99% of right-wing media is reading ironic, joking or satirical comments with bad faith literalism. It helps make for interesting and productive conversations.* * Note: actually, that's a joke: it's not 99% and it doesn't make for "interesting etc."https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1026943390091563015 …
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I tend to share that view but if you are going to defend racially transgressive comedy you have to defend racially transgressive speech that is unintentionally comedic and, really, any kind of racially transgressive speech. no logical reason to privilege a comic style
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No, I think intent matters. There's a huge difference between Mel Brooks singing a pro-Nazi song & Goebbels doing the same. It's like there's a difference between Andy Warhol making fake money and a counterfeiter doing the same.
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