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Speaking for the Dead(longreads.com)
3 points by NaOH 4 days ago | 2 comments
thataccount 4 days ago | parent [-]

This is not speaking "for". It is speaking "about". About is always someone else's job to perform. "For" would be writing it up yourself, and handing it someone else to read.

Tomte 8 minutes ago | parent [-]

That‘s wrong. Speaking for someone means from their point of view, and it ususally implies a moral permission to do so.