Another good chapter. But that's pretty much all your writing. I have to admit, this did not end like I thought it would. I'm interested to see what kind of villain this professor, who was bullied by sjws and snowflakes, turns out to be.
Sadly, the students in his class were not at all over the top caricatures. Anyone who thinks they are should watch a few videos of Milo Yiannopoulos attempting to give a speech at a campus. At least this professor's students were not blowing air horns or pulling the fire alarm. What a sad time we live in when you can't really adequately satirize the cancel culture, because it's already so absurd.
Aw jeez. Look, I've been a fan since the Seanachai days, and I like your work a lot! But Pernicia is such a lazy caricature! You're a smarter dude than this! You use words like "triggered" and "rape culture" like they are punchlines in and of themselves, as if you've never had a conversation with someone who uses those terms in earnest.
(For example, no one would use the term "mansplaining" in the way that Pernicia uses it here. Mansplaining is a description of a very specific behavioral tic, where a man will, unsolicited, explain to a woman something very obvious that she probably already knows. If you're in a class, what the professor says is by definition *solicited* and new information)
You put the argument in the mouth of a childish college student who literally screams until she harries the professor out of the room. You're not engaging with an argument; you're just demonstrating your disrespect for your ideological opponents.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a killjoy who can't stand satire, but good satire isn't just mockingly repeating the words of your ideological opponents like a playground bully.
And I even agree with what I think your argument is, that we should not discard the classics just because they don't conform with modern sensibilities. Banning or censoring, say, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn because it uses language that we abhor today, impoverishes the student of literature and history. It's important to study the work, as it was, in its context.
Anyways: the reason I'm writing this absurdly long comment is because I like your work and I'm hoping to improve future work. I hope it is clear that I'm not trying to scream you out of the room.
Another good chapter. But that's pretty much all your writing. I have to admit, this did not end like I thought it would. I'm interested to see what kind of villain this professor, who was bullied by sjws and snowflakes, turns out to be.
Sadly, the students in his class were not at all over the top caricatures. Anyone who thinks they are should watch a few videos of Milo Yiannopoulos attempting to give a speech at a campus. At least this professor's students were not blowing air horns or pulling the fire alarm. What a sad time we live in when you can't really adequately satirize the cancel culture, because it's already so absurd.
I really enjoyed this, thanks for writing. Now that my financial situation has stabilized I will be subscribing this week.
Aw jeez. Look, I've been a fan since the Seanachai days, and I like your work a lot! But Pernicia is such a lazy caricature! You're a smarter dude than this! You use words like "triggered" and "rape culture" like they are punchlines in and of themselves, as if you've never had a conversation with someone who uses those terms in earnest.
(For example, no one would use the term "mansplaining" in the way that Pernicia uses it here. Mansplaining is a description of a very specific behavioral tic, where a man will, unsolicited, explain to a woman something very obvious that she probably already knows. If you're in a class, what the professor says is by definition *solicited* and new information)
You put the argument in the mouth of a childish college student who literally screams until she harries the professor out of the room. You're not engaging with an argument; you're just demonstrating your disrespect for your ideological opponents.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a killjoy who can't stand satire, but good satire isn't just mockingly repeating the words of your ideological opponents like a playground bully.
And I even agree with what I think your argument is, that we should not discard the classics just because they don't conform with modern sensibilities. Banning or censoring, say, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn because it uses language that we abhor today, impoverishes the student of literature and history. It's important to study the work, as it was, in its context.
Anyways: the reason I'm writing this absurdly long comment is because I like your work and I'm hoping to improve future work. I hope it is clear that I'm not trying to scream you out of the room.