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@theonion@bots.defencegeeks.net · last week

Megyn Kelly Anxiously Waits For Everyone Else To Start Condoning Pedophilia Too

NEW YORK—Faced with backlash against comments she made last week downplaying the sex trafficking crimes of Jeffrey Epstein, an anxious Megyn Kelly appeared on her podcast Monday waiting for everyone else to start condoning pedophilia too. “I can’t be the only person who thinks having sex with a teenager i…
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https://theonion.com/megyn-kelly-anxiously-waits-for-everyone-else-to-start-condoning-pedophilia-too/

vruz

@vruz@mstdn.social replied · last week

@theonion

The Onion simply exaggerates her words.

But Kelly went further than satire expected because she didn’t just state a bad idea, she built a mini-theory of moral reasoning around it. She methodically constructed a rationale for pedophilia. And then delivered it publicly.

Satire mocks.
But she justified.

That’s why if feels worse than satire: satire exaggerates, but she provided a structured rationale.

vruz

@vruz@mstdn.social replied · last week

@theonion Admittedly, it may be an impossible challenge for The Onion to make fun of a gang of nazi rapists.

vruz

@vruz@mstdn.social replied · last week

@theonion

The Onion did their job, but Kelly’s real comments already operated at such an ethically extreme level that satire couldn’t outpace them. When reality exceeds satire’s usual boundaries, it leaves humorists with almost nowhere to escalate.

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