I feel like the intent of the wearer can make this shirt work both in a pro-witchy-lesbian way or in a pro-churchgoer way.
Is this evidence I've missed the joke, or is that the joke?
I don't see how this is a pro-church sort of vibe. Nobody in the churches i grew up in would talk so openly about this sort of thing, and especially not in such a sarcastic manner.
Doubly so since it's a dude wearing it; if being trans is a sin, then joking about it sarcastically is definitely taboo.
I thought the joke was making fun of pat robertson's wild quote "the feminist agenda encourages women to kill their children, practice witchcraft, and become lesbians."
I read the shirt as "sorry missed church /s, i was too busy fucking around with things that are horrible for church-people to bother with it lmao".
Pat Robertson went hard. [The feminist movement] is a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.
The kill their children part is omitted from humorous re-quotes, but he was being willfully cruel and hyperbolic.
Ah thanks!
TIL, thanks.
Edit : My bad . Got confused .
I'm gonna guess the shirt is meant as an unironic "Checkmate atheists." Insular social groups tend to forget that the things that they care/feel strongly about might not even be on the collective radar of everyone else - print those things on a shirt and sometimes objective hilarity ensues because it opens the wearer up to outside interpretations that run counter to their intended meaning.
On the other hand, they could be a witchy lesbian, or be showing unironic support for their favorite witchy lesbian in their life. That would be cool, but I'm not betting on it.
A pro-churchgoer would never write "I" there. Absolutely never.
“Sorry you missed church. You was busy practicing witchcraft and becoming a lesbian.”
The third option is that the guy thought it was funny and stopped at that. Nothing political or agenda involved at all.
Just: This will get a few laughs at the hardware store or with the boys fishing. Heh.
I’ve had a bumper sticker on an old computer case from the 90s that says this lol
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Sorry I missed your reply, I was busy becoming a lesbian.
I feel like the intent of the wearer can make this shirt work both in a pro-witchy-lesbian way or in a pro-churchgoer way.
Is this evidence I've missed the joke, or is that the joke?
I don't see how this is a pro-church sort of vibe. Nobody in the churches i grew up in would talk so openly about this sort of thing, and especially not in such a sarcastic manner.
Doubly so since it's a dude wearing it; if being trans is a sin, then joking about it sarcastically is definitely taboo.
I thought the joke was making fun of pat robertson's wild quote "the feminist agenda encourages women to kill their children, practice witchcraft, and become lesbians."
I read the shirt as "sorry missed church /s, i was too busy fucking around with things that are horrible for church-people to bother with it lmao".
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pat-robertson-feminist-agenda/
Thanks!
Pat Robertson went hard. [The feminist movement] is a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.
The kill their children part is omitted from humorous re-quotes, but he was being willfully cruel and hyperbolic.
Ah thanks!
TIL, thanks.
Edit : My bad . Got confused .
I'm gonna guess the shirt is meant as an unironic "Checkmate atheists." Insular social groups tend to forget that the things that they care/feel strongly about might not even be on the collective radar of everyone else - print those things on a shirt and sometimes objective hilarity ensues because it opens the wearer up to outside interpretations that run counter to their intended meaning.
On the other hand, they could be a witchy lesbian, or be showing unironic support for their favorite witchy lesbian in their life. That would be cool, but I'm not betting on it.
A pro-churchgoer would never write "I" there. Absolutely never.
“Sorry you missed church. You was busy practicing witchcraft and becoming a lesbian.”
The third option is that the guy thought it was funny and stopped at that. Nothing political or agenda involved at all.
Just: This will get a few laughs at the hardware store or with the boys fishing. Heh.