You know, ok. I made a few jokes - and they killed 3000 Americans. Fair trade.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker jokes that her jokes led to 3000 American deaths, calling it a fair trade.
- In plain terms
- She equates her jokes with the death of 3000 Americans as an equal exchange.
- What can you take from it?
- She uses dark humor to equate her speech with mass casualties.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is the role of humor in discussing tragedy?
- How do speech and violence relate?
Another view
The joke minimizes the severity of mass casualties by comparing them to speech.
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