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Listen, you fuckers, you screwheads. Here is a man who would not take it anymore. A man who stood up against the scum, the cunts, the dogs, the filth, the shit. Here is a man who stood up.
— Travis Bickle ‧ Taxi Driver
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker hurls abusive language at those he despises while casting himself as the man who refused to keep tolerating what disgusts him. It is a self-glorifying rant, and the heroic image of standing up is the speaker's own claim rather than an established truth.
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