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”.
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.
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/
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.
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.