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In reply to the discussion: I wonder if Scott Adams (Dilbert) reads DU? [View all]Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)Is this an entire website dedicated to poor reading comprehension? I dont think one of you understood the writing. Youre all hopping mad about your own misinterpretations.
Thats the reason the original blog was pulled down. All writing is designed for specific readers. This piece was designed for regular readers of The Scott Adams blog. That group has an unusually high reading comprehension level.
In this case, the content of the piece inspires so much emotion in some readers that they literally cant understand it. The same would be true if the topic were about gun ownership or a dozen other topics. As emotion increases, reading comprehension decreases. This would be true of anyone, but regular readers of the Dilbert blog are pretty far along the bell curve toward rational thought, and relatively immune to emotional distortion.
Ive written on the topic how you cant mix incendiary images in the same piece without the readers brains treating the images as though they were connected, no matter how clearly you explain that they are not. My regular readers understand that I do that intentionally as part of the fun. When quoted out of context, the piece becomes dangerous.
You can see that the comments about the piece were little more than name-calling. When confronted with that sort of reaction, would it be wiser to treat the name-callers as you might treat respected professors with opinions worthy of consideration, or should you treat the name-callers as you would angry children, by not debating and not taking it personally?
Youre angry, but Ill bet every one of you agrees with me.