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The person writing satire decides if it is satire regardless of how a reader's brain maps the words into thoughts.
by mensetmanusman 3y ago
The person writing satire decides if it is satire regardless of how a reader's brain maps the words into thoughts.
- Jordrok 3y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_the_Author https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_the_Author
- mensetmanusman 3y agoI think people with near zero empathy regard their interpretation as primary, but most humans can understand that people have different senses of humor.
- Jordrok 3y ago> but most humans can understand that people have different senses of humor I agree completely. And I would think that someone with greater than zero empathy would have a hard time arguing that there is one and only one correct way to interpret a piece of writing. An author with a non-zero amount of empathy should be well aware that their work will be interpreted in a variety of ways by a varied audience, and won't seek to hide behind the flimsy shield of "satire" when they publish something intentionally provocative and incendiary.
- tayo42 3y agoIf i found out who you were in real life, and lets say I had a big platform, and started writing "satire" about you to spreading rumors, you just have to deal with it? I can hide behind the idea I'm calling it satire with no repurcusion? Like sticking with the Halloween theme, "Mensetmanusman's neighbors are unsure if the screams are Halloween decorations, or another child locked in his basement this year" I can write stuff like that, because lets say I want people to start thinking you are the kind of person that tortures kids for what ever reason, call it satire, and be protected?
- mensetmanusman 3y agoYep, that's the trade off of the first amendment.
- tayo42 3y agoYou know this isn't a first ammendment issue? The government isn't involved.
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- ilikehurdles 3y agoNo one’s fundamentally obligated to impose repercussions on you for such speech, and the first amendment protects those that choose to publish your speech from any government repercussion.
- mensetmanusman 3y agoif someone asks if you should "do something" about someone else's speech, that implies the full force of the law.