Satire is in the author line and in the topic line in capital letters. Did Swift write SATIRE across his work? Did Voltaire? This is not addressed at you personally, but I find it interesting that unless something is blatantly labeled people cannot discern what it is. It is telling that people accepted the story Jim removed from this site of Biden speaking inappropriately to a 13 year old girl. Certainly the Orwellian news speak has clouded our judgement, but a little practice will set us right and pull us free of the “Don’t be judgmental,” mantra of the left.
The whole gentle “satire”-in-the-title-please rule came about from the articles occasionally posted by Freeper John Semmens. His satirical work was so good that many readers took them as true stories.
So JR asked that the word “Satire” be included in the article’s title. As a side note, your post had me going until I was about half-way through it!
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