How to misuse the word "ironic" even more than Alanis Morisette did.

sparkymonster has a completely RIGHT but horrifying post on A lesson in good vs. bad irony thanks to Amanda Palmer.

WARNING: deeply triggering images of hate crimes, lynching, and disturbing imagery. The last image in particular really hit me in the gut. As I said in comments, I literally threw up in my mouth. Which is pretty much the only appropriate response to something like that.

The post arose from Amanda Palmer (yeah, I know, right? Apparently, she's going for an epic Round Two Of Assflashing) making this statement on Twitter in response to Lady Gaga's "Telephone" video (spelling and punctuation hers):

ironic product placement is only ok if you take no money & beyond that give all the income to something ironic. like the Klan.

sparkymonster does such a spectacular job of taking Palmer to task and laying out, bit by bit, just how outrageous and painfully wrong that statement is that I can't add to it. Just go over to that post (if you're able to do so) and read it.