain who Wojak, Doge, and Pepe the Frog are.

What a time to be alive.