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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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[jmanna.livejournal.com]

You point about the Brazil nuts is not my point. I would present your logic that your father was not black therefor he was being racists where as I am fat and therefor it's inclusive.

As for not deserving being hurt I shall be nerdy and quote a movie:

"Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something."

Just because something causes me pain does not necessarily mean it is wrong or malicious. It means it causes me pain. Know what causes me pain? Seeing people wounded, dying or dead because of violence instigated by religion. I have sobbed at pictures of the hideous shit people do to each other in the name of religion. Now I have had friends say to me 'But aren't they just bad people doing bad things and using religion as an excuse?' or 'But if religion inspires someone to do something good isn't it okay then?' My answer to both is No. I have my reasons but I feel strongly about it.

However, I don't tell my friends not to be religious. Some people think me ridiculous to even have the belief that I do. I do not tell my friends that by being religious they are involved in some way in something that horrifies and hurts me. Why? Because using my hurt, my beliefs as a reason to belittle them, call them names like hateful or ignorant or malicious is just ans painful to them. Because I judge my friends on the sum of their actions, not on a part.

As for attacking those that can't defend themselves, well again, it comes back to my discussion on assumed malicious intent.