Letter to the Editor: Demifiction
Oct. 19th, 2015 10:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helgatwbThis letter appeared in the New Orleans Clarion-Picayune, a few days after the incident in ysabetwordsmith's poem "Berettaflies". It is also a response to dialecticdreamer's demifiction: Lab Cooperating With Police Investigation.
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Dear Sir or Madam:
I am wondering what exactly is being done to find and punish the perpetrator of the incident with the so-called "berettaflies"? I see a lot of smoke being blown about who's not responsible, and who is helping whom, which is important, but a significant percentage of your readers want to know who is responsible, and what is being done to find and punish the miscreant(s).
I have one thing to say to the person or persons responsible for this mess: "Bless your hearts!"
A Concerned Reader
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For those of you not in the know, 'bless your/his/her/their heart(s)' is NOT a blessing, or a positive message. It is, in fact, a polite, genteel, Southern way of saying: 'fuck you and the horse you rode in on'.
That is, in Southern Louisiana and Texas. It can be used as a blessing, but context and tone of voice is important. It is also a way of saying you hope that they become better people, implying both that they need to do so, and that it would take a miracle for that to happen.
ysabetwordsmith's poem "Berettaflies". It is also a response to dialecticdreamer's demifiction: Lab Cooperating With Police Investigation.***
Dear Sir or Madam:
I am wondering what exactly is being done to find and punish the perpetrator of the incident with the so-called "berettaflies"? I see a lot of smoke being blown about who's not responsible, and who is helping whom, which is important, but a significant percentage of your readers want to know who is responsible, and what is being done to find and punish the miscreant(s).
I have one thing to say to the person or persons responsible for this mess: "Bless your hearts!"
A Concerned Reader
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For those of you not in the know, 'bless your/his/her/their heart(s)' is NOT a blessing, or a positive message. It is, in fact, a polite, genteel, Southern way of saying: 'fuck you and the horse you rode in on'.
That is, in Southern Louisiana and Texas. It can be used as a blessing, but context and tone of voice is important. It is also a way of saying you hope that they become better people, implying both that they need to do so, and that it would take a miracle for that to happen.
Re: Thoughts
Date: Oct. 20th, 2015 07:08 am (UTC)Which puts an odd twist on its use with adults, clandestinely implying that they have a childish lack of competence and manners.
This is a fair criticism of the parties at fault in this incident.
Re: Thoughts
Date: Oct. 20th, 2015 01:52 pm (UTC)That... would fit with the way I've heard it used.