--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'd never thought about it before, but it seems to > > me > > as I read your question that "satirical" and > > "passive- > > aggressive" are virtually synonymous. There are > > other > > forms of passive-aggressive behavior, of course, but > > I'm not sure there's any such thing as satire that > > isn't passive-aggressive, by its very nature. > > I agree with you. Satire, by its very nature "leans" > in the direction of passive-aggressive behavior. But > when it crosses into sarcasm then it truly has become > passive-aggressive. > > > On the other hand, that wouldn't mean indulging in > > satire was necessarily a sign of some kind of > > psychopathology or personality disorder. > > Agreed. It's not neccessarily pathological. Good > satire is hilarious and an effective way of > confronting interpersonal/social problems in a certain > context. > > > > I'll be interested to see what Peter has to say on > > this score. I may well be misunderstanding what he > > means by passive-aggressive. But from a literary > > rather than a purely psychological perspective, I > > think it may be an apt way to characterize satire. > > I think satire arises when there's a certain loss of > one's voice. One is not being heard by another so you > begin to satirize the very thing that prevents you > from being heard. You don't take certain aspects of > the other person/institution seriously and you mock > these aspects. Legitimized governments never engage in > satire, they are deadly serious....and their > seriousness is open to satire. Sacasm though, is truly > passive-aggressive and indicates that, for what ever > reason, all civility is called-off and now we'll > attempt to impugn another to remove any vestige of > legitimacy they might have. > > eg. Effective satire: Search for a Queen for King Tony ;-)
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