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11. Poe's Law Again! If you didn't know who said it...

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2012, 03:16 PM

Mar 2012

... and you saw it on a bumper sticker, you might think, "Satire, sarcasm, someone is being funny."

Poe's Law states that if a quote is radical enough, it is immune to being satirized.

--imm

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Limbaugh: "How can I be anti-woman? I even judged the Miss America pageant." [View all] Amerigo Vespucci Mar 2012 OP

How can I be anti-women? I solicit prostitutes all the time! EOTE Mar 2012 #1

Yeah, what an idiot! SammyWinstonJack Mar 2012 #18

If you have to *ask* how you can judge a beauty contest and still be The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2012 #2

. BadgerKid Mar 2012 #3

Keep digging, Pigboy, hifiguy Mar 2012 #4

lol Solomon Mar 2012 #17

Rush has been digging so much since his comments on Fluke, he should be getting the bends by now. bulloney Mar 2012 #24

Either that or he will pop up in China. hifiguy Mar 2012 #26

Miss America? HappyMe Mar 2012 #5

Wow, what a pig Auggie Mar 2012 #6

Wow... talk about someone who doesn't get it! Initech Mar 2012 #7

"I see women purely as objects of my sweaty, greasy lust" aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2012 #8

Ahh yes, the Miss America pageant. Or as I like to call it: Donald Trumps' annual search for a new Erose999 Mar 2012 #9

"Some of my best friends are babes!" yellowcanine Mar 2012 #10

Poe's Law Again! If you didn't know who said it... immoderate Mar 2012 #11

And some of his Bestest Friends In All The World are Black. Ikonoklast Mar 2012 #12

Maybe Herman Cain or J.C. Watts. Jamaal510 Mar 2012 #37

a pig in shit spanone Mar 2012 #13

CLUELESS! liberal N proud Mar 2012 #14

How can I be anti-dog? I've even judged a dog show William Seger Mar 2012 #15

Because dog shows are expoitive just like beauty pageants exboyfil Mar 2012 #28

He does know there's a big difference between LadyHawkAZ Mar 2012 #16

I bet you judged a few wet T-shirt contests back in the day too, huh Rush? WhoIsNumberNone Mar 2012 #19

Doubt it. He seems like the creepy awkward dickwad who was always left out of everything. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2012 #21

He probably never got to judge on spring break at Daytona- WhoIsNumberNone Mar 2012 #31

Hmmm, I didn't think of that. He started as a radio DJ after all. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2012 #32

Mitt understands: "How can I be anti-dog? I put one on my car!" montanto Mar 2012 #20

He really thinks that leering at females in high heels and swimsuits EC Mar 2012 #22

Good grief! treestar Mar 2012 #23

Could it be that he understands what he's saying, how it will be received by liberals, aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2012 #25

Would he judge a grandmother pageant? LiberalFighter Mar 2012 #27

"The feminist movement was created to allow ugly women access to the mainstream of society." jillan Mar 2012 #29

"How DARE you judge us?!" thucythucy Mar 2012 #30

On FOX, the only friendly venue for him. Quantess Mar 2012 #33

Plasticized women sashaying down a stage in skimpy swimsuits = wholesome American values tanyev Mar 2012 #34

Yea, because being paraded before Shankapotomus Mar 2012 #35

How can I be gay? I like cigars underpants Mar 2012 #36

or "How can I be racist? I even judged a minstrel show." eShirl Mar 2012 #38

I tried but can't find the Onion mentioned in there lunatica Mar 2012 #39

Breaking: It takes 15 years for MSM to have NOW on to comment about Limbaugh JHB Mar 2012 #40

what a maroon. Ship of Fools Mar 2012 #41

He has absolutely no clue....did you read the rest of the article? Sheepshank Mar 2012 #42