Intellectualize

you over-intellectualize everything / no i don't you're just too dumb to understand what i'm talking about / see

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Vindicated

someday history will vindicate me / i guess she was right after all

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Balance, again

slaves are property! slaves are people! / slaves are an economic incentive for plantation owners to produce cotton which benefits society / in that case lets just balance slaveholder's rights with human rights

Here’s that word balance again. Read more about the slavery analogy.

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Incentive to Create

no one would create without monetary incentives / nonsense people create for all kinds of reasons / who paid you to say that

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Privilege

you have pointy-eared privilege / but being pointy-eared you can't be aware of it nor the many ways you oppress the floppy-eared / is there any way to fix this? give me tenure

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Limits to Speech

there have to be limits to speech / otherwise it'd be a free-for-all / i feel much safer in a fear-for-all

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Truth

some people won't like your truth. that is so lame. / but you don't have to fight with them. you're an idiot. / just keep telling yourself the truth. shut up!

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Convince

trying to convince people just doesn't work / sure it does / see

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Critical Theory

your theory is critical / your criticism is theoretical / your humanities departments are de-funded

Bonus Friday cartoon! This one’s for Bill Benzon of the Valve.

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Owe

if i say something to you you owe me a response / thus through my actions i create obligations in you / now you owe me an apology

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