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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,393 posts)
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 12:00 PM Jul 2019

Martial Law declared in US Capitol as civil war between Socialist Insurgency and Libertarians....

Martial Law declared in US Capitol as civil war between Socialist Insurgency and Libertarian Death Cult reaches tragically predictable conclusion: Centrist Mediocrity.


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Martial Law declared in US Capitol as civil war between Socialist Insurgency and Libertarians.... (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2019 OP
legit? from North Korea? Grasswire2 Jul 2019 #1
No. a parody account. One so convincing that even I posted from it in LBN years ago. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2019 #3
WTF is this? brush Jul 2019 #2
Poe's law, Baby! Brother Buzz Jul 2019 #4
And WTF is that? Pls explain as there certainly isn't any insurrection going on in DC now. brush Jul 2019 #6
The core idea of Poe's Law is that a parody of something extreme can be mistaken for the real thing Brother Buzz Jul 2019 #8
O-k-a-a-a-y! Come back. pls. brush Jul 2019 #9
That's a pic of Mark Twain, not Poe. nt earthshine Jul 2019 #11
Of course that's a photograph of Mark Twain Brother Buzz Jul 2019 #12
Damn the centrist mediocrity for not leading to genocide or totalitarianism! Thomas Hurt Jul 2019 #5
lol Thyla Jul 2019 #7
Martial law doesn't mean tanks in the streets. Aristus Jul 2019 #10

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,393 posts)
3. No. a parody account. One so convincing that even I posted from it in LBN years ago.
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 12:05 PM
Jul 2019

They fooled the New York Times two years ago.

Brother Buzz

(36,416 posts)
8. The core idea of Poe's Law is that a parody of something extreme can be mistaken for the real thing
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 12:46 PM
Jul 2019

Stated to me for a fact. I only tell it as I got it. I am willing to believe it. I can believe anything.

Brother Buzz

(36,416 posts)
12. Of course that's a photograph of Mark Twain
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 06:43 PM
Jul 2019

Mark Twain understood the concept long before Nathan Poe even conjured the idea. Some people might even suggest Nathan borrowed the idea from Twain.

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