Satirical Article Mocks Prince Andrew Scandal Through Fictional Community's Rejection
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The Onion Staff
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Summary
A satirical article from The Onion about an "inbred community" distancing itself from Prince Andrew, mocking the royal scandal surrounding Prince Andrew's association with Jeffrey Epstein. The piece uses absurd humor to portray a fictional depraved community that finds Prince Andrew's behavior too scandalous even for them, satirizing both the royal family's controversies and the concept of moral distancing.
Key quotes
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When you're known as the most morally bankrupt settlement this side of the Appalachians, you'd think no scandal could faze you. But Prince Andrew managed it.
We've done some terrible things in these hills, but we never once had tea with a convicted sex trafficker.
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