You're moving the goalposts. My claim has been, and continues to be, that it is your framing of these stories, their near-plausibility, and your clearly disingenuous trolling and strawmanning when challenged, that have made me take this seriously. If there were ANY indication that these were satire to a user coming from a feed, who cannot see your sidebar, then I would take no issue. If you weren't so glib when called out, I would reserve judgement. But here we are.
Re: your edit: I've stopped blocking people and communities, because I would prefer to be able to challenge those with whom I disagree. In fact, it was someone with whom I vehemently disagreed who convinced me that the only person who benefits from their dissenters blocking them is the person being blocked.