Irony is not the same as hypocrisy, people.

[conuly]

We all know, or should know, that a fly in our drink is not ironic, it is merely unfortunate. Some people, however, are not aware that insulting "psycho Christians" (their words) for, among other things, calling random people "fags and queer" is ALSO not ironic. It is hypocritical.

Ironic, ladies and gentlemen, is when you sell your watch to buy a hair comb for your friend, while they are selling their hair to buy you a watch chain. (That's also sad, but this is beside the point). Ironic is when you kidnap a boy for ransom, and then he's so horrible that you have to pay his father to take him back.

Irony is NOT misfortune. It's NOT hypocrisy. It's not even coincidence. Irony is defined here, and you can look it up for yourself. Me = lazy.

Comments

[zarriq.livejournal.com]

What's hypocritical about insulting religious zealots? I really, really hope you're not one of those people who believes that insulting any beliefs system is WRONG and that the word "fundie" is offensive.

[conuly]

The hypocrisy is in insulting them SPECIFICALLY for insulting other people.

[conuly]

Incidentally, I'm not commenting on whether or not I feel it's hypocritical. I'm just saying that it's not ironic, 'cause it isn't.