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Ah, that explains how the joke works. The linked article wasn't especially good, I felt. It's a little too on-the-nose.

That's just Poe's Law in action. It's hard to parody extremists because they parody themselves. People really do post precisely like this.

The joke works better on Twitter itself than on their web site. The side needs a link to it to complete the joke, but it's almost like coming into the gag halfway through.

Blink and you'll miss it, but the article does lead with "We now publish this press release on our Twitter account in a desperate effort to show these corporate tyrants that their barbarity will not go unchallenged".

and concludes with

"We urge our readership to stay with us as the situation develops. The easiest way to get the latest updates on our Twitter ban is by following us on Twitter."

> Ah, that explains how the joke works. The linked article wasn't especially good, I felt. It's a little too on-the-nose.

They did also put a link to their Twitter in the article ;)

I honestly can't tell if the top replies ate the onion or are just playing along. A lot of their profile pics look like people who might not get the joke.

Lol, 12 minutes, I love it.