A satire site invented a sequel to Moana where the titular Disney character transitions to become a boy and conservatives did not get the joke.
cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/[email protected]/t/707681/Conservatives-Seriously-Fell-for-a-Satire-Site-That-Joked-Moana
I’ve never heard of this, but my guess is some people shared the headline and people reacted to that without clicking on the link, and even if they did click on the link, they didn’t tab into the about page or read the “please subscribe” bit at the end, which are the only places it says it’s satire if you’re going in from a link. Other than that, it just reads like a sarcastic conservative-leaning writer talking about real plans.
Of course that’d never happen over here, right? You’d never react to a headline without reading the article, right guys? And even if you did, you’d at least tab into the about page to check if it’s satire, right? Right? . . . guys?
Sounds like you didn’t read the article.
I only skimmed it, but I did read through the satire article. So I just read through the one linked here, and I don’t see where you’re getting that from. The tiktok doesn’t say it’s satire in the video either. I don’t use tiktok, but from what I can see, the account description doesn’t appear when you’re just watching the video.
I got that from how you said you’re guessing how this happened, the great joshing opportunity.
It looks like an attempt to goad the right that hasn’t gained the pushback the satirist desired.
I’ve only heard about it on lemmy.
When Fox News is outraged about “Disney’s trans princess”, I’ll believe the right took the bait.