A put on?

You decide.  In a post in which the discussion is about, well, something to do with good bloggers vs. bad ones, this was posted:

I appreciate [….]’s labels and stereotypes because they are often helpful in holding up a mirror to others in the hope that they will recognize themselves. I reject the notion that all stereotypes are bad or false. Some stereotypes exist because……they’re true.

I’m still trying to work it out. Certainly the commenter couldn’t be that unaware.  Was this sarcasm?  I mean, the irony would be the stereotypes of Catholics such a statement would reinforce.  So I’m still prepared to assume it’s meant in jest.  Lord I hope it’s meant in jest. If it weren’t for others’ similar resounding cheers to such things, I’d automatically smack it down as humor.