Okay so I finally read those Sarah Jeong tweets and I dunno man, I don't see how they can be saved by contextual argumentation. I think she really is just a garden-variety casual racist, albeit towards a subgroup it's socially permissible to express bigoted thoughts toward.
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I'm just a dumb-ass immigrant from India for whom English is a second language, but maybe I can offer you advice in understanding context & irony?https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1025538368145444864 …
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Jeet there is literally nothing of value you can offer to anyone on Twitter, save your silence.
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I pray to God you never watch Eddie Murphy's "White Like Me" skit. You'll think it's worse then Mein Kampf.
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People make jokes on twitter, yes. They sometimes deploy irony in doing so. I realize this might be a shocking concept but it's true.
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Please read this thread. It will help you understand seemingly alien concepts like "jokes,""humor," "sarcasm," "irony," and "satire."https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1025538368145444864 …
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Sigh. You're not going to engage with the evidence, are you?
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