I think the most unintentionally pretentious part of me is I genuinely forget that most people do not have a near-encyclopedic knowledge of mythology and folklore. I literally just assume most people know at least the name of every Greek god. My mom and I were watching the Banshees of Inisherin and at the start, she asked “Do you know what a banshee is?” and I was so stunned because it would never occur to me to ask that question because I would never assume the average person doesn’t know what a banshee is. The average person knows what a banshee is right. You know what a banshee is right. You know the names of the greek gods right. You know that norse myth where loki fucked the horse right. Right. RIGHT
so, you may be interested to know that the Supreme Court is hearing a case this week that might decide the the future of– and potentially ban– harmless parodies of corporate brands.
And if the court decides in Jack Daniels’ favor the precedent this sets for freedom of speech will be disastrous.
You really can’t count on this radicalized Roberts court to act like educated jurists. Our rights are definitely up for grabs here.