Honesty, and raw criticism of things that deserve it, is valuable. I think sarcasm, though, is rarely the right tactic.
Sarcasm is, most of the time, the mode of either impotence or petty resentment. If you actually want to affect change or genuinely communicate, it is a poor tool.
Occasionally, yes, it can be a righteous blow of justified revolt. And of course this is how the sarcastic imagine themselves, almost always. But far more often they are just indulging their worst impulses.
Honesty, and raw criticism of things that deserve it, is valuable. I think sarcasm, though, is rarely the right tactic.
Sarcasm is, most of the time, the mode of either impotence or petty resentment. If you actually want to affect change or genuinely communicate, it is a poor tool.
Occasionally, yes, it can be a righteous blow of justified revolt. And of course this is how the sarcastic imagine themselves, almost always. But far more often they are just indulging their worst impulses.