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Speaking for the Dead (longreads.com)
thataccount 5 days ago [-]
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 34 minutes ago [-]
That‘s wrong. Speaking for someone means from their point of view, and it ususally implies a moral permission to do so.
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