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[lollardfish]

Can anyone more knowledgeable than I point out any examples of the Vilification Tennis show doing productive social satire - that is, making fun of something in order to demonstrate its impropriety or nonsensical nature?

I'm seeing excuses that I shouldn't be offended at their upcoming show because it's productive social satire.

I think it's just an excuse and the show isn't about satire, it's about getting laughs by being as mean as possible. They are really good at it. They get a lot of laughs. I think they're kidding themselves about the satire, but I'm not that familiar with their shows.

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[buttonlass.livejournal.com]

Thank you Tim. Your responses have been well put and not dismissive nor judgmental.

For my part, I apologize for swearing at you indirectly through my mad rantings you may have heard of. I was mad and hurt. I have been trying to be more productive and less crass with my anger since then.

As he has said before, David and I have a lifetime of dealing with stereotypes of our son in front of us and we have to learn the best way of dealing with it. We haven't had much practice and lack a certain grace.

[petsnakereggie.livejournal.com]

I appreciate the apology but I'm the one who made you mad and hurt so I accept the things you said, directly or not. I took a risk and got burned for it. That is fair.

I like you guys and I'm glad we could talk about this.

Like I said to David, I don't blame you guys for being protective of your son. Thanks for saying nice stuff about my mom. She really is pretty awesome :-)