Twitter Suspends Kathy Griffin After She Changed Her Handle to ‘Elon Musk’

Re:Twitter Suspends Kathy Griffin After She Changed Her Hand... by snvzz on Monday November 07, 2022 @01:50PM (#33510338)

>And we all immediately understood those accounts were parody

Maybe. The problem is that unless it's made explicit, I am going to assume that someone WILL get confused.

>Absolute means Absolute

Absolutely. But not using my name. It's your speech, not mine.

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Re:Twitter Suspends Kathy Griffin After She Changed Her Hand... by lamontcg on Monday November 07, 2022 @02:10PM (#33510726)

> Maybe. The problem is that unless it's made explicit, I am going to assume that someone WILL get confused.

This was the original point of the blue check marks, which is the point of the parody.

And you're making an argument which is adjacent to everyone needing to use "/s" because some people can't figure out sarcasm or irony on their own.

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