1. Starting another twitter essay on humor boundaries riffing off this tweet from @JAMyerson https://twitter.com/JAMyerson/status/449576270742175744 …
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5. But I understand why reasonable people disagree. Danger with strategy is that in exploring racism, it also gives it a longer half-life.
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6. Part of problem is also that people have different responses to irony. Some people are just as tone-deaf to irony as others are to music
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@HeerJeet I think part of difficulty is that exaggeration isn't very effective strategy for humor w/ racism. Racism haslThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet basically no relationship to reality, so exaggerating for ridiculous effectThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Speaking of which - Bakshi retrospective coming to the Brooklyn Academy of Music: http://www.cartoonbrew.com/events/ralph-bakshi-retrospective-coming-to-brooklyn-in-may-97420.html …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Same here. I have more of a problem with Colbert's use of, say, his parody of a Latino host, which serves no satiric purpose.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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