An article can be up voted for many reasons, including mockery. I was not dismissing the post here, but the article itself. Also, it is already off of the front page.

I am not familiar with his posts, but it is very often these days that uneducated liberal arts majors who attempt passing as serious journalists, have no clue what they are writing about (usually rephrasing blogger and forum posts as their own), trying their best to make as much sensational article titles at best, in an attempt to lure casual readers in. But instead of enriching the casual readers with information, like journalism used to, now they are subjected to substance-free jibber jabber.