Misadventures in the Land of Fables #49

‘THE MAN BITTEN BY A DOG’

This Aesop fable (Perry 69) seemed relevant to social media and all the hot takes and concern trolling regarding recent political events. I thought I’d post the Townsend version unaltered, on Bluesky, but as I wrote some changes suggested themselves to me. For those of you who don’t have social media or who don’t yet follow me on Bluesky, here it is:

‘𝕋𝕙𝕖 π•„π•’π•Ÿ π”Ήπ•šπ•₯π•₯π•–π•Ÿ 𝕓π•ͺ 𝕒 π”»π• π•˜’
𝐴 π‘šπ‘Žπ‘› β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 π‘π‘Žπ‘‘π‘™π‘¦ 𝑏𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑦 π‘Ž π‘‘π‘œπ‘”. 𝐴 𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑑 π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘π‘œπ‘šπ‘šπ‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘’π‘‘ β„Žπ‘’ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘˜π‘’ π‘Ž 𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑐𝑒 π‘œπ‘“ π‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘, 𝑑𝑖𝑝 𝑖𝑑 𝑖𝑛 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘π‘™π‘œπ‘œπ‘‘ π‘“π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘š β„Žπ‘–π‘  π‘€π‘œπ‘’π‘›π‘‘, π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑑 π‘‘π‘œ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘‘π‘œπ‘” π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑏𝑖𝑑 β„Žπ‘–π‘š. π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘šπ‘Žπ‘› π‘“π‘œπ‘™π‘™π‘œπ‘€π‘’π‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘  π‘Žπ‘‘π‘£π‘–π‘π‘’ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘ π‘œπ‘œπ‘› π‘“π‘œπ‘’π‘›π‘‘ π‘Žπ‘™π‘™ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘‘π‘œπ‘”π‘  𝑖𝑛 π‘‘π‘œπ‘€π‘› β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑠𝑒𝑑 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘šπ‘ π‘’π‘™π‘£π‘’π‘  π‘’π‘π‘œπ‘› β„Žπ‘–π‘š.

 

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