1. How you feel about this Carl @carlzoilus article about Ghomeshi depends heavily on how you feel about pronouns:http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2014/11/jian_ghomeshi_allegations_i_wasn_t_surprised_to_hear_them_does_that_make.html …
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2. There is an uncharitable interpretation that would emphasize the elision between the "I" in the headline and the "you" in the story.
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3. By the critical view, Wilson's "you" is a mask and an evasion: trying to implicate others for his own action.
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4. A detailed critical view of
@carlzoilus's article by@hoodedu can be found here:http://www.splicetoday.com/pop-culture/jian-ghomeshi-and-you …2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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5. But let me suggest that
@carlzoilus isn't using the second person in that way.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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6. He's using it to step outside his own experiences and actions, to view them from the outside.
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7. I suspect
@carlzoilus pronounial choices were influenced by Jay McInerney's "Bright Lights, Big City."3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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8. In "Bright Lights, Big City" McInerney uses second person to suggest experiences of someone caught in whirl of coke use.
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9.
@carlzoilus borrowed McInerney's techniques to suggest social whirl around Ghomeshi & feeling of retrospective remorse.3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
10. Here is @carlzoilus himself on his pronoun decisions: https://www.facebook.com/carlzoilus/posts/10152747169200709 …
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@HeerJeet@carlzoilus any way you look at it, it's lousy writing.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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