According to some cartoonist the killer meme is: DAESH fighters are genetic dead-enders fighting to spread the genes of their leaders. And they are succeeding.
The effectiveness of this strategy is not so much mocking Daesh. The strategy can be effective by adding noise to their signal.
This works in live protests as well, this is the electronic equivalent of a protest I saw in college. A white supremacist was giving a speech at a public library in central Illinois. Protesters out numbered actual audience members 2 to 1. They proceed to sing children's songs and play instruments. This blocked the message of hate helping to prevent further recruitment and coordination.
I can just imagine someone not already well informed walking away with the impression that the nice rational people who only wanted to talk about their ideas were being drowned out by the mob literally acting like children.
Have you ever tried debating with bigots? Both sides end up talking over each other.. I think it makes brilliant sense, to sing songs, hymns, etc and make the other side look dumbfounded and unable to respond..what do they do sing metal ballads about how all other races should be slaves?
Doesn't anyone see how all this "trolling" plays into ISIS plans and they'll come out better? I can see lots of "at risk" Muslims who are already feeling targeted by western society who will just see this as everyone attaching their religion and identity and they'll convert over to join ISIS or try to do something in their name.
Mass peaceful demonstrations around the world I can see as a good, but they're kidding themselves if they think photos of goats are going to help.
http://blog.dilbert.com/post/133596339051/daesh-linguistic-k...