Reply #22: I've read The Onion for years and this is its most pointed satire yet

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I don't think it's actually even meant to be funny, like the kind of thing you'd e-mail to friends with an LOL in the subject heading.

If this were on a FOX humor website (please, God, tell me no such thing exists), this would be vile, since it would be evidence of a totally uncaring attitude.

But since it's The Onion, to me it seems more like a very angry op-ed column than humor, and since I'm a long-time reader it's very clear to me that it is written from outrage and most definitely NOT from any desire from mocking the homeless.

It doesn't offend me at all--to me, it's a poke in the eye to uncompassionate people who would say "well, at least they have cars to live in."