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Ep. 14 - The Morality of Satire: Andrew Doyle and Stephen Blackwood

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The Importance of Humor in Friendship

A personal attack that uses humor is a form of bullying and no, I don't think that's funny. If someone makes a good nature joke about something I've said or me indeed, then I'll be the first to laugh at it. And maybe that's just an instinctive thing. It's sort of at the heart of friendship is the ability to laugh at yourself. That's how friendships are sustained. So many people in social justice movement don't have a sense of humor because they don't believe they have flaws. They're utopian worldview not compatible with a sense of humour.

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