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gamer_throwawayon PewDiePie’s Battle for the Soul of the Internet

Precisely what mode of thought was he satirizing?

"Satire" has a meaning - A Modest Proposal wasn't Swift going "haha what if we ate babies"

gamer_throwawayon PewDiePie’s Battle for the Soul of the Internet

OK, but the concept is historically nonsensical - antisemitism was a large part of early and medieval Christianity - and the term itself didn't come into use until the 40s.

> If you are not familiar with it see the section on religion morality and education

Am having a hard time seeing how the idea that morality can't be maintained without religion connects to "free speech, free association [and] due process".

gamer_throwawayon PewDiePie’s Battle for the Soul of the Internet

What, precisely, are "judeo-Christian values"?