The Onion has skirted the magical, unspoken, legendary “line” between the humorous and the outlandish many, many times, and the latest example of such has the internet buzzing. The satirical paper has been on the forefront of the controversy over whether or not the Redskins’ name must be modified, however this time The Onion made some extent about racial slurs through shedding rather a few of their very own.

Redskins proprietor Daniel Snyder is Jewish, and The Onion took nice pains to let us know that.

“The Redskins characterize 81 years of serious historical past and tradition, and it’s a supply of satisfaction for our fans,” stated the hook-nosed kike, stressing that the workforce’s insulting moniker is “completely now not a racial slur in anyway.”

All of us obviously comprehend the purpose The Onion is attempting to make, however given the nature of the piece the reactions have, take into account that, been combined, with many simply simply tweeting out how stunned they are, remaking on how “they went there.”





This, of course, has ripped open the debate over that rattling “line” once more, though Slate’s Dave Weigel took a fairly different means the ultimate time The Onion tried a satirical “campaign” of types, pronouncing that the paper is solely coming out with a lot of simply-shareable stories now that “simply restate what a undeniable form of liberal thinks.”

[h/t The Atlantic Wire]

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