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Just to offer an alternate perspective: I read that comment ironically. I recognize that tone is ambiguous online.
by eszed 1y ago
Just to offer an alternate perspective: I read that comment ironically. I recognize that tone is ambiguous online.
- stephen_g 1y agoIt's not really valid English parsing to read it that way - if the poster meant it that way then they've accidentally formed the sentence in a way that's unambiguously not ironic. Putting the word refugees in quotes makes it biased and inflammatory, accusing people seeking asylum of being rapists and murders. If the whole phrase following the word probably was in quotes, only then could it be read ironically.
- eszed 1y agoFair. Reading more closely, I agree with you.