True story: I had an acquaintance who tried to convince me that he voted for Nader as an IRONIC STATEMENT.
Irony can work in conversation, but not so much in voting or public masturbation. I think David Sedaris even warned about the dangers of DRESSING ironically (ie. being a hipster douche), because there's nothing to distinguish somebody who's intentionally, knowingly dressing like an ass from someone who just has genuinely poor taste.