Political Memes

It's not, it's not and they're not.

On a strategic level, there may be some merit to the hope of splitting them and turning them against each other. Their ideology builds on appearance of strength and masculinity, and any political movement hinges on unity. Getting under their skin about their prominent figures might weaken their support.

There is also a slim chance that pointing out the nonsense might break someone out of their cognitive dissonance (like it did with me), but I'll concede it's very slim indeed.

Even with all this, the question "how much collateral damage is it worth?" is a tough one. I would hope that them wasting their time and energy on each other might spare others some of their wrath, but it's impossible to measure and hard to gauge the net effect on hurt dealt to the undeserving.

So no, just the insult wouldn't be worth it. The potential strategic effects turn it into a weapon, but just like with physical weapons, it would be better if it never saw use. The ends may offset some of the hurt, but we shouldn't think of it in terms of justification so much as mitigation.

And the last line is just superfluous, hurtful without any redeeming quality at all. Fuck that shit.