-Poe's Law
It's often hard to figure out whether something is a parody or real. There are so many examples on Fundies Say The Darndest Things of ridiculous statements that it seems like they must all be parodies. Yet many of the most ridiculous beliefs and statements are genuine - take, for example, the crocoduck.
Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort actually believe this is an argument against evolution - the fact that we can't find a crocoduck (or other species which are a mix of two currently existing species), in their minds, disproves evolution. There is always the chance, though, that Kirk and Ray are just pretending to believe that nonsense in order to make money from their merchandise, but as far as I can tell they seem legitimate.Recently I have started reading a blog which, for the longest time, I was on the fence about. Calvinists 4 Conservatism seemed to be too outrageous to be real. One of their most recent posts is entitled The Loch Ness Monster Disproves Darwinism. This might seem to be a blatant sign that they are a parody, but is this any less ridiculous than thinking the crocoduck disproves evolution? The amount of time that went into the blog (there are numerous posts, dating back as far as December 2007), along with the many comments which often were praising the blog's content, lend the blog a bit of credibility as legitimate. However, the fairly good grammar and the lack of typos made it seem likely that it was a fake - it seems surprising that anyone dumb enough to write the content of that blog in earnest would be able to write coherently, let alone as articulately as the blog is written.
There is no point in which the blogger says "Haha, this is all a joke". There is no "winking smiley or other blatant display of humor". For a while, I was willing to concede that it was likely that this blog was real. However, that was before I read their Spam/ Personal Attacks / General Rules page, which states "At C4C, we are tolerant to opposing viewpoints on this website, even if we do want them suppressed in society" and "Finally, respect people’s right to privacy _ unless you’re dealing with an abortion." This seems like pretty blatant parody material, so I've concluded that the blog must be a parody.
If you get a chance, look through the blog and let me know if you agree with my conclusion.
3 comments:
My uncle's no joke. If you Leftists are too stupid to understand the rules he's laid out on his website, then I'll help you along.
For the first part, Ixion wants to let liberals post on C4C so that the rest of us (who don't make very many comments, so as to lure the liberals in) can see their depravity in all its glory. While they are harmless on our website, in real life, that's another matter entirely.
For the second part, Ixion doesn't like people that try to analyze the crap out of him at all _ kind of like you _ and also doesn't really like those that analyze his commentators. He generally doesn't like giving out personal information, and neither do his commentators; however, he is also very pro-life, and won't stand for another murder of the unborn.
Ixion also goes out of his way to refute those idiots that claim he's a parodist on his website. Quite frankly, if someone says they're not joking, I don't see why you can't accept that at face value.
Really, Mr. Blanchard, even an angry atheist like yourself should know that C4C is a brilliant website, and those that try to claim that it's a joke are the same people that are afraid to acknowledge the truth (they probably don't want to give up their welfare checks or submit to God).
Its a joke. sorry.
Yes, the founder of Shithead for conservatism, and I want his sorry ass. And just to show how much of a jerk off I am, I'm not gonna be anymous, I'll put my name. His named is Mod A. Cocksucker.
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