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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsMartial 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
No. a parody account. One so convincing that even I posted from it in LBN years ago.
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2019
#3
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
Damn the centrist mediocrity for not leading to genocide or totalitarianism!
Thomas Hurt
Jul 2019
#5
Grasswire2
(13,566 posts)1. legit? from North Korea?
If so, my jaw literally dropped open.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,393 posts)3. No. a parody account. One so convincing that even I posted from it in LBN years ago.
They fooled the New York Times two years ago.
brush
(53,764 posts)2. WTF is this?
Brother Buzz
(36,416 posts)4. Poe's law, Baby!
brush
(53,764 posts)6. And WTF is that? Pls explain as there certainly isn't any insurrection going on in DC now.
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
Stated to me for a fact. I only tell it as I got it. I am willing to believe it. I can believe anything.
brush
(53,764 posts)9. O-k-a-a-a-y! Come back. pls.
earthshine
(1,642 posts)11. That's a pic of Mark Twain, not Poe. nt
Brother Buzz
(36,416 posts)12. Of course that's a photograph of Mark Twain
Mark Twain understood the concept long before Nathan Poe even conjured the idea. Some people might even suggest Nathan borrowed the idea from Twain.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)5. Damn the centrist mediocrity for not leading to genocide or totalitarianism!
Thyla
(791 posts)7. lol
#Thank
Aristus
(66,316 posts)10. Martial law doesn't mean tanks in the streets.
It means military judges in civilian court rooms.