Anti-parable

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Hi."She told an anti-parable about a pioneer-era mother who finds a rattlesnake under her child's bed in their frontier log cabin." [From the BBC.]Why does this parable have the prefix "anti-"?Thank you.

Clive · Accepted Answer

I assume the writer means 'the opposite of a parable'. But I don't understand what that is.
The context may provide more information.

Anonymous · Answer

CliveI assume the writer means 'the opposite of a parable'. But I don't understand what that is.The context may provide more information.

Thank you for your reply; here, it's in the wider context:

"But then Henderson started praising the White Man's Bible, a stridently anti-Semitic, racist screed.
She told an anti-parable about a pioneer-era mother who finds a rattlesnake under her child's bed in their frontier log cabin.
When asked what the serpent might represent, she suggested: "Multiculturalism."" [BBC.]

AlpheccaStars · Answer

A parable is a story that teaches a moral value.

I suppose the opposite is something that teaches something immoral.

Anonymous · Answer

AlpheccaStarsA parable is a story that teaches a moral value.I suppose the opposite is something that teaches something immoral.

Thank you for the reply. Indeed, it was said by a member of the American neo-**** group.

Clive · Answer

I agree with A-stars.

An additional comment -
By using the term 'anti-parable', the writer is passing judgement on 'her' story.
No doubt 'she' would consider it a parable.

Clive

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