Christians for Michele Bachmann

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'''Christians for Michele Bachmann''', or '''C4MB''' for short, is a popular satire site and Facebook page that parodies the [[Religious Right]] and various other [[wingnuts]]. It is possibly one of the best examples of [[Poe's Law]] to grace social media, as several memes have tricked a ridiculous number of people 
that were too lazy to bother source checking
 into thinking they were the real deal. 

[[File:C4MBheadquarters.jpeg|thumb|165px|Official headquarters of Christians for Michele Bachmann]]

==History==
[[File:Eye disease C4MB.jpg|thumb|165px|left|If you're dumb enough to confuse this as being serious.... please don't vote.]]
C4MB was initially a site designed to parody the [[racism|racist]] and [[homophobia|homophobic]] behaviors of such individuals as [[Michele Bachmann]], [[Herman Cain]], [[John McCain]], and [[Sarah Palin]], (as well as creationists such as [[Ken Ham]], [[Kent Hovind]], and [[Ray Comfort|that banana-loving dipshit]]). Unfortunately for them, people on Facebook had a hard time telling if the page was satire or not, and as such the page was subsequently deleted (and rebuilt.... and deleted.... and rebuilt...... and deleted again..... and rebuilt). As of <strike>February 11th, 2014</strike> <strike>May 19th, 2014</strike> <strike>June 3rd, 2014</strike> <strike>July 17th, 2014</strike> January 30th, 2015 they are on the <strike>10th</strike> <strike>10.1st</strike> <strike>11th</strike> <strike>13th</strike> <strike>14th</strike> <strike>15th</strike> <strike>16th</strike> <strike>17th</strike> 18th version of the page.

Eventually, they switched over to doing parodies of the entire [[War on Drugs|anti-marijuana]] movement, as well as blasting some of the [[woo]] surrounding [[marijuana|pot]], while still retaining elements of the original themes the page was founded on. After a while, Reddit, Memebase, and Facebook took notice, and their page (and memes) took off and spread their warped sense of humor all over the internet. The page is run by the mysterious Knox Stonewall Johnson, who is also involved with a parody "Tri-County Congregational Church" page (there's a theme with all things "Tri-County"). This is seen by their convergent use of the term 'homogay™', but otherwise the page isn't anything like it and not nearly as funny.

==Prey for Tad==
[[File:Notevenonce.jpg|thumb|165px|The infamous meme]]

While a quick 10-second cursory glance at the page would quickly reveal the site was obviously satire,<ref>[http://www.pinterest.com/pin/113856696803131318/ SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU INJECT THE POT?!?]</ref> there were plenty of people who failed to do that, and as such fell for the less obvious satirical pieces. One of their most well-known examples was the poster seen on the right. The poster, with the fictitious back-story of Tad, the straight best friend who tried marijuana, became addicted, turned gay, and died of AIDS, quickly gained in popularity. Despite the completely over-the-top nature of the back story, a hilarious number of folks took it seriously and acted as expected. It even caught the attention of [[Stephen Fry]], who fell for the joke hook, line, and sinker, expressing his outrage on a Twitter post.<ref>[https://twitter.com/stephenfry/status/397035103919951872 Even Fry fell victim to C4MB]</ref> [[PZ Myers]] fell for the Tad story and blogged about it, but upon learning the truth, he edited his entry.<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/11/05/it-ought-to-be-real-but-it-isnt/ PZ saving face]</ref> David Draiman, lead singer of {{wpl|Disturbed (band)|Disturbed|,}} also fell for the parody. He was "outraged" by the Tad meme, as outlined in Twitchy.com's article showing numerous Twitter posts. Hundreds of fans tried to inform Draiman that it was a parody, but he was slow to admit he had been fooled.<ref>http://twitchy.com/2013/11/01/lunatic-disturbeds-david-draiman-freaks-out-on-michele-bachmann-over-gay-pot-parody</ref>

==Other victims==
The [[Richard Dawkins]] Foundation for Reason and Science were tricked into falling for another meme,<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151951444455155&set=a.496176595154.294030.8798180154&type=1&theater Oh, Richard....]</ref> although considering the fact that there are [[Fundamentalism|Fundies]] of the more [[American exceptionalism|'Murica-worshipping variety]] that spit [[rhetoric]] similar to this, it isn't hard to see why they fell for it.

The most prominent and persistent victims were ACTUAL Christians that voted for Michele. There are several non-parody 'Christians for Michele Bachmann' sites that were none too pleased that C4MB was blasting Their Unholy Wingnut Master™. Several of the more offensive posts earned C4MB a constant stream of hundreds (if not thousands) of Facebook pages reporting them, none of which actually bloomed into anything (although C4MB has deleted certain posts to lessen the flak being tossed their way). Despite all the controversy, the page still is going strong, and continues to tell the dangers of 'injecting the pot'.

==Recurring Characters and Jokes==
*Neil "the grass" Tyson, colored sceince<!-- not a typo--> man and atheist pot cult leader
*Tad
*Lincoln SweetSlice and Tramprwhore for The Pot
*Jenny from Iowa
*Ben Ghazi
*Atheist and Gallant (Goofus and Gallant edits)
*"This <i>x</i> injected one (hilarious measurement) of the pot"
*Purposely atrocious spelling.
*Scissoring Sundays and various lesbian erotica.

==External links==
*[https://www.facebook.com/c4mb2018/ Facebook page. Don't go if you're a pot-injecting, libturd HomoGay™ athietits. If you do however, we will prey for you]

==References==
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