You do get that he wasnt really encouraging people to eat their children, right?
The only thing that messes up this particular piece of satire is that the writer felt compelled to put that “put down the pitchforks” line in at the end to make it blatantly obvious that he was writing satirically. And even with THAT some people still didn’t get it.
Full final paragraph:
“If we’re serious about taking down corporate officers who supported Proposition 8, and boycotting employers who promote them, we’d better get cracking on the rest of the list. Otherwise, perhaps we should put down the pitchforks.”
“Call to action”.