1. Starting another twitter essay on humor boundaries riffing off this tweet from @JAMyerson https://twitter.com/JAMyerson/status/449576270742175744 …
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Replying to @michaellista
@michaellista@StephenMarche I'm not trying to defend irony-deaf people but rather explore the dividing lines of debate.3 replies 1 retweet 2 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@michaellista There is no debate on this one. Unless you reject the use of irony altogether.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @StephenMarche
@StephenMarche@michaellista I think there are people who hold that position! (or something close to it). Hence: a debate.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@michaellista Then there is a debate about literally every single proposition that can be made.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @StephenMarche
@HeerJeet@michaellista Would you say there is a meaningful debate about whether Swift wanted to eat Irish children?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @StephenMarche
@StephenMarche@michaellista As I said, Wayne Booth claimed he had many students who thought just that.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@michaellista Would you say there was a meaningful debate simply because the dunces held an untenable position?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @StephenMarche
@StephenMarche@michaellista I think as a teacher it's worth exploring why some students misread a text (to figure out how to better teach)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@michaellista Or to figure out how to get them to drop the class, so they wont' bore me.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@StephenMarche @michaellista Teaching strategies differ. But I think understanding misreading (not in Bloomian sense!) is sometimes useful.
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