lollardfish

Wed, 12:45: New on CNN: You are still mocking people with #downsyndrome if you use a disclaimer to try and have it both ways. http://t.co/S6dKtXhfVU
Wed, 12:47: In my @CNNOpinion piece, I talk about an episode of @ThisAmerLife in which @wyattcenac made fun of the way people with #downsyndrome talk.
Wed, 12:47: 2) What's interesting is that he didn't just make jokes about the r-word, which is typical comedy, but tried to skate around.
Wed, 12:50: 3) I talk about the ways in which comedy can punch up or punch down, reinforce stereotypes or challenge them. This is punching down.
Wed, 12:50: 4) It's not that @wyattcenac and @iraglass are doing something terrible, but they are doing a bit that mocks #downsyndrome speech.
Wed, 12:51: 5) There is no disclaimer that makes it ok. No disclaimer removes the sting from the joke. The disclaimer says you knew better.
Wed, 12:54: 6) I have a new blog post up with extra links and a full letter from @bipolaroids - who alerted me to the issue: http://t.co/pvZ47JXXGa
Wed, 12:55: 7) What's going to happen now is being told, "He didn't mean anything by it." Later, after I take the kids to school, I'll say more a/b that
Wed, 12:56: 8) My rule: The outsider doesn't get to decide whether the insider is offended or hurt. The outside only gets to decide whether they care.
Wed, 12:57: "When you make fun of attributes associated w/ disability, you might as well just be shouting the r-word." http://t.co/3INzKSOMNJ

Wed, 13:13: RT @CBPotts: @Lollardfish It's a great piece & you make excellent points - that gang has a professional interest in humor research & will lâ¦
Wed, 14:11: RT @christinacz: @tressiemcphd has been a hero for awhile now, taking down the for-profit uni. Here she is at @berkmancenter http://t.co/Tbâ¦
Wed, 15:27: ICYMI, I have a new piece up on CNN on #downsyndrome and comedy. Punching up vs punching down. http://t.co/3INzKSOMNJ
Wed, 17:04: I had a call with @wyattcenac about my @CNNOpinion piece today. Here's some of what we talked about. http://t.co/5lQpsnRN7Y
Wed, 17:05: I stand by my experience of the piece on @ThisAmerLife , but I am glad to hear Cenac's intentions and to have talked about how it worked.
Wed, 17:16: RT @autistichoya: #abledprivilegeis not worrying that your natural body movements will result in being beaten, tased, or arrested by police.
Wed, 18:30: RT @prisonculture: my letter to Phyllis Wise, Chancellor at UIUC by Fredrik deBoer http://t.co/Dk7SJdlYCK
Wed, 18:50: Thanks to everyone who has read and shared my latest CNN piece. On Down syndrome and comedy. http://t.co/Pv6nnc10jL
Wed, 19:37: RT @AcademeBlog: Illinois AAUP Committee A Statement on Steven Salaita and UIUC http://t.co/pA4DiFqgNl
Wed, 22:15: Hey folks, before tweeting angrily at Wyatt Cenac, please read our conversation here: http://t.co/5lQpsnRN7Y

Wed, 22:20: Actually, on further review, just don't hate-tweet at any people. Write thoughtful emails. It works so much better.
Wed, 22:32: RT @TheAtlantic: A 3rd-grade teacher used a book by noted scholar Rush Limbaugh to teach about the Civil War http://t.co/EMvR4yasba
Wed, 23:34: I have reached, once again, the point of the essay in which I write, "End with something profound." #writingishard
Thu, 04:43: RT @YourAnonNews: Ex-#NSA boss defends patenting his totally brand new, not developed on gov't time, #cybersecurity brilliance https://t.coâ¦

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