[Magdalen] Satire

Jay Weigel jay.weigel at gmail.com
Sun Jun 5 14:39:44 UTC 2016


Certainly his spokespersons that have appeared on TV recently have appeared
to be on such a level, particularly one Healey Baumgarden(?), who I at
first though was a piece of satire herself. Egad! When I realized she was
actually for real, I just turned off the TV and went off shaking my head.

On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 4:16 AM, Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3 at ckt.net> wrote:

> On 6/4/16 12:30 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 6/4/2016 12:27:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> polycarpa3 at ckt.net writes:
>>
>> Right  on, Mike.
>>
>> You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.  And  making fun of
>> people doesn't tend to persuade them to see things your  way.>>>>>>>
>>
>> Satire is just satire.  It isn't a significant vehicle for changing
>> anyone's
>> vote, and I didn't put it on the list hoping that would happen.  I
>> thought
>> it was primarily funny, and not meant (as it appears to have been  taken)
>> as a deep biting and personal condemnation of this prospective  candidate.
>>
>> YMMV, of course.
>>
>
> I didn't think that you were putting it on the list hoping to change
> anybody's vote.  I didn't even think that it was a deep biting and personal
> condemnation of this prospective candidate.  I do think that Borowitz found
> a funny way of saying that _supporters_ of the candidate have an extreme
> deficiency in English (and mathematical) vocabulary, and that even his
> campaign manager does, or in other words, that they are stupid: as in, have
> a functional educational level somewhere below eighth grade.
>
>
> --
> Sibyl Smirl
> I will take no bull from your house!  Psalms 50:9a
> mailto:polycarpa3 at ckt.net
>


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