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== Internet parodists as a liberal phenomenon ==

== Internet parodists as a liberal phenomenon ==

One wonders who these parodists are, and how sad and lonely their lives must be that they invest countless hours either behaving like children or proving a meaningless law.  It is telling, however, that with only a few exceptions (such as the YouTube promotion of the film Expelled,<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaGgpGLxLQw  Beware the believers!]</ref> which proved that Poe's Law applies to fundamentalist evolutionists as well<ref>"C'mon HH, that video is pure Terry Gilliam Python style. Its intended to be absurd, so absurd that the mockery of the academics that makes up most of the content actually ends up making fun of their adversaries (creationists).  It is a parody of the creationist criticisms of those academics!  The second funniest thing about it, however, is the people on PZs blog (and now you HH, sorry), who are convinced it is some creationist propaganda piece. http://www.skepticfriends.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=9780</ref><ref>If I'm hearing the lyrics right, this is a strong pro-science message ... This is simply not how a creationist would parody the pro-science side. Where are the farting noises?" [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/03/if_you_heard_my_voice_you_know.php Pharyngula]</ref>), the vast majority of parodists are of the liberal and atheistic perspective.  One simply does not find conservative parodists on liberal forums, usually because they have jobs or are otherwise productive members of society.

One wonders who these parodists are, and how sad and lonely their lives must be that they invest countless hours either behaving like children or proving a meaningless law.  It is telling, however, that with only a few exceptions (such as the YouTube promotion of the film Expelled,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaGgpGLxLQw  Beware the believers!]</ref> which proved that Poe's Law applies to fundamentalist evolutionists as well<ref>"C'mon HH, that video is pure Terry Gilliam Python style. Its intended to be absurd, so absurd that the mockery of the academics that makes up most of the content actually ends up making fun of their adversaries (creationists).  It is a parody of the creationist criticisms of those academics!  The second funniest thing about it, however, is the people on PZs blog (and now you HH, sorry), who are convinced it is some creationist propaganda piece. http://www.skepticfriends.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=9780</ref><ref>If I'm hearing the lyrics right, this is a strong pro-science message ... This is simply not how a creationist would parody the pro-science side. Where are the farting noises?" [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/03/if_you_heard_my_voice_you_know.php Pharyngula]</ref>), the vast majority of parodists are of the liberal and atheistic perspective.  One simply does not find conservative parodists on liberal forums, usually because they have jobs or are otherwise productive members of society.

Possible explanations for the correlation between political persuasion and parody include, from a conservative perspective:

Possible explanations for the correlation between political persuasion and parody include, from a conservative perspective: