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Acceptable Targets is now an index
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* AcceptableTargets:
** The Irish were Acceptable Targets for the English. Penned by an Irishman. By a side-effect, eating the Irish will mean reducing the number of Catholics. Everyone wins! And the idiotic youth of the upper class who [[UpperClassTwit contribute in no way to society]] -- they can be grilled, too.
** The English. The Proposal takes the attitudes of the English (let's strip them of their rights, steal their land, burn what they have left, then whine about how poor and lazy they are) and takes them to their logical conclusion. Since we already treat the Irish like animals, why don't we eat them?
** Portraying the Proposal as a combination of ideas from an American and the cannibalistic practices of Formosa (modern-day Taiwan) is backhanded criticism of how both groups were dismissed as barbaric by European society.
** The Irish were Acceptable Targets for the English. Penned by an Irishman. By a side-effect, eating the Irish will mean reducing the number of Catholics. Everyone wins! And the idiotic youth of the upper class who [[UpperClassTwit contribute in no way to society]] -- they can be grilled, too.
** The English. The Proposal takes the attitudes of the English (let's strip them of their rights, steal their land, burn what they have left, then whine about how poor and lazy they are) and takes them to their logical conclusion. Since we already treat the Irish like animals, why don't we eat them?
** Portraying the Proposal as a combination of ideas from an American and the cannibalistic practices of Formosa (modern-day Taiwan) is backhanded criticism of how both groups were dismissed as barbaric by European society.
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* AcceptableTargets:
** The Irish were Acceptable Targets for the English. Penned by an Irishman. By a side-effect, eating the Irish will mean reducing the number of Catholics. Everyone wins! And the idiotic youth of the upper class who [[UpperClassTwit contribute in no way to society]] -- they can be grilled, too.
** The English. The Proposal takes the attitudes of the English (let's strip them of their rights, steal their land, burn what they have left, then whine about how poor and lazy they are) and takes them to their logical conclusion. Since we already treat the Irish like animals, why don't we eat them?
** Portraying the Proposal as a combination of ideas from an American and the cannibalistic practices of Formosa (modern-day Taiwan) is backhanded criticism of how both groups were dismissed as barbaric by European society.
** The Irish were Acceptable Targets for the English. Penned by an Irishman. By a side-effect, eating the Irish will mean reducing the number of Catholics. Everyone wins! And the idiotic youth of the upper class who [[UpperClassTwit contribute in no way to society]] -- they can be grilled, too.
** The English. The Proposal takes the attitudes of the English (let's strip them of their rights, steal their land, burn what they have left, then whine about how poor and lazy they are) and takes them to their logical conclusion. Since we already treat the Irish like animals, why don't we eat them?
** Portraying the Proposal as a combination of ideas from an American and the cannibalistic practices of Formosa (modern-day Taiwan) is backhanded criticism of how both groups were dismissed as barbaric by European society.
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* AcceptableTargets:
** The Irish were Acceptable Targets for the English. Penned by an Irishman. By a side-effect, eating the Irish will mean reducing the number of Catholics. Everyone wins! And the idiotic youth of the upper class who [[UpperClassTwit contribute in no way to society]] -- they can be grilled, too.
** The English. The Proposal takes the attitudes of the English (let's strip them of their rights, steal their land, burn what they have left, then whine about how poor and lazy they are) and takes them to their logical conclusion. Since we already treat the Irish like animals, why don't we eat them?
** Portraying the Proposal as a combination of ideas from an American and the cannibalistic practices of Formosa (modern-day Taiwan) is backhanded criticism of how both groups were dismissed as barbaric by European society.
** The Irish were Acceptable Targets for the English. Penned by an Irishman. By a side-effect, eating the Irish will mean reducing the number of Catholics. Everyone wins! And the idiotic youth of the upper class who [[UpperClassTwit contribute in no way to society]] -- they can be grilled, too.
** The English. The Proposal takes the attitudes of the English (let's strip them of their rights, steal their land, burn what they have left, then whine about how poor and lazy they are) and takes them to their logical conclusion. Since we already treat the Irish like animals, why don't we eat them?
** Portraying the Proposal as a combination of ideas from an American and the cannibalistic practices of Formosa (modern-day Taiwan) is backhanded criticism of how both groups were dismissed as barbaric by European society.
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* VindicateByHistory: At the time of the essay's release, many people were horrified by this essay and some English even thought this was a serious proposal. In the modern day, its both taught as an effective form of satire by schools, as well as used as a format by many other publications to support their own arguments.
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* VindicateByHistory: VindicatedByHistory: At the time of the essay's release, many people were horrified by this essay and some English even thought this was a serious proposal. In the modern day, its both taught as an effective form of satire by schools, as well as used as a format by many other publications to support their own arguments.
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* VindicatebyHistory: At the time of the essay's release, many people were horrified by this essay and some English even thought this was a serious proposal. In the modern day, its both taught as an effective form of satire by schools, as well as used as a format by many other publications to support their own arguments.
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* VindicatebyHistory: VindicateByHistory: At the time of the essay's release, many people were horrified by this essay and some English even thought this was a serious proposal. In the modern day, its both taught as an effective form of satire by schools, as well as used as a format by many other publications to support their own arguments.
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* VindicatebyHistory: At the time of the essay's release, many people were horrified by this essay and some English even thought this was a serious proposal. In the modern day, its both taught as an effective form of satire by schools, as well as used as a format by many other publications to support their own arguments.
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Weird Al Effect was renamed to Parody Displacement; it's specifically for parodies, not just references
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* WeirdAlEffect: Many people of a certain age wouldn't know of it, if not for the ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}'' episode "Chickmate".
-->'''Sparks:''' Like veal....only babies.
-->'''Sparks:''' Like veal....only babies.
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* {{Anvilicious}}: The essay equates British policies and attitudes towards the [[UsefulNotes/TheIrishQuestion Irish]] with [[ImAHumanitarian eating children]] in a [[RefugeInAudacity marvelously over-the-top]] detailed manifesto.
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* WeirdAlEffect: Many modern kids probably wouldn't know of it, if not for the ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}'' episode "Chickmate".
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* WeirdAlEffect: Many modern kids probably people of a certain age wouldn't know of it, if not for the ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}'' episode "Chickmate".
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audience reactions can't be played with
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* AcceptableTargets: A {{Deconstruction}} of the very idea of Acceptable Targets.
** The Irish. By a side-effect, eating the Irish will mean reducing the number of Catholics. Everyone wins! And the idiotic youth of the upper class who [[UpperClassTwit contribute in no way to society]] -- they can be grilled, too.
** The Irish. By a side-effect, eating the Irish will mean reducing the number of Catholics. Everyone wins! And the idiotic youth of the upper class who [[UpperClassTwit contribute in no way to society]] -- they can be grilled, too.
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* AcceptableTargets: A {{Deconstruction}} of the very idea of AcceptableTargets:
** The Irish were AcceptableTargets.
** The Irish.Targets for the English. Penned by an Irishman. By a side-effect, eating the Irish will mean reducing the number of Catholics. Everyone wins! And the idiotic youth of the upper class who [[UpperClassTwit contribute in no way to society]] -- they can be grilled, too.
** The Irish were Acceptable
** The Irish.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The number of people who thought that Swift may have been ''serious''...
** The fact that he begins with a very wordy insistence that he really means what he's about to say may have lead to such confusion.
** The fact that he begins with a very wordy insistence that he really means what he's about to say may have lead to such confusion.
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* NightmareFuel: ''Let's eat Irish babies!'' Then again, [[InvokedTrope this is the whole point.]]
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* NightmareFuel: ''Let's eat Irish babies!'' Then again, [[InvokedTrope this is the whole point.]]There are advice for breeding and Swift recommends gourmet recipes.
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Almost certainly, this was already an established convention when Swift wrote this proposal, and future writers who lead with 'A Modest Proposal' are not alluding to him.
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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: It's not uncommon for people to preface their suggestion with the title "A Modest Proposal"...except they're using the term entirely seriously with an actually modest proposal with no insinuations of [[EatsBabies baby-eating]] whatsoever.
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** The fact that he begins with a [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer very wordy insistence that he really means what he's about to say]] may have lead to such confusion.
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** The fact that he begins with a [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer very wordy insistence that he really means what he's about to say]] say may have lead to such confusion.
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* CrossesTheLineTwice
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* CrossesTheLineTwiceCrossesTheLineTwice: It's BlackComedyCannibalism: The Book. Of ''course'' it crossed the line twice. Hell, it uses the line as a jump rope, ''and people still thought it was serious.''
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changed to a better trope
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** The Irish. By a side-effect, eating the Irish will mean reducing the number of Catholics. Everyone wins! And the idiotic youth of the upper class who [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob contribute in no way to society]] -- they can be grilled, too.
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** The Irish. By a side-effect, eating the Irish will mean reducing the number of Catholics. Everyone wins! And the idiotic youth of the upper class who [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob [[UpperClassTwit contribute in no way to society]] -- they can be grilled, too.
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* AcceptableTargets:
** The Irish. By a side-effect, eating the Irish will mean reducing the number of Catholics. Everyone wins! And the idiotic youth of the upper class who [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob contribute in no way to society]] -- they can be grilled, too.
** The Proposal was truly a jab at the English. It was a parody of the attitude of the day: let's strip them of their rights, steal their land, burn what they have left, then whine about how poor and lazy they are.
** The Irish. By a side-effect, eating the Irish will mean reducing the number of Catholics. Everyone wins! And the idiotic youth of the upper class who [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob contribute in no way to society]] -- they can be grilled, too.
** The Proposal was truly a jab at the English. It was a parody of the attitude of the day: let's strip them of their rights, steal their land, burn what they have left, then whine about how poor and lazy they are.
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* AcceptableTargets:
AcceptableTargets: A {{Deconstruction}} of the very idea of Acceptable Targets.
** The Irish. By a side-effect, eating the Irish will mean reducing the number of Catholics. Everyone wins! And the idiotic youth of the upper class who [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob contribute in no way to society]] -- they can be grilled,too.
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** The English. The Proposalwas truly a jab at takes the English. It was a parody attitudes of the attitude of the day: let's English (let's strip them of their rights, steal their land, burn what they have left, then whine about how poor and lazy they are.are) and takes them to their logical conclusion. Since we already treat the Irish like animals, why don't we eat them?
** The Irish. By a side-effect, eating the Irish will mean reducing the number of Catholics. Everyone wins! And the idiotic youth of the upper class who [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob contribute in no way to society]] -- they can be grilled,
** The English. The Proposal
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There are no serious and credible suggestions that Swift meant this work to be taken at face value.
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** And there are a few who claim that Swift ''did'' mean it, saying he wrote most of the thing in a syphilis-induced haze.
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* AcceptableTargets: The Irish. By a side-effect, eating the Irish will mean reducing the number of Catholics. Everyone wins! And the idiotic youth of the upper class who [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob contribute in no way to society]] -- they can be grilled, too.
** Although the Proposal was more of a jab at the English. It was a parody of the attitude of the day: let's strip them of their rights, steal their land, burn what they have left, then whine about how poor and lazy they are.
** Although the Proposal was more of a jab at the English. It was a parody of the attitude of the day: let's strip them of their rights, steal their land, burn what they have left, then whine about how poor and lazy they are.
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* AcceptableTargets: AcceptableTargets:
** The Irish. By a side-effect, eating the Irish will mean reducing the number of Catholics. Everyone wins! And the idiotic youth of the upper class who [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob contribute in no way to society]] -- they can be grilled, too.
**Although the The Proposal was more of truly a jab at the English. It was a parody of the attitude of the day: let's strip them of their rights, steal their land, burn what they have left, then whine about how poor and lazy they are.
** The Irish. By a side-effect, eating the Irish will mean reducing the number of Catholics. Everyone wins! And the idiotic youth of the upper class who [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob contribute in no way to society]] -- they can be grilled, too.
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* WeirdAlEffect: Many modern kids probably wouldn't know of it, if not for the ''{{Sealab 2021}}'' episode "Chickmate".
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* WeirdAlEffect: Many modern kids probably wouldn't know of it, if not for the ''{{Sealab ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}'' episode "Chickmate".
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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: It's not uncommon for people to preface their suggestion with the title "A Modest Proposal"...except they're using the term entirely seriously with an actually modest proposal with no insinuations of [[EatsBabies baby-eating]] whatsoever.
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** The fact that he begins with a [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer very wordy insistence that he really means what he's about to say]] may have lead to such confusion.
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* AcceptableTargets: the Irish. By a side-effect, eating the Irish will mean reducing the number of Catholics. Everyone wins! And the idiotic youth of the upper class who [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob contribute in no way to society]] -- they can be grilled, too.
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* AcceptableTargets: the The Irish. By a side-effect, eating the Irish will mean reducing the number of Catholics. Everyone wins! And the idiotic youth of the upper class who [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob contribute in no way to society]] -- they can be grilled, too.
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* NightmareFuel: ''Let's eat Irish babies!''
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* NightmareFuel: ''Let's eat Irish babies!''babies!'' Then again, [[InvokedTrope this is the whole point.]]
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-->'''Sparks:''' Like veal....only babies.
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** Portraying the Proposal as a combination of ideas from an American and the cannibalistic practices of Formosa (modern-day Taiwan) is backhanded criticism of how both groups were dismissed as barbaric by European society.
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: ''Let's eat Irish babies!''
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: NightmareFuel: ''Let's eat Irish babies!''
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* WeirdAlEffect: Many modern kids probably wouldn't know of it, if not for the ''{{Sealab 2021}}'' episode "Chickmate".
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Not YMMV, already on main
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* PoesLaw: Amazingly, there were many who didn't realize that Swift was being sarcastic. Even more astoundingly, there are ''still'' a handful of people who don't realize it.
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* MisaimedFandom: Amazingly, there were many who didn't realize that Swift was being sarcastic. Even more astoundingly, there are ''still'' a handful of people who don't realize it.
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* MisaimedFandom: PoesLaw: Amazingly, there were many who didn't realize that Swift was being sarcastic. Even more astoundingly, there are ''still'' a handful of people who don't realize it.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The number of people who thought that Swift may have been ''serious''...
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The number of people who thought that Swift may have been ''serious''...
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* MisaimedFandom: Amazingly, there were many who didn't realize that Swift was being sarcastic. Even more astoundingly, there are ''still'' a handful of people who don't realize it.
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* MisaimedFandom: Amazingly, there were many who didn't realize that Swift was being sarcastic. Even more astoundingly, there are ''still'' a handful of people who don't realize it.it.
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: ''Let's eat Irish babies!''
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: ''Let's eat Irish babies!''babies!''
* MisaimedFandom: Amazingly, there were many who didn't realize that Swift was being sarcastic. Even more astoundingly, there are ''still'' a handful of people who don't realize it.
* MisaimedFandom: Amazingly, there were many who didn't realize that Swift was being sarcastic. Even more astoundingly, there are ''still'' a handful of people who don't realize it.
