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bryanrasmussentoday at 10:20 AM1 replyview on HN

can't resist given the context, but it should be embarrassing for whom.

When one says a text is embarrassing there are generally three potential objects of embarrassment, the writer, the reader, or, if there is one, the target of the text.

In the case of a manifesto the manifesto writer intends for the target of the manifesto to be embarrassed, but often the actually embarrassed is the unsuspecting writer and the cringing reader.


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jaggstoday at 10:34 AM

>> the manifesto writer intends for the target of the manifesto to be embarrassed

Huh? Citation please.

(and good catch on 'whom')

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