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Send in the Clowns…


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25 minutes ago, Sir Purr said:

Weekly huddle meeting to decide what to overreact to next game and come up with ideas for "cool nicknames" for players/coaches that hurt their feelings.

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Medieval clowns and court jesters played an important role in ‘speaking truth to power.’  Perhaps David Tepper is listening?

“Jesters in Medieval Europe were decidedly more involved with affairs of state than were jesters in other time periods and locations. Oftentimes, a monarch or high-ranking official would search for a jester to keep at court. The court jester of medieval times was usually allowed to speak his mind freely, while not everyone else had to wait for the monarch's permission to speak. Many times, the jester would use his chance at free speech to criticize the monarch openly, where no one else could. Thus, a function of the jester was to act as a critic, and many stories exist to support the fact that kings did indeed pay heed to the criticism of the court jester.

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59 minutes ago, bythenbrs said:

Medieval clowns and court jesters played an important role in ‘speaking truth to power.’  Perhaps David Tepper is listening?

“Jesters in Medieval Europe were decidedly more involved with affairs of state than were jesters in other time periods and locations. Oftentimes, a monarch or high-ranking official would search for a jester to keep at court. The court jester of medieval times was usually allowed to speak his mind freely, while not everyone else had to wait for the monarch's permission to speak. Many times, the jester would use his chance at free speech to criticize the monarch openly, where no one else could. Thus, a function of the jester was to act as a critic, and many stories exist to support the fact that kings did indeed pay heed to the criticism of the court jester.

Slightly different in this scenario however, I think most people here are inferring that the monarch is also the court jester.

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