We had a go at poor Apu in our paper, "The Joke's On You" where we accused the Simpsons of being disparagement humour rather than satire in his case because of the power dynamics.https://twitter.com/ConceptualJames/status/1056309141801709568 …
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I’m from India and I will miss APu. He is a devoted husband, father , doctorate, proud Hindu successful business owner and very kind. I know many who fit this stereotype . If that is how we are mocked, I say more of it.
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I also love the part about how social justice scholarship can never be “dominant” because it’s fighting AGAINST dominance! It’s like “You can’t say our Pizza is the worst tasting Pizza ever! Our name is ‘Joe’s Best Pizza’, so it must be the best!” Genius.
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Victorious revolutionaries become the establishment, but never admit it.
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Always keep the revolutionary attire on. Like Castro.
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But like Mao, keep it quiet about the girls.
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You guys make my week..... keep it up!
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“Questioning our oppression is proof we’re oppressed.” Completely unfalsifiable, makes it more akin to conspiracy theories and religions than scholarship.
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The Kafka Trap is like the intellectual equivalent of the unfalsifiable hypothesis. There can be no possible argument against it so people will assume it's true, when in reality it proves nothing (if falsification is impossible, then so is verification).
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You may disagree to the extent that you may state you do not yet sufficently grasp their ideas as to express absolute agreement.
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Pretty much...
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Poe's Law
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Also misuses the word "systemic". Anything systemic cannot be subsequently blamed on or attributed to individuals. That is the logical contradiction here which springs the trap.
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Catch-22 noun A dilemma or difficult circumstance from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.
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Sure sign of B.S. Every question has the same answer.
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So are you admitting to us that your hoax killed Apu!?! Oh dear.
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It's all a big scam.
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