They understand sarcasm well enough when Jon Stewart (anchorman of the under-30 Left) says something snarky and gives his 'confused' look. It's only when a conservative uses it that they get obtuse and take every word literally. It's all about discrediting Rush, plain and simple.
>>They understand sarcasm well enough when Jon Stewart (anchorman of the under-30 Left) says something snarky and gives his ‘confused’ look
That’s the key. They need a visual clue to know that it’s sarcasm or any form of wit that doesn’t involve bodily functions or the f-word. They hear talk radio as a continuous droning of facts (which is why lib talk radio bombs) because they are incapable of using language alone to tell sarcasm from fact.
It isn’t that they’re retarded. They are just trained to need visual clues to know what’s being said. It’s the Idiocracy (great movie!) in action.