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Conservative Religious Parents Who Banned Harry Potter Books in the 2000s Now Wholeheartedly Embrace J.K. Rowling (thehardtimes.net)
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[–] Australis13@fedia.io 170 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I didn't even register this as satire until I opened the article. The headline is just too believable.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was a full paragraph in.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

I'm still not 100% sure it is satire.

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago

I mean it's not wrong.

[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

Not believable at all because I've seen it with my own eyes and know it to be true.