i know we think/say this every time the onion posts anything but i thought this was real and just nodded like “yeah, they’d do that”. my eyes glazed over who posted this and i’m honestly more shocked it’s fake than not
The problem with satire is that it has to be so over the top that it cannot be believed. The was the Orange Shitweasel is running things, this is something I CAN see being done.
This article was written for a reason. Look up how they actually changed the website concerning the underground railroad, and then go ahead and get pissed.
Basically, RACIST/confederate loyalist whites are trying 2 WHITEWASH history or anything that shines a light on all the prejudicial atrocities that their ancestors have committed towards African-Americans 4 centuries; including Indigenous (Slavery, Genocide, Jim Crow, etc.)
Unfortunately, yes. the Onion just has to ask themselves,
What is the next step after this, and then publish it as satire. Sadly, it’s more prophetic than satire now.
Yep, me too. Horrifying that we are living in times where that is fully believable. And, adding a plug, that April5 was a great start, and looks like April 19 is up next. Ideally, peaceful protests -> policy change, enough so that you'll have to work a bit harder Onion!
Good news and bad news. The good news is yes, this particular article is satire. The bad news is that what they're satirizing is a real thing that just happened in which the National Park Service scrubbed all mention of Harriet Tubman from their page on the Underground Railroad.
Yeah, I’ve heard about them wiping out information about basically any accomplishments of black men and women. And some indigenous people, too. That’s why it was so easy to think they’d go this extra step. They keep sinking to new lows.
No. The National Park Service did NOT scrub all mention of Harriet Tubman. An image of Tubman is on the webpage in question. Not only that, the National Park Service has several webpages that mention Tubman. They even have a webpage dedicated to her. https://www.nps.gov/people/harriet-tubman.htm
Interesting thought, but satire is often reactive. My guess is one of The Onion's writers penned this one in reaction to the news of the Trump Admin removing Harriot from the National Parks website.
Wow I almost ate the Onion there, it's getting hard to differentiate comedy and reality.
The Republican party did erase historical picture of the Enola Gay just because it said gay on it, you know like the last name ...
I saw this headline and immediately checked the source. I was relieved to see that it is The Onion. I don’t think I would been surprised if the administration actually did this.
It’s sobering when I look at this headline and actually think it could be true, instead of laughing about how ridiculous it is. You almost got me on this one.
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I’m old enough to remember when The Onion made me immediately bust out laughing— not clutch my pearls in horror for the longest 3 seconds of my life believing Donald actually did this!
I know it's a common joke these days but I literally didn't notice this was The Onion at first and was prepared for it to be 100% true because republicans are just that awful.
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Sad reality we live in when the current administration makes The Onion look less like satire though : (
Can’t wait to see the idiots who believe this! 🤣🤣🤣
This very insulting to black people who's families survived slavery.
DEI = anything Black 😏
What is the next step after this, and then publish it as satire. Sadly, it’s more prophetic than satire now.
https://web.archive.org/web/diff/20250121004926/20250319095227/https://www.nps.gov/subjects/undergroundrailroad/what-is-the-underground-railroad.htm
It was updated again today, rolling the changes back after the media picked up on it.
"I appear before you this evening as a thief and a robber..."
lmao/sob
With that said, it wouldn't have surprised me if that's what happened.
gov. ABBOTT IN TEXAS
The Republican party did erase historical picture of the Enola Gay just because it said gay on it, you know like the last name ...
These days, it could be both.
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Fuck this stupid, racist, Christo-fascist timeline.
Satan tries to make his enemies appear as Satan too.☹️☹️