BREAKING: Satire Officially Recognized as Valid Political Commentary

[MineralMan]

12. I think the real objection is from people who don't get the satire

right away, and are annoyed because they think they were tricked into reading the post. Their time is so valuable that they don't have even a minute to read something they don't recognize as satire. Then, they're pissed off that they didn't understand what was going on until later. It's that last thing that bothers them most, I think.

I'm sure people have reacted that way to satire throughout its history. Certainly Jonathan Swift's audience reacted that way. Many of Twain's readers did, too, and his work was widely condemned in its day as well.

It's a horrible thing to lose a minute or two by being fooled, I guess.