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To: bagster; grey_whiskers

The poem and the song are great! I’m delighted to finally see some satire starting to circulate about the rona. That sometimes signals the beginning of the end of a ridiculous situation or idea that people have largely been afraid of challenging.

Theravive wrote this about satire and it seems highly appropriate to me:
“Another way to look at the use of satire is that it, supposedly, clarifies the difference between delusion and sanity. It is hypothesized that we accept incongruity on a regular basis. We tend to ignore the absurdities that surround us. Satire encourages us to stop and look at the notions we buy into that make no sense, while we pretend that they do.”


1,957 posted on 08/13/2021 11:50:13 PM PDT by LittleLinda
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To: LittleLinda
You have a wonderful mind, Little.

I approve.


1,966 posted on 08/14/2021 12:51:14 AM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: LittleLinda

I’m saving that quote


1,969 posted on 08/14/2021 12:58:45 AM PDT by Ymani Cricket ( "Pressure Makes Diamonds" ~General Patton)
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To: LittleLinda
You are right, satire is healthy and cleansing.

In addition, it uses the enemy's own weapons against them.

"Ridicule is mankind's most potent weapon." -- Saul Alinsky

2,065 posted on 08/14/2021 7:47:49 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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