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As long as people throw around some questionable bits of wisdom like it's no big deal, we have the unofficial karma police, aka ‘murderers by words.’ Except murder by words has nothing to with violence, weapons, or blood, which makes the act inherently peaceful, yet brutally powerful.

It’s because the fight is fueled by words, but not by any words. I mean witty, well-argued, and solid arguments that pierce straight through misinformation, fake news, and any other online BS that's so prominent these days. The targets can be anyone from Covid deniers to anti-vaxers to flat earthers and extreme right Trump supporters who support the Capitol riots or similar bursts of terror. And when the words come back, they do so with double the initial power.

Thanks to the prominent corner of Reddit known as the subreddit “Murdered By Words,” the karma evening selection of putdowns, clapbacks, and counter-arguments are in to show that everything you utter in this world can come back to you. Psst! Part 1 of the post with people who got brutally shut down is available here.

#1

You Dense Mother ---!

You Dense Mother ---!

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Beautifully Pointing Out How Jack Doesn’t Know Why A Vaccine Is

Beautifully Pointing Out How Jack Doesn’t Know Why A Vaccine Is

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Previously, comedy writer Ariane Sherine told Bored Panda that when it comes to witty comebacks, they can be both planned and totally spontaneous.

"I've definitely come up with comebacks that are spontaneous. For instance, I told my daughter that if she didn't behave, I'd give her inheritance to a donkey sanctuary. She said, 'You wouldn't,' and I came back, 'You bet your ass!' But though I hadn't used that comeback before, I clearly had knowledge of the pun and might have used something similar in the past."

But not every comeback is equally powerful. The ones that make us thank the lord it’s not us who received them have to be well-timed, super-fast, exceptionally witty, and totally understandable to everyone. If it’s super complicated or said at the wrong time, or worst, in the wrong place, you can get scolded with an agonizing moment of silence.

#4

Dammit George!

Dammit George!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How unusual to actually respect people outside of your own household...?!?!

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#6

Apparently She Was A Raging Dumbass Five Years Ago, Too

Apparently She Was A Raging Dumbass Five Years Ago, Too

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Ray Martin
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm very much against violence towards women, but Katie Hopkins might have turned out to be a more worthwhile human being if she'd been punched in the face a little more often for saying things like this.

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Room Temperature Iq Is My New Favourite Insult

Room Temperature Iq Is My New Favourite Insult

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soni w
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And that's Celcius not farenheight 😂😂

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Lola
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Typical mindset from someone who worships ‘Murcia blindly. They think they have rights because they have choices at the Chinese buffet and Walmart.

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Alexis draskinis
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All while neglecting the fact that their "choices" are all owned by the same 2-3 companies that are throwing the same product in different packages, at different price points...

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Jayne Kyra
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Room temperature IQ" is my new favourite thing.

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Maiun
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The more I learn about America the less free I realise they are. The permits / licenses need for just about everything. I mean getting a ticket for walking off the pavement WTF?

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Lucas
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Really? What is the reason for that? Not that I think you're missing much. Extremely thin chocolate with something made of plastic inside a plastic egg... or at least that's what they used to be.

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Felype Rennan
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's some serious burn. And he didn't even have to mention school shootings, flat earth, morbid obesity, inhumane health system, or anything like that, just wow.

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Bird lover
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

flat earth is not exclusive to America we just elected a dumbass for a couple of years.

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A.E. Marlowe
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Non-trolling reply: I've had a decent number of conversations with my fellow 'Mericans about what "rights" we have, and it's a somewhat popular opinion that every non-US country is one step away from being a Soviet gulag in terms of rights.

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Corey Brown
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Room temp IQ. That would be you Gary, so see if you can find somebody to explain that to you.

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Tina Hugh
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yah...we Colonials had guns, so we were able to kick your king's butt. Then we started the first democratic republic. It's been two centuries, dude. Let it go.

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Alexis Davar
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm an American, and even I know that Americans are the worst!

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*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

as an American, I sincerely apologize if you have to come across an IQ leak- some of them slip through the cracks and escape, and they ruin our image even further than we've already done LMAO

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Thomas Turnbull
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gary Clements we in the UK have a lot more rights than you. You had Trump for president, enough said.

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Lisa Chambers
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Odd. I am allowed homemade cheese. And me, the cheese, and my gun can actually leave my home and shop, drive, run the hiking paths, go to church, dinner, movie. Eventually all that will come back to the UK. If you really want it.

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Mark Johanen
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because only people with high IQs should have constitutional rights. Or something.

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GeeGee
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Soon Americans will have no rights so settle down. Embrace fascism.

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Hae'vyn Smith
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In America we use farenheit, which is a perfectly reasonable IQ rating (in Arizona...in July)

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Nothanks L. Walk
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I normally say shoesize IQ, but I like this room temperature IQ variant a lot! :D

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Aidy Shaw
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have the right to an education well above that dense cockbasket. Who makes these things up? No rights! 🤣

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think I will go with the pasteurized cheese if it's just the same.

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Ryan Deschanel
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No. It's UK. Definitely. You know how those people's brains work : America = awesome = freedom; the rest of the world = shithole countries = tyrannies.

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I would much rather deal with a firearm than unpasteurized cheese.

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#9

Maybe She's Just Not Getting Any

Maybe She's Just Not Getting Any

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#10

I Proudly Served In The Gay Wars Of '07

I Proudly Served In The Gay Wars Of '07

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#11

All Of A Sudden “Law & Order” Doesn’t Apply?

All Of A Sudden “Law & Order” Doesn’t Apply?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love this chicks reply. This woman was told multiple times to stop or they WILL SHOOT HER!! Just because she was a woman and in the service does not mean she does not need to comply with the law. My niece is retired from the Marines and I would say the exact same thing if she were dumb enough to do what this woman did, thankfully my niece has common sense. It sucks she was killed but she broke into a FEDERAL BUILDING WITH SECRET SERVICE AND POLICE AND MILITARY OFFICERS!!!!

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Pray Away The Gay

Pray Away The Gay

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I guess it will take another 200 years before idiots understand that you can't "pray the gay away." But "therapy camps" are indeed perfect locations for gay people to meet each other. And it's true: Covid deniers often are homophobes, racists, sexists and white supremacists who also believe in practically every conspiracy theory they can find.

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#13

Such Delicate Snowflakes

Such Delicate Snowflakes

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kindness is the easiest and the hardest quality depending on who has to show it

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#15

I Think You Will Survive The Vaccine

I Think You Will Survive The Vaccine

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Raven Sheridan
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nobody knows what's in a hotdog either, but I bet they've eaten one of those.

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#16

And Now, For Something Not Involving Politics

And Now, For Something Not Involving Politics

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#19

'murica, Heck Yeah!

'murica, Heck Yeah!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In America, the customer is expected to pay the workers through tips.

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#20

Hits It Right On The Nose

Hits It Right On The Nose

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Morons! Why hide the name? They have put it on a public forum. Everyone should who the person is.

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#21

The Nerve Of The Man!

The Nerve Of The Man!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can’t wait for this guys reaction to Trumps biography then. Sure it’ll be written in crayon and printed on orange paper but that s**t will have a million i’s in it because it’ll be all me, me, me.

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#22

Who Need Vaccine

Who Need Vaccine

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've said this before but I guess I'll say it again: No thanks, I don't need birth control cause I'm not pregnant.

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#23

The Part About Pilot's Salary Surprised Me

The Part About Pilot's Salary Surprised Me

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Naima Ebiche
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Luxembourg, teachers and most of state essential workers (bus drivers etc) are paid between 4000 and 7000 euro a month. An it’s formidable

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#25

Murdered By The Movement They Were So Eager To Have

Murdered By The Movement They Were So Eager To Have

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#26

It's Simple Logic, And Therefore Completely Unfathomable

It's Simple Logic, And Therefore Completely Unfathomable

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#27

Found In The Window Of My Very Small, Very Red, Upstate NY Town Hardware Store

Found In The Window Of My Very Small, Very Red, Upstate NY Town Hardware Store

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#29

I Wonder If Op Ever Saw That, But Nevertheless

I Wonder If Op Ever Saw That, But Nevertheless

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

the fact that the dude has 6.9k upvotes but the person who clapped-back only has 1.1k upvotes is very sad.

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#30

Millennials Are Killing The... Baby Industry

Millennials Are Killing The... Baby Industry

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#31

Better Hope His House Doesn't Catch On Fire!

Better Hope His House Doesn't Catch On Fire!

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Marie
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, I wouldn't have been surprised if the firefighters sent a bill in the US...

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#32

They're Complaining About The Wrong Type Of Female Armour

They're Complaining About The Wrong Type Of Female Armour

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This was probably the stupidest complaint about Star Wars I’ve seen, and that’s saying a lot

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#34

How The Turns Have Tabled. Trumper (Red) Gets "Triggered" And Blindly Defends Ashli Babbit

How The Turns Have Tabled. Trumper (Red) Gets "Triggered" And Blindly Defends Ashli Babbit

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She is absolutely a terrorist. And a douchebag. And now she’s dead. Stupid is as stupid does.

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#35

1) Open Mouth 2) Insert Foot 3) ??? 4) Profit!

1) Open Mouth 2) Insert Foot 3) ??? 4) Profit!

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#36

Red Is An Investor Who Keeps A Doctor On Staff, So You Know He Knows What He's Talking About

Red Is An Investor Who Keeps A Doctor On Staff, So You Know He Knows What He's Talking About

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seriously, people should wear masks at flu season. I’ve never been so healthy as I was the last year. When I get sick it can drag out for months (I’m not exactly healthy) and I have disabled friends who could die from a cold. If anything, Corona proved that we should keep in wearing masks and washing our hands, even after it’s over

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#37

Oh Boy, Alanah Pearce Didn't Hold Back

Oh Boy, Alanah Pearce Didn't Hold Back

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#38

Ben Franklin Was A Smart Fella

Ben Franklin Was A Smart Fella

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

World population 1820 around 1 billion, 2020 nearly 8 billions. Partly thanks to vaccines.

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#39

I'm Betting Corgis Taste Like Chicken

I'm Betting Corgis Taste Like Chicken

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why shouldn't we pay people to exist? None of chose to exist, we were all forced into life whether we wanted it or not if you really think about it.

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#41

It's My God-Given Right To Spit On Other People

It's My God-Given Right To Spit On Other People

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Raven Sheridan
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Be gentle. You can't expect a person such as this, to strain the few brain cells they actually possess by thinking, do you?

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#42

Chinese Government Celebrates Their Human Rights Accomplishments

Chinese Government Celebrates Their Human Rights Accomplishments

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

👉 The entire f*cking west of China is a political mess. (edit)👉Just look at Chinese Traditional Medicine for ONE second.

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#43

Wth Are Light Language And Sacred Geometry?

Wth Are Light Language And Sacred Geometry?

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#44

How Much Could A Private Island Cost, $10?

How Much Could A Private Island Cost, $10?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These people only thrive because other people give them the power. Take that away and they have nothing to offer to society

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#45

Lions Don’t Wear Masks

Lions Don’t Wear Masks

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