Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2018 2:11:24 GMT
Communication Devices
I just read a line that I want to remember, so let me paste it here:
"Mockery, of course, is the cheapest and most available tool that the powerless have against the powerful; it has historically been the one thing that they can’t silence."
That line was penned by Nick Denton as the final post at Gawker(dot)com which was shut down by a court judgement financed by a wealthy individual who disliked Gawker's "anything goes" style of journalism.
Setting aside Gawker's sorry plight, I'll explain why "mockery" is interesting to me. It is interesting to me for the very reason expressed above by Mr. Denton.
Also called "ridicule", mockery is a way of responding to absurdity, cruelty and unfairness carried out by power people, but it is often confused with name calling, pejorative slur and defamation.
Finally the distinctions are too much to uphold and one succumbs to faux tolerance taking into account that not everyone has a grade school diploma.
See what I did there? I backed away from mockery as a talking tool but ended with a mock.
We have a fine time in these forums.
I just read a line that I want to remember, so let me paste it here:
"Mockery, of course, is the cheapest and most available tool that the powerless have against the powerful; it has historically been the one thing that they can’t silence."
That line was penned by Nick Denton as the final post at Gawker(dot)com which was shut down by a court judgement financed by a wealthy individual who disliked Gawker's "anything goes" style of journalism.
Setting aside Gawker's sorry plight, I'll explain why "mockery" is interesting to me. It is interesting to me for the very reason expressed above by Mr. Denton.
Also called "ridicule", mockery is a way of responding to absurdity, cruelty and unfairness carried out by power people, but it is often confused with name calling, pejorative slur and defamation.
Finally the distinctions are too much to uphold and one succumbs to faux tolerance taking into account that not everyone has a grade school diploma.
See what I did there? I backed away from mockery as a talking tool but ended with a mock.
We have a fine time in these forums.
