Yeah, I’ve noticed the parallel construction thing too. If you’re a DUmmie and you want to lay something real heavy on the assembled Dummies, parallel construction is the only way to go. It quiets the place down so everyone can hear your heavy truth, man.
That said, when I read her post when it was posted on FR the other day, I felt pity for her. The poor woman is clearly suffering.
I never knew there was a name for it, but parallel construction is one of the main reasons I don’t listen to Sean Hannity anymore.
This comment, and one I got via freepmail, plus one over at the blogspot, got me to thinking.
Sometimes doing satire is walking a tightrope, and I'm not always as successful in how it comes across as I would like. This was probably one of those times. I apologize.
What I was *trying* to satirize was:
a) the overdone parallel-construction writing style that they have a tendency to use,
b) the free-floating rant about the economy, when the policies of the president they voted for have only made things worse, and they don't recognize that,
c) the expectation that the government should fix their lives for them, and
d) the whining about having to economize, when a lot of us are already having to do that, and we're not writing long-winded rants about it.
BTW, the writer is not a single mother, she has a husband, and he is employed.
I *am* sensitive to being unemployed or underemployed. Both my wife and I have gone through that in recent years. We ourselves are struggling financially.
Also, how I would deal with the writer on a *personal*, one-on-one level, if I knew her, would be different than when I am writing political satire for laughs.
Again, maybe I didn't walk the fine line as well as I should have in this DUFU. I'm sorry that I offended some. And I'm glad that most all of you enjoy *most* of the DUFUs!
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Even if many of her problems are the results of what she believes and thinks she knows her pain is nothing to mock.