@Meteoryan The "moral function of ridicule" etc. @PhilosophyExp @RichardDawkins
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@DJGrothe@Meteoryan Odd to think it's "moral' if the same effect (i.e., change of incorrect beliefs) can be achieved without ridicule.
@DJGrothe @Meteoryan Plus, really, people enjoy ridiculing others way too much to suppose their motivations are mainly to do with truth.
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@PhilosophyExp Well Molière's point (like with Tartuffe etc) was the corrective power of ridicule as better than other methods@Meteoryan -
@DJGrothe@Meteoryan I hated seeing you ridiculed, DJ, because ridicule is a bullying tactic (easily "justified" a la Molière), which -
@PhilosophyExp I was almost never ridiculed (except with a meme once). Mostly lied about, and that's irrelevant to this point.@Meteoryan -
@DJGrothe@Meteoryan Yeah, it was the meme I was thinking of. -
@PhilosophyExp I didnt blink at that. What floored me was the mendacious plotting disinformation campaigns. But I get your point@Meteoryan
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@PhilosophyExp Right. And most who ridicule aren't steeped in the New Comedy nor have such a moral vision.@MeteoryanThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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