I could understand saying something like this in private with an audience that understands the satire, but it strikes me as foolhardy to write/publish something

I could understand saying something like this in private with an audience that understands the satire, but it strikes me as foolhardy to write/publish something like this as there’s no way of reading the room. If it’s a joke, it’s not smart in its delivery since anyone can assume it’s sincere. “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” — Kurt Vonnegut [1] [1] https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/379912-we-are-what-we-pretend-to-be-so-we-must https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/379912-we-are-what-we-prete...