All this think-of-the-children pearl-clutchery is giving me a rash. The foolish misread satire; the dangerous willfully misread it.
@oliveiranth When you harm your innocent bystander in your satire, it's not satire; it's just cruel.
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@chrisgeidner Satire is cruel. They're not mutually exclusive? It transgresses, to show us where we have already transgressed. -
@oliveiranth It is to be cruel, yes, to the recipient of the satire. That is its purpose. Not to be cruel to the innocent bystander.
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