The Onion

6567 readers

328 users here now

The Onion

A place to share and discuss stories from The Onion, Clickhole, and other satire.

Great Satire Writing:

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

seahorse@midwest.social

pbrisgreat@midwest.social

233

New Trump Ad Shows Montage Of People He’ll Kill If Elected | Onion News Network (www.youtube.com)

submitted 9 months ago by RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to c/theonion@midwest.social

6 comments fedilink hide all child comments

all 7 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 50 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I read this headline and before I had even gotten to the end of the headline ("Onion News Network"), had just accepted it as something that was probably true and that nobody would do anything about, because that's just where we are as a country.

[–] GrymEdm@lemmy.world 50 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Replace "kill" with "imprison for life regardless of applicable law" and this isn't satire anymore. It's an oft-repeated campaign promise and has been for quite a while.

[–] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 29 points 9 months ago

Don Jr appears in there several times and there are rumors JD Vance might show up in the next ad. Those are both deaths that poll extremely well across party lines.

I would be laughing at how ridiculous that is, but I'm mostly just laughing to assuage my low level concern that keeps trying to take control of the wheel that is my mind.

[–] seahorse@midwest.social 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Got me. 100% plausible.

[–] TriPolarBearz@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

AteTheOnion

[–] arin@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

Really straddling the fine line between satire and reality here