This is satire. This is priceless. [via]
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I read some of the comments on the pro-life page and this one made me spit my coffee:
“I’m pro life, but sweet Jesus you’re an idiot. For your next post, how about a passionate speech on the need to immediately free Prince Albert from the can?”
Is there a retraction or anything now that this moron knows it was satire? Maybe a nice photo of egg on his STOOPID face at least?
Yeah, if you click to the main page on the blog, he has an equally snotty retraction.
One of my favourites from the comments: Wow, you’re obtuse! But I won’t criticize you; I’ll pray for you.
What’s even funnier is that in his retraction, he STILL doesn’t get it. He keeps referring to Caroline Weber as a real person who’s written a satire piece. And then there’s his closing statement …
Satire? Was the article aiming at the women who have the abortions or the people who believe it is better to save lives than kill them?
Hmm, let’s look up the term satire: ‘witty language used to convey insults or scorn’.
Either way, I think I did a good job of turning the ’satire’ right back at them, don’t you?
Ummm, NO, you really didn’t. And combined with the fact that you don’t understand who exactly the Onion’s satire was aimed at, you really need to get your head out of the bible and read something a bit more contemporary for a change. Or go buy yourself a sense of humor.
Booyakasha
Great stuff. I’ve decided he’s just infiltrated the anti-choice movement in order to destroy it.
I was convinced his post was a satirical response to the Onion until I clicked on the main page. OMG, can we sterilize people like this so they don’t breed?
Chinqui!
This guy’s story on his home page about asking the the woman near his rally if it would be okay to kill a child under different circumstances reminds me of something that happened in high school.
My friend and I were sitting in the cafeteria eating (it was hamburger day) when this annoying person that seemed to be in every freakin class we had all day every day came up. He was going through his vegetarian stage, and pounded (actually pounded) on our table, got into our faces and said “Meat is murder!”
My friend calmly picked up his burger, took a huge bite, and said this through a mouthful of meat:
“So?”
The annoying one had no comeback and left. My friend was my hero for a very long time after that.
I’m pretty sure that’s what the woman in this guy’s story was doing. After all, she went to lay in the grass, not get caught up in the abortion debate. When you’ve got a dingbat in your face (and I’m guessing this guy is a grade-A dingbat), sometimes the best thing to do is to take the extreme point of view and hope they go away. It’s more fun, anyway. Eventually, they’ll have to go pray for your soul or something.
Plus, it makes them get red in the face and sputter. Good times.
Are you aware that the guy is now pretending he was joking all along? BWA HA HA HA! Apparently some people posted his person information online, and he had been getting calls. Man, the guy is a total idiot but posting his person info is hitting below the belt.