"irony" again

[Jonathan Lighter]

Irony of tone, not meaning.

Or is it the other way around?

Or maybe she talks this way all the time and there's no irony at all. In
that case she would mean "keepin' it real" rather than "being ironic."

Who is this "Madonna" anyway?

I mean really. Are we sure?

JL

On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> After speaking out on (apparent) behalf of the President--
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> "Y'all better vote for fucking Obama, OK? We have a black Muslim in the
> White House. Now that's some amazing shit. It means there is hope in this
> country."
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> --Madonna "clarified" her remarks by explaining that she was "being
> ironic".
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> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/26/madonna-muslim-comments-obama-ironic_n_1916054.html
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> LH (wondering if that should be transcribed "We have a black Muslim in the
> White House" or "We have a Black Muslim in the White House"--that's the
> problem with irony)
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