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The Scope and Limits of Satire: How to Be Offended Skillfully

June 28, 2021

Let’s get this out of the way: Are there limits in satire? My answer to that is “No”. But we have to be careful defining satire in the first place.

Just like love or success – my two favorite examples – many people use the concept of satire to mean something entirely different. Doing so, they use “satire” without limits for purposes beyond the scope of satire.

In this post we’ll take a look at the dynamics of satire, its limits (which there shouldn’t be), and everything else you need to know so that you can offend yourself skillfully!

limits of satire
Satire has no limits, as long as it’s genuine satire, with a specific scope and purpose
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