Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "Robby Soave: Joe Rogan APOLOGIZES For N-Word Controversy, Spotify ERASES 70 JRE Podcast Episodes" video.

  1. Great way to ban Mark Twain, whose Huck Finn is a radical book. I suppose Robert Lowell's greatest poem is out, too, as are a ton of great playwrights like Tennesse Williams. Characters are made to use that word to show they are ignorant and odious.
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  2. Yes. In linguistics, it's called the difference between use and mention.
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  3.  @BD-me4nk  Yeah, let's give Gates and Bezos, etc., more power. Because those concentrations of power will control whatever tech you propose, share it from whomever they want (FBI, CIA, DHS, . . . ), and never listen to you.
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  4. So, let's not make distinctions between use and mention.
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