My cousin a libertarian rebel of his christian fundamentalist family, in response to the observation that many Tea Party Marchers believed that the Billionaires for Wealthcare <jttp://BillionairesForWealthcare.com> were real, referred me to Poe's Law and Poe's Paradox
"Poe's Law makes the clear point that it is hard to tell parodies of fundamentalism <http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/Fundamentalism> from the real thing, since they both seem equally insane. Poe's law also functions in its converse: *real* fundamentalism can easily be mistaken for a *parody* of fundamentalism." http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/Poe%27s_Law Megan Kiefer (now at Comedy Central) made a Mockumentary about the faux Billionaires for Bush, Get On The Limo, but found it difficult to do a parody of a parody. On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Bill O'Connor <[email protected]> wrote: > Louis Proyect <[email protected]> writes: > > > (At least it looks like a parody, onion style.) > > > > http://christwire.org > > It's hard to tell sometimes, because the Falangists' actual screeds are > such over-the-top mad hattery that they all seem like they're done by > someone trying to mock them. > > -- > In Solidarity, > Billy O'Connor > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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