Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/06/04/parodies-of-the-new-york-times.html
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Oh, wait, those weren’t parodies.
I’ll have to give it some thought. Why do I get the feeling that’s you’re working on another one of your fun web toys, Rob?
I’m not sure how you parody something that is practically a parody already: ‘to save democracy we must violently crush dissent!’
Imagine Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” became part of the Republican platform, and Hannity, Cotton and Guiliani are out defending it with their usual twisted logic and bad faith arguments. “It’s like you bleeding heart liberals don’t want to solve this problem at all, do you? You want to see those poor Irish kids suffering, because it helps you in the election! We’re offering a proven free-market solution, you’re just offering socialism.”
You mean, “Grandma Should Want to Die to Save My Stock Portfolio”?
Likely not as good as the Dalmer but:
Opinion
Berlin Wall
An Unavoidable Measure to Prevent a Third World World with Millions Dead
By Erich Honecker
Mr. Honecker is the State Council of the German Democratic Republic
October 17 1989
Just waiting for the next Dem president to say that s/he is going to send federal troops to bust up anti-abortion protests. Cause, that’s OK, right?
Words by me. Art (font and picture selection) by the amazing @anon59592690.
It’s just too much fun to see how easy it is to normalize atrocity through the simple use of fonts and institutional reputation. So I made a template and tossed the fonts you’ll need in! Let me know how it works!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ESQdo15DCgvSA6UX4b42bBl7dO8leM8V?usp=sharing
EDIT Is this satire?
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As good a place for this as any:
Unnh! Spawn! Spawn !