They probably were. Look at literally everyone on this site seeing republicans as sub-human. I can guarantee they would enslave them if they could and not feel bad about it
Propaganda can make good people believe horrible things
The reason we're ridiculing her is that this picture just is a result of perfect timing and the right perspective, not proof that Christianity is right about everything. (In addition to that, mistaking the Earth and the Moon is not a typo as the spelling of those words is very far from each other.)