Jeremy Stangroom

@skepteaser Would you think that if you had good reason to think it was affecting the target's mental health? (Just a hypothetical.)

@PhilosophyExp I would refrain. But if the "target" of satire were engaging in vicious campaign of bullying, I'd file it under self-defence.

@skepteaser Or at least, I'd argue that there is certainly a moral calculus to be done in this respect. I'd say there was a duty of care...

@PhilosophyExp I fully agree.

@skepteaser Ridicule can totally fuck some people up. Some of the people in this "battle" have been fucked up by it (badly).

@PhilosophyExp I wasn't aware of any serious damage by ridicule. Do you have an example?

@skepteaser bad outcome. It's one of the many problems of vigilante "justice" - you don't control the fall out.

@PhilosophyExp ...vigilante justice doesn't seem to apply to ridicule and satire. In fact, I smell false equivalence, sorry.