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| 2 | * {{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. |
| 3 | * CrossesTheLineTwice: 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.'' |
| 4 | * NightmareFuel: |
| 5 | ** ''Let's eat Irish babies!'' There are advice for breeding and Swift recommends gourmet recipes. |
| 6 | ** The fact that some people in positions of power ''actually thought the titular proposal was a good idea''. |
| 7 | * VindicatedByHistory: At the time of the essay's release, many people were horrified by it and some English even thought this was a serious proposal. In the modern day, it's 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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