Is your English teacher an airhead? Of all of the people who should know that "A Modest Proposal" is satire, an English Teacher would be at the top of the list.
It's an honest mistake. When I first read one of their articles (a Portal 2 review) I thought they were being serious too. Actually, if you don't realize that it's satire it becomes even funnier.
I remember falling for that one extremely hard, about five years ago. The whole thing just fits so well with what you'd expect closeted Christian American extremists to produce that I couldn't *not* rage at some of what I was seeing.
And then I learned that Pastor Fred is a character. Guy slips into atheist gatherings and conventions and pretends to lambaste the people there. It's all good though, apparently, as he's known by several people in the more active American Atheist community.
It's an honest mistake. When I first read one of their articles (a Portal 2 review) I thought they were being serious too. Actually, if you don't realize that it's satire it becomes even funnier.
Broooo. I don't get it. Why does everyone already know about Christwire except for me? Usually I'm pretty up to date on these things. Was there some kind of time travel weirdness?
No, it was Satan worshiping Dungeons and Dragons players combined with AIDS infected junkie Rock stars that sold their souls to Satan.
EDIT: Had to link in a couple of Cthulhu Tracts to counter the talk of Jack Chick.
Why we're here [http://www.fredvanlente.com/cthulhutract/pages/index.html]
Who will be eaten first? [http://foo.ca/wp/chick-tract-satire/who-will-be-eaten-first/]
I remember reading that back in my British Literature class. That was some messed up shit. Very happy it was just joking about it, but damn he really thought everything out for that. What was more funny though is that half the class thought the guy who wrote it was serious and actually ate children.
It's an honest mistake. When I first read one of their articles (a Portal 2 review) I thought they were being serious too. Actually, if you don't realize that it's satire it becomes even funnier.
Sometimes it's hard to differentiate satire from religious beliefs. (This isn't really a jab at religion, but you do have to admit that the religious crazies are REALLY crazy)
M law on satire: If something seams to be written by crazy people, it is satire, if it is over the top enough that their is no way it couldn't be satire, it isn't.
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