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->''Well, it's no secret how I feel about surgeons. I hate them. I'd liken them to rocks, but that would be an insult to rocks because, you see, at least rocks are useful to society. We build bridges with them. We stone surgeons with them.''
-->-- '''Dr. Cox''', ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''

Bob wants to tell Alice that she's as dumb as a brick. But then he says that's a terrible thing to say about bricks.

More generally, any insult following the form of "I'd call you an X, but that would be an insult to all X's." Typically, X will be an inanimate object, or something detestable. ''I'd call you a motherfucker, but it'd be demeaning to those guys who [[ParentalIncest fuck their mothers]].'' Using this latter form is like saying that the one being insulted is far worse and more worthy of contempt than the detestable X he's being compared to.

Another variant is acknowledging that at least X is much more worthy of some respect. "I'd call you an X, but then again I take it back, because at least X is <insert positive descriptions here>".

A third is to state the insult, and then apologize -- to any X who felt insulted by the comparison.

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->''“Well, it’s no secret how I feel about surgeons. I hate them. I’d liken them to rocks, but that would be an [[TropeNamers insult to rocks]] because, you see, at least rocks are useful to society. We build bridges with them. We stone surgeons with them.”''
-->— '''Dr. Cox''', ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''

Bob wants to tell Alice that she’s as dumb as a brick. But then he says that’s a terrible thing to say about bricks.

More generally, any insult following the form of ‘I’d call you an X, but that would be an insult to all X’s.’ Typically, X will be an inanimate object, or something detestable. ‘I’d call you a motherfucker, but it’d be demeaning to those guys who [[ParentalIncest fuck their mothers]].’ Using this latter form is like saying that the one being insulted is far worse and more worthy of contempt than the detestable X to which he’s being compared.

Another variant is acknowledging that at least X is much more worthy of some respect. ‘I’d call you an X, but then again I take it back, because at least X is <insert positive descriptions here>.’

A third is to state the insult, and then apologize — to any X who felt insulted by the comparison.

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* During ''Anime/YuGiOh'''s Duelist Kingdom arc (English dub), Yugi faces off against Kaiba's evil side, brought back from the Shadow Realm by Pegasus. When the {{doppelganger}} reveals its true form, Yugi remarks, "You know, I'm not quite sure what to call you. I was thinking about '[[YouMonster monster]]' -- but I wouldn't want to insult the cards." (This insult would sound even more appropriate when you consider that in the ''original'' version, the imposter was ''not'' Kaiba's evil side, but a mercenary cruelly trying to break Yugi's -- and Mokuba's -- spirits by making them think Kaiba was dead.)
* In the anime episode of InuYasha that introduces Koga the wolf demon, Koga insults Inuyasha by calling him a mutt. Inuyasha protests this, and Koga rethinks it, saying "You're right, that would be an insult to canines!" (which, being a wolf demon who works with actual wolves, he wouldn't want to do). "You smell a LOT worse!"
* The second ''[[Franchise/{{Gundam}} Gundam Evolve]]'' CG short ends with [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Kamille Bidan]] writing an apology for destroying a camera during a field test of the Gundam Mk-II. The {{Wangst}}-filled "apology" includes this memorable line:
-->"Letting a person like Lieutenant Quattro command a mission is like letting a monkey handle a bomb. Saying it, I even feel as if I were insulting a monkey."
* In Encounter 142 of ''Manga/KeroroGunsou'', the author explains that the underground base constantly expands with no plans or organization, and says that while he could say it looks like an ants nest, that he feels it's an insult to the ants.
* When Konata from ''Manga/LuckyStar'' compares her using homework as an excuse to go see Kagami to that of an animal following her around, Kagami tells her to apologize to the animal world. Konata asks if she's lower than a dog.
* In an alternate ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' tale, "Shooting Star", [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/cowboy_bebop_shooting_star/v02/c000.1/14.html rich people are compared to pigs]] (in their eating manners). Another member says they're insulting pigs, even including a line defending pigs' manners. Another of the characters even states that she used to be like that.
* Shizuo from ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' does not like it when people positively compare him to Kasuka - As far as he's concerned it's much too insulting to his little brother [[HeroicSelfDeprecation to be put on the same level as him.]]
* When ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' begins his training, Akisame has him focus on building strength, alluding to the old saying that an ant cannot defeat an elephant, no matter what kind of techniques it has. Kenichi asks if he's being compared to an ant, and Akisame says no; that would be insulting to ''the ant.''
* In ''Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular'' Tomoko is on the receiving end of some food from her LethalChef classmate. At first she compares its taste [[ItTastesLikeFeet to that of pig food]], then thinks it insulting to pigs and revises her opinion to industrial waste.
** Early on, she wonders if she might be ugly. But no, she decides, calling her ugly would be an insult to true ugliness! (Of course, she doesn't realize what she's implied.)

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* During ''Anime/YuGiOh''’s Duelist Kingdom arc (English dub), Yugi faces off against Kaiba’s evil side, brought back from the Shadow Realm by Pegasus. When the {{doppelganger}} reveals its true form, Yugi remarks, “You know, I’m not quite sure what to call you. I was thinking about ‘[[YouMonster monster]]’ — but I wouldn’t want to insult the cards.” (This insult would sound even more appropriate when you consider that in the ''original'' version, the imposter was ''not'' Kaiba's evil side, but a mercenary cruelly trying to break Yugi’s — and Mokuba’s — spirits by making them think Kaiba was dead.)
* The second ''Franchise/{{Gundam}} Evolve'' CG short ends with [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Kamille Bidan]] writing an apology for destroying a camera during a field test of the Gundam Mk-II. The {{Wangst}}-filled ‘apology’ includes this memorable line:
-->“Letting a person like Lieutenant Quattro command a mission is like letting a monkey handle a bomb. Saying it, I even feel as if I were insulting a monkey.”
* In Encounter 142 of ''Manga/KeroroGunsou'', the author explains that the underground base constantly expands with no plans or organization, and says that while he could say it looks like an ants’ nest, he considers it an insult to the ants.
* When Konata from ''Manga/LuckyStar'' compares her using homework as an excuse to go see Kagami to that of an animal following her around, Kagami tells her to apologize to the animal world. Konata asks if she’s lower than a dog.
* In an alternate ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' tale, “Shooting Star,” [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/cowboy_bebop_shooting_star/v02/c000.1/14.html rich people are compared to pigs]] (in their eating manners). Another member says they’re insulting pigs, even including a line defending pigs’ manners. Another of the characters even states that she used to be like that.
* Shizuo from ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' does not like it when people positively compare him to Kasuka — as far as he’s concerned it’s much too insulting to his little brother [[HeroicSelfDeprecation to be put on the same level as him]].
* When ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' begins his training, Akisame has him focus on building strength, alluding to the old saying that an ant cannot defeat an elephant, no matter what kind of techniques it has. Kenichi asks if he's being compared to an ant, and Akisame says no; that would be insulting to ''the ant''.
* In ''Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular'', Tomoko is on the receiving end of some food from her LethalChef classmate. At first she compares its taste [[ItTastesLikeFeet to that of pig food]], then thinks it insulting to pigs and revises her opinion to industrial waste.
** Early on, she wonders if she might be ugly. But no, she decides, calling her ugly would be an insult to true ugliness! (Of course, she doesn’t realize what she’s implied.)

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* In ''FanFic/{{Retribution}}'', Kirk comments that he isn't a coward; he's worse, because a coward wouldn't have been bold enough [[Recap/StarTrekS2E12TheDeadlyYears to call Spock a traitor to his face.]]
* In ''[[Fanfic/EakinsHardReset A Stitch in Time]]'', Twilight has had enough of her {{jerkass}} of a blind date trying to get her liquored up, and tells her that to compare her to the pondscum she cleans out of fishtanks would be more of an insult to the pondscum, giving a lecture about how essential cyanobacteria is to Equestria.
* When Ichigo and Kaien are bickering once in ''Fanfic/SwingingPendulum'', Ichigo threatens to drown Kaien in a swamp. When Kaien comments on how that seems harsh, Ichigo says, "You're right; the swamp hasn't done anything to deserve getting you dunked into it."
* In ''FanFic/FistOfTheMoon'' Ranma suffers a ModeLock and is so disturbed that s/he neither eats, trains, nor bathes for three days. Kasumi knocks her out of her funk with food, and tells her to bathe, because she smells worse than Akane's cooking. Post CharacterDevelopment Akane hears this and takes offense.
--> Akane: “Hey! You take that back Kasumi! Nothing smells worse than my cooking!”

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* In ''FanFic/{{Retribution}}'', Kirk comments that he isn’t a coward; he’s worse, because a coward wouldn’t have been bold enough [[Recap/StarTrekS2E12TheDeadlyYears to call Spock a traitor to his face]].
* In ''[[Fanfic/EakinsHardReset A Stitch in Time]]'', Twilight has had enough of her {{jerkass}} of a blind date trying to get her liquored up, and tells her that to compare her to the pondscum she cleans out of fish tanks would be more of an insult to the pond scum, giving a lecture about how essential cyanobacteria is to Equestria.
* When Ichigo and Kaien are bickering once in ''Fanfic/SwingingPendulum'', Ichigo threatens to drown Kaien in a swamp. When Kaien comments on how that seems harsh, Ichigo says, “You’re right; the swamp hasn’t done anything to deserve getting you dunked into it.”
* In ''FanFic/FistOfTheMoon'', Ranma suffers a ModeLock and is so disturbed that s/he neither eats, trains, nor bathes for three days. Kasumi knocks her out of her funk with food, and tells her to bathe, because she smells worse than Akane's cooking. Post-CharacterDevelopment Akane hears this and takes offense.
-->'''Akane''': Hey! You take that back Kasumi! Nothing smells worse than my cooking!

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* In ''Oh My Goth'' by Gena Showalter, Jade Leigh says she would like to add fangs and horns to the AlphaBitch's face (on a school election poster). She promptly changes her mind, deciding that it would be an insult to TheDevil. (After the two of them escape from the virtual reality world together, she [[{{Irony}} celebrates seeing those same posters.]])
* The Creator/GordonKorman book ''The Chicken Doesn't Skate.'' "To call you a pig is an insult to pigs!"
* The anti-hero of the classic satire ''Augustus Carp, Esq. By Himself'' cries so much that he sprays his former boss with his tears, and then apologizes. ''To the tears.''
* ''Literature/CatherineCalledBirdy'': "The man was a pig, which dishonors pigs."
* In the ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension'' novel ''Ascension Warrior'', the insanely powerful (and just plain insane) archmage Porthos Fitz-Empress, on noting that a political enemy of his is present at a meeting of the [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness Council of the Traditions]], announces that he'd thought he'd smelled a large pile of rotting fish. He then proceeds to summon a pile of dead fish so he could apologize to it for mistaking it for Vargas.

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* In ''Oh My Goth'' by Gena Showalter, Jade Leigh says she would like to add fangs and horns to the AlphaBitch’s face (on a school election poster). She promptly changes her mind, deciding that it would be an insult to TheDevil. (After the two of them escape from the virtual reality world together, she [[{{Irony}} celebrates seeing those same posters.]])
* Creator/GordonKorman’s ''The Chicken Doesn’t Skate'': “To call you a pig is an insult to pigs!”
* The antihero of the classic satire ''Augustus Carp, Esq. by Himself'' cries so much that he sprays his former boss with his tears, and then apologizes. ''To the tears.''
* ''Literature/CatherineCalledBirdy'': “The man was a pig, which dishonors pigs.”
* In the ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension'' novel ''Ascension Warrior'', the insanely powerful (and just plain insane) archmage Porthos Fitz-Empress, on noting that a political enemy of his is present at a meeting of the [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness Council of the Traditions]], announces that he’d thought he’d smelled a large pile of rotting fish. He then proceeds to summon a pile of dead fish so he could apologize to it for mistaking it for Vargas.

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** In one book, a character calls Corporal Nobby Nobbs a pig, and another responds "Hey now. I've known some splendid pigs."
** In another book, Nobby is described by saying that the only reason why you can't say that he's close to the animal kingdom is that the animal kingdom would get up and move away.
** One book remarks that Ankh-Morpork is known as the Big Wahoonie, the wahoonie being a large foul-smelling root vegetable, then adds that even the wahoonie doesn't smell as bad as [[WretchedHive Ankh-Morpork]] on a hot summer's day.
** In ''The Art of Discworld'', Creator/TerryPratchett says that one of the inspirations for Greebo was his own Russian Blue, who has the intelligence of a rubber band "and at that I'll probably be accused of being offensive to stationery equipment".
* In the GentlemanBastard Sequence, the author claims that to say that a pimp called as "Rude Trevor Vargas" "was an intemperate, murderous lunatic would wound the feelings of most intemperate, murderous lunatics".
* From ''[[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Star Wars: Crosscurrent]]'': LoveableRogue Khedryn Faal makes a rude comment about enemy smuggler Earsh's ship, prompting this exchange:
-->'''Earsh:''' You calling my ship trash, Faal?\\
'''Khedryn:''' Calling your ship trash would be an insult to trash.

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** In one book, a character calls Corporal Nobby Nobbs a pig, and another responds “Hey now. I’ve known some splendid pigs.”
** In another book, Nobby is described by saying that the only reason why you can’t say that he’s close to the animal kingdom is that the animal kingdom would get up and move away.
** One book remarks that Ankh-Morpork is known as the Big Wahoonie, the wahoonie being a large foul-smelling root vegetable, then adds that even the wahoonie doesn’t smell as bad as [[WretchedHive Ankh-Morpork]] on a hot summer’s day.
** In ''The Art of Discworld'', Creator/TerryPratchett says that one of the inspirations for Greebo was his own Russian Blue, who has the intelligence of a rubber band “and at that I’ll probably be accused of being offensive to stationery equipment”.
* In the GentlemanBastard Sequence, the author claims that to say that a pimp called “Rude Trevor Vargas” “was an intemperate, murderous lunatic would wound the feelings of most intemperate, murderous lunatics”.
* From ''[[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Star Wars: Crosscurrent]]'': LoveableRogue Khedryn Faal makes a rude comment about enemy smuggler Earsh’s ship, prompting this exchange:
-->'''Earsh''': You calling my ship trash, Faal?\\
'''Khedryn''': Calling your ship trash would be an insult to trash.

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** In ''Storm from the Shadows'', [[GeneralRipper Solarian League Battle Fleet Admiral Josef Byng]] is described by one character as not having "the brains God gave a cockroach", to which another character later says that the first person was "doing cockroaches a disservice".
** In ''Mission of Honor'' Admiral Sandra Crandall is described as having "the disposition of a grizzly bear with hemorrhoids trying to pass pinecones", after which another character thinks the comment "gross libel against grizzly bears".
* At one point in the ''Literature/BelisariusSeries'', Irene got angry at Ousanas, calling him "a foul creature from a foul land. Now I know where {{Homer}} got the inspiration for the Cyclops." A moment later, she brightened up and apologized for slandering "the memory of an honorable monster of legend."
* In Creator/VCAndrews's ''Midnight Whispers,'' Jefferson is ranting about his (and the protagonist's) aunt, who favors her own children over them and [[TheUnFavourite therefore punishes Jefferson constantly]], and calls her "a low worm!" Christie tells him not to insult worms.

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** In ''Storm from the Shadows'', [[GeneralRipper Solarian League Battle Fleet Admiral Josef Byng]] is described by one character as not having “the brains God gave a cockroach”, to which another character later says that the first person was “doing cockroaches a disservice”.
** In ''Mission of Honor'', Admiral Sandra Crandall is described as having “the disposition of a grizzly bear with hemorrhoids trying to pass pinecones”, after which another character thinks the comment “gross libel against grizzly bears”.
* At one point in the ''Literature/BelisariusSeries'', Irene got angry at Ousanas, calling him “a foul creature from a foul land. Now I know where Creator/{{Homer}} got the inspiration for the Cyclops.” A moment later, she brightened up and apologized for slandering “the memory of an honorable monster of legend.”
* In Creator/VCAndrews’ ''Midnight Whispers'', Jefferson is ranting about his (and the protagonist’s) aunt, who favors her own children over them and [[TheUnFavourite therefore punishes Jefferson constantly]], and calls her “a low worm!” Christie tells him not to insult worms.

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-->"I dare the truth, Elaida. You are a [[DirtyCoward coward]] and a {{t|heCaligula}}yrant. I'd name you Darkfriend as well, but I suspect that the [[{{Satan}} Dark One]] [[EvenEvilHasStandards would perhaps be embarrassed to associate with you."]]
* In one of Creator/GKChesterton's ''Mr. Pond'' stories, a General is explaining his thought processes to a subordinate, and the LemonyNarrator comments that he's the sort of person who enjoys explaining things to the dog, before adding "It would be unjust to compare Lieutenant Von Hocheimer to a dog. It would be unjust to the dog, who is a much more sensitive and vigilant creature."
* In Creator/NealStephenson's ''Literature/{{Reamde}}'', a reviewer once apparently stated about Devin Skraelin that "to say he is tin-eared would render a disservice to a blameless citizen of the periodic table of the elements."
* In ''Literature/TheSecretOfPlatform13,'' Nanny Brown agrees to go along with Larina's kidnapping plan in part because she knows that ''someone'' has to take care of the stolen baby:
-->[[GoodIsNotNice She wasn't a particularly nice woman]], [[FriendToAllChildren but she loved babies]], and she knew that [[RichBitch Larina Trottle]] was as fit to look after a young baby as a baboon. Actually, a lot ''less'' fit because baboons, as it happens, make excellent mothers.
* ''Series/IClaudius'': Claudius' mother, Antonia, manages to make this one do double duty, by finding something a moment later that she thinks ''is'' a sufficiently insulting comparison.
-->'''Antonia:''' That man ought to be put out of the way! He's as stupid as a donkey--what am I saying? Donkeys are sensible beings by comparison--he's as stupid as ... as ... Heavens, he's as stupid as [[WellDoneSonGuy my son Claudius]]!
* ''{{Papillon}}'' features an inmate who says to a guard: "I would spit on you, but my spit would just get dirty."
* ''Literature/EndersGame'', Shen and Ender on Bernard
-->'''Shen:''' He's a pig.\\
'''Ender:''' On the whole, pigs aren't so bad.\\
'''Shen:'''You're right. I wasn't being fair to the pigs.
* In ''[[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire A Feast For Crows]]'', one character describes the "butchery" committed to a nearby town. Another takes issue, as "that gives insult to honest butchers everywhere."
* In the Literature/PaladinOfShadows book ''Unto the Breach'', Father Kulcyanov says that calling Stalin a pig is an insult to pigs.
* In the book ''Elvenborn'' of ''Literature/TheHalfbloodChronicles'', Kyrtian and his bodyguard Gel are talking to the former's mother via teleson (a magical device that works like video chat). Gel starts to refer to the rather unpleasant Lady Triana as a bitch before correcting himself out of deference to Lady Lydiell. She then says, "I wouldn't call Triana a 'bitch', Gel. It's a terrible insult to all female canines, which are, on the whole, rather nice creatures."
* In Chapter 28 of ''[[Literature/RiversOfWar 1824: The Arkansas War]]'', Andrew Jackson publicly denounces the deal-making that put Henry Clay into office as President after getting only about 1/6th of the popular vote, and initially lambasts John Calhoun as [[Literature/TheBible Judas]]. Later, Jackson corrects himself, saying that the comparison was an insult to Judas.
* Creator/DaveBarry's column "Insect Aside" mentions that some people voting for Official National Insect compared dung beetles to Congress. He objected:
-->"I'm sorry, but that's a low blow: Our research indicates that no dung beetle has ever accepted money from a savings-and-loan operator."

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-->“I dare the truth, Elaida. You are a [[DirtyCoward coward]] and a {{t|heCaligula}}yrant. I’d name you Darkfriend as well, but I suspect that the [[{{Satan}} Dark One]] [[EvenEvilHasStandards would perhaps be embarrassed to associate with you]].”
* In one of Creator/GKChesterton’s ''Mr. Pond'' stories, a General is explaining his thought processes to a subordinate, and the LemonyNarrator comments that he’s the sort of person who enjoys explaining things to the dog, before adding “It would be unjust to compare Lieutenant Von Hocheimer to a dog. It would be unjust to the dog, who is a much more sensitive and vigilant creature.”
* In Creator/NealStephenson’s ''Literature/{{Reamde}}'', a reviewer once apparently stated about Devin Skraelin that “to say he is tin-eared would render a disservice to a blameless citizen of the periodic table of the elements.”
* In ''Literature/TheSecretOfPlatform13'', Nanny Brown agrees to go along with Larina’s kidnapping plan in part because she knows that ''someone'' has to take care of the stolen baby:
-->[[GoodIsNotNice She wasn’t a particularly nice woman]], [[FriendToAllChildren but she loved babies]], and she knew that [[RichBitch Larina Trottle]] was as fit to look after a young baby as a baboon. Actually, a lot ''less'' fit because baboons, as it happens, make excellent mothers.
* ''Series/IClaudius'': Claudius’ mother, Antonia, manages to make this one do double duty, by finding something a moment later that she thinks ''is'' a sufficiently insulting comparison.
-->'''Antonia''': That man ought to be put out of the way! He’s as stupid as a donkey — what am I saying? Donkeys are sensible beings by comparison — he’s as stupid as … as … Heavens, he’s as stupid as [[WellDoneSonGuy my son Claudius]]!
* ''{{Papillon}}'' features an inmate who says to a guard: “I would spit on you, but my spit would just get dirty.”
* ''Literature/EndersGame'', Shen and Ender on Bernard:
-->'''Shen''': He’s a pig.\\
'''Ender''': On the whole, pigs aren’t so bad.\\
'''Shen''': You’re right. I wasn’t being fair to the pigs.
* In ''[[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire A Feast For Crows]]'', one character describes the “butchery” committed to a nearby town. Another takes issue, as “that gives insult to honest butchers everywhere.”
* In the ''Literature/PaladinOfShadows'' book ''Unto the Breach'', Father Kulcyanov says that calling Stalin a pig is an insult to pigs.
* In the book ''Elvenborn'' of ''Literature/TheHalfbloodChronicles'', Kyrtian and his bodyguard Gel are talking to the former’s mother via teleson (a magical device that works like Skype). Gel starts to refer to the rather unpleasant Lady Triana as a bitch before correcting himself out of deference to Lady Lydiell. She then says, “I wouldn’t call Triana a ‘bitch’, Gel. It’s a terrible insult to all female canines, which are, on the whole, rather nice creatures.”
* In Chapter 28 of ''[[Literature/RiversOfWar 1824: The Arkansas War]]'', Andrew Jackson publicly denounces the deal-making that put Henry Clay into office as President after getting only about a sixth of the popular vote, and initially lambasts John Calhoun as [[Literature/TheBible Judas]]. Later, Jackson corrects himself, saying that the comparison was an insult to Judas.
* Creator/DaveBarry’s column “Insect Aside” mentions that some people voting for Official National Insect compared dung beetles to Congress. He objected:
-->“I’m sorry, but that’s a low blow: Our research indicates that no dung beetle has ever accepted money from a savings-and-loan operator.”

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** While Buffy is hunting Angel inside the empty Bronze, she calls out that she knows he's in there, and she knows what he is ("Angel"). From the balcony, Angel, in game face, sneers:
--->'''Angel:''' I'm just an animal, right?\\
'''Buffy:''' You're not an animal. Animals I like.
** In "Lover's Walk", Spike sobs that he's "nothing" without Dru, a sentiment which Buffy is inclined to agree with. "You're not even a loser anymore. You're a shell of a loser."
** In "Consequences", Angel's sermon to Faith doesn't appear to be sinking in. In the privacy of his garden, he grumbles to Buffy that it's like talking to a wall. "Only you get more from a wall."
* In the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode "Shindig"
-->'''Sir Warrick Harrow:''' I know [Badger]. And I think he's a psychotic low-life.\\
'''Captain Mal Reynolds:''' And I think calling him that is an insult to the psychotic low-life community.
* In a ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' episode, Mary told Dick, "To say that you behaved childishly is an insult to children everywhere!"

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** While Buffy is hunting Angel inside the empty Bronze, she calls out that she knows he’s in there, and she knows what he is (“Angel”). From the balcony, Angel, in game face, sneers:
--->'''Angel''': I’m just an animal, right?\\
'''Buffy''': You’re not an animal. Animals, I like.
** In “Lover’s Walk,” Spike sobs that he’s “nothing” without Dru, a sentiment with which Buffy is inclined to agree. “You’re not even a loser anymore. You’re a shell of a loser.”
** In “Consequences,” Angel’s sermon to Faith doesn’t appear to be sinking in. In the privacy of his garden, he grumbles to Buffy that it’s like talking to a wall. “Only you get more from a wall.”
* In the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode “Shindig”:
-->'''Sir Warrick Harrow''': I know [Badger]. And I think he’s a psychotic lowlife.\\
'''Mal''': And I think calling him that is an insult to the psychotic lowlife community.
* In a ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' episode, Mary tells Dick, “To say that you behaved childishly is an insult to children everywhere!”

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-->'''Talbot:''' Please they're all dumber than a box of rocks.\\
'''Werewolf:''' That's unfair!\\
'''Talbot:''' To boxes maybe. (''pause'') Or rocks.
* ''Series/TheDailyShow'' once featured a segment where, trying to debate whether Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} were stupid or evil, Wyatt Cenac (on Team Evil) noted that if they weren't evil they were as stupid as potatoes with mouths. John Oliver (on Team Stupid) helpfully pointed out that potatoes can still power a digital clock, and suggested rocks with mouths.
** In response to Boko Haram's kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls and subsequent videos attempting to intimidate the public, Jon said the only ones that come off as {{badass}}es were the students for having gone to school in spite of the danger in the first place. It took the form of a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and ended with an inversion of this trope:
-->'''Jon Stewart''': I'd call you a bunch of little girls, but you don't deserve the compliment.
* ''Series/TheColbertReport'': [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/177952/july-30-2008/canton-apology In the midst]] of heaping abuse on Canton, Kansas Stephen says that converting the town to a landfill would be an insult to landfills.
* ''Series/{{Room 101}}''

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-->'''Talbot''': Please, they’re all dumber than a box of rocks.\\
'''Werewolf''': That’s unfair!\\
'''Talbot''': To boxes, maybe. [''{{Beat}}''] Or rocks.
* ''Series/TheDailyShow'' once featured a segment where, trying to debate whether Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} were stupid or evil, Wyatt Cenac (on Team Evil) noted that if they weren’t evil they were as stupid as potatoes with mouths. Creator/JohnOliver (on Team Stupid) helpfully pointed out that potatoes can still power a digital clock, and suggested rocks with mouths.
** In response to Boko Haram’s kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls and subsequent videos attempting to intimidate the public, Jon said the only ones that come off as {{badass}}es were the students for having gone to school in spite of the danger in the first place. It took the form of a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and ended with an inversion of this trope:
-->'''Jon Stewart''': I’d call you a bunch of little girls, but you don’t deserve the compliment.
* ''Series/TheColbertReport'': [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/177952/july-30-2008/canton-apology In the midst]] of heaping abuse on Canton, Kansas, Stephen says that converting the town to a landfill would be an insult to landfills.
* ''Series/{{Room 101}}'':

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-->'''Czarsky:''' Haven't you embarrassed yourself enough already?\\
'''Shawn:''' Hardly. I'm just getting started, you giant cockroach. (''beat'') You know what, that was out of line. I apologize to cockroaches everywhere.
* In the very first episode of ''Series/DoctorWho'' in 1963, the Doctor uses this on his first ever human companion, Ian, who is complaining about being condescended to. It would surely be a throwaway line if it were uttered today by Matt Smith, but this is Creator/WilliamHartnell we're talking about here.
-->'''Ian:''' You're treating us like children!\\
'''The Doctor:''' Am I? The children of MY civilization would be insulted.
* Based on the idiom "Everything resembles it's owner", the title character of ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'' made a comparison of Doña Florinda and a broom. When Don Ramón told him that that was offensive. El Chavo responded that doesn't matter, because brooms doesn't understand.
* In ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOnDeck'', Bailey compares talking to London to talking to a tractor. Zack promptly replies that it's an insult to tractors.
* In the ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' episode, "The Trouble With Tribbles", a drunk Klingon calls the ''Enterprise'' a garbage scow. When Scotty demands an explanation, the Klingon apologizes for his misstatement, saying, "I didn't mean to say that the ''Enterprise'' should be hauling garbage. I meant to say that it should be hauled away ''as'' garbage!" [[BarBrawl Fisticuffs ensue]].

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-->'''Czarsky''': Haven’t you embarrassed yourself enough already?\\
'''Shawn''': Hardly. I’m just getting started, you giant cockroach. [''Beat''] You know what, that was out of line. I apologize to cockroaches everywhere.
* In the very first episode of ''Series/DoctorWho'' in 1963, the Doctor uses this on his first ever human companion, Ian, who is complaining about being condescended to. It would surely be a throwaway line if it were uttered today by Matt Smith, but this is Creator/WilliamHartnell we’re talking about here.
-->'''Ian''': You’re treating us like children!\\
'''The Doctor''': Am I? The children of MY civilization would be insulted.
* Based on the idiom ‘Everything resembles its owner,’ the title character of ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'' compares Doña Florinda to a broom. When Don Ramón tells him that was offensive, El Chavo responds that doesn’t matter, because brooms doesn’t understand.
* In ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOnDeck'', Bailey compares talking to London to talking to a tractor. Zack promptly replies that it’s an insult to tractors.
* In the ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' episode “The Trouble with Tribbles,” a drunk Klingon calls the ''Enterprise'' a garbage scow. When Scotty demands an explanation, the Klingon apologizes for his misstatement, saying, “I didn’t mean to say that the ''Enterprise'' should be hauling garbage. I meant to say that it should be hauled away ''as'' garbage!” [[BarBrawl Fisticuffs ensue.]]

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-->"I just realised that when I compared you to an average dog, I was being insulting to dogs."
* In the pilot episode of ''Series/{{Suits}}'', Harvey claims the company executive being sued doesn't "give a rat's ass about his employee's right to privacy. Sorry, that's actually unfair to rat's asses."
* In ''Series/HorribleHistories'', after pointing out that the [[AdiposeRex rather corpulent George IV]] was called the "Prince of Whales" before ascending the throne, Rattus apologized...to whales.
* A variation in ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'', where Callen's ArchEnemy [[SerialKiller The Chameleon]] calls his tracking device a collar.
-->'''Callen:''' Collars are for animals. Don't flatter yourself.
* In one episode of ''Series/ThePretender'', Jarod has captured Mr. Lyle and threatens to torture him for information. He whips out a cattle prod, but adds that he shouldn't compare Lyle to cattle, it's insulting the latter.
* From the ''Series/BlueBloods'' episode "Knockout Game", Frank's remarks on the eponymous spate of kids running up to random pedestrians and landing haymakers on them:
-->'''Frank:''' Look, this kind of stupid, random brutality gives regular street crime a bad name.

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-->“I just realised that when I compared you to an average dog, I was being insulting to dogs.”
* In the ''Series/{{Suits}}'' pilot, Harvey claims the company executive being sued doesn’t “give a rat’s ass about his employees’ right to privacy. Sorry, that’s actually unfair to rats’ asses.”
* In ''Series/HorribleHistories'', after pointing out that the [[AdiposeRex rather corpulent George IV]] was called the “Prince of Whales” before ascending the throne, Rattus apologizes … to whales.
* A variation in ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'', where Callen's ArchEnemy [[SerialKiller the Chameleon]] calls his tracking device a collar.
-->'''Callen''': Collars are for animals. Don’t flatter yourself.
* In one episode of ''Series/ThePretender'', Jarod has captured Mr. Lyle and threatens to torture him for information. He whips out a cattle prod, but adds that he shouldn’t compare Lyle to cattle, it’s insulting the latter.
* From the ''Series/BlueBloods'' episode “Knockout Game,” Frank’s remarks on the eponymous spate of kids running up to random pedestrians and landing haymakers on them:
-->“Look, this kind of stupid, random brutality gives regular street crime a bad name.”

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* {{Rifftrax}}: ''Film/FantasticFour'':
-->'''Mike Nelson:''' Creator/DannyDeVito!\\
'''Kevin Murphy:''' Mike, that's a horrible insult to the Thing!
** ''TheRoom'':
-->'''Kevin:''' ''(on Tommy Wiseau)'' Wow, producer, writer, director, and actor? He's a modern [[MNightShyamalan Shyamalan]]!
-->'''Mike:''' Kevin! Don't besmirch the good name of... Tommy Wiseau.
* The NewsBiscuit article "[[http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2010/09/13/underworld-does-not-want-blairs-book-in-crime-section/ Underworld does not want Blair's book in crime section]]" responds to an Internet campaign to move Tony Blair's memoirs to the 'crime' section of bookshops by suggesting the criminal underworld is "unhappy at being associated with Mr Blair as it makes them feel 'dirty'".
* PJTV's Bill Whittle, in his ''Afterburner'' episode "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeGGs6642O8 Rule of Lawlessness]]" states that calling the "fiscal cliff" shenanigans (or "goat rodeo" as Bill calls it) Kabuki theater was an insult to that art, which has rules, structure, beauty and an ancient and honorable tradition.
* After the CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch made some nasty comments about the company refusing to make larger sizes of clothing because they don't want "ugly people" in their stores, the internet got angry and started making fun of his appearance, with posts circulating Website/{{Tumblr}} [[http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/542/299/d84.png comparing him to]] a particularly ugly orc captain named Gothmog in the ''Film/LordOfTheRings'' movies. Cue the [[http://sharkchunks.tumblr.com/post/50023814521 counter-post]] saying that this is entirely unfair to Gothmog, because ''he's'' a total badass.

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* Podcast/RiffTrax:
** ''Film/FantasticFour'':
--->'''Mike Nelson''': Creator/DannyDeVito!\\
'''Kevin Murphy''': Mike, that’s a horrible insult to the Thing!
** ''Film/TheRoom'':
-->'''Kevin''': [''on Tommy Wiseau''] Wow, producer, writer, director, and actor? He’s a modern [[Creator/MNightShyamalan Shyamalan]]!
-->'''Mike''': Kevin! Don’t besmirch the good name of … Tommy Wiseau.
* The NewsBiscuit article [[http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2010/09/13/underworld-does-not-want-blairs-book-in-crime-section/ “Underworld does not want Blair’s book in crime section”]] responds to an Internet campaign to move UsefulNotes/TonyBlair’s memoirs to the ‘crime’ section of bookshops by suggesting the criminal underworld is “unhappy at being associated with Mr Blair as it makes them feel ‘dirty’”.
* PJTV’s Bill Whittle, in his ''Afterburner'' episode [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeGGs6642O8 “Rule of Lawlessness”]] states that calling the “fiscal cliff” shenanigans (or “goat rodeo” as Bill calls it) Kabuki theater was an insult to that art, which has rules, structure, beauty, and an ancient and honorable tradition.
* After the CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch made some nasty comments about the company refusing to make larger sizes of clothing because they don’t want “ugly people” in their stores, the Internet got angry and started making fun of his appearance, with posts circulating Website/{{Tumblr}} [[http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/542/299/d84.png comparing him to]] a particularly ugly orc captain named Gothmog in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' movies. Cue the [[http://sharkchunks.tumblr.com/post/50023814521 counter-post]] saying that this is entirely unfair to Gothmog, because ''he’s'' a total badass.

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* On an episode of Wrestling/WWERaw, Wrestling/ChrisJericho would call Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon a "filthy, dirty, disgusting nasty, skanky brutal bottom-feeding, trash-bag ho!" When he was forced to apologize, he apologized to all the filthy, dirty, disgusting, brutal, skanky, bottom-feeding, trash-bag hoes for even comparing them to Stephanie. He decided that "Bargain basement slut" and "Miserable slimeball pig" were more appropriate.
* [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] had one when he put an end to Wrestling/VinceMcMahon's [[LiteralAssKissing Kiss My Ass Club]]. After winning a match that stipulated Vince was to pucker up and plant one on Rock's bottom, (see what I did there?) Rock stops him before his moment of humiliation, exclaiming "Your lips are not good enough to kiss the People's Ass!!!" He brought out Wrestling/JimRoss and then teased him with the prospect of kissing Wrestling/TrishStratus' firm glutes ... [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdqksr_the-rock-and-trish-stratus-make-vin_fun?search_algo=2#.UQQuY0JBRmB before declaring there is one ass Vince would kiss.]]

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* On an episode of Wrestling/WWERaw, Wrestling/ChrisJericho would call Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon a “filthy, dirty, disgusting nasty, skanky brutal bottom-feeding, trash-bag ho!” When he was forced to apologize, he apologized to all the filthy, dirty, disgusting, brutal, skanky, bottom-feeding, trash-bag hoes for even comparing them to Stephanie. He decided that “Bargain basement slut” and “Miserable slimeball pig” were more appropriate.
* [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] had one when he put an end to Wrestling/VinceMcMahon’s [[LiteralAssKissing Kiss My Ass Club]]. After winning a match that stipulated Vince was to pucker up and plant one on Rock’s bottom (see what I did there?) Rock stops him before his moment of humiliation, exclaiming “Your lips are not good enough to kiss the People’s Ass!!!” He brought out Wrestling/JimRoss and then teased him with the prospect of kissing Wrestling/TrishStratus’ firm glutes … [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdqksr_the-rock-and-trish-stratus-make-vin_fun?search_algo=2#.UQQuY0JBRmB before declaring there is one ass Vince would kiss]].

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* Jason Sartin's review of the tabletop RPG ''[[TabletopGame/{{FATAL}} F.A.T.A.L.]]'' notes that "saying that this game [[KillItWithFire should be burned]] is an ''insult to fire''." Later, he says that "giving FATAL a 1/1 Style/Substance rating was an insult to almost every other product on [=RPGnet=] that ever got a 1/1."
** Along with his [[http://web.archive.org/web/20080212094700/http://atrocities.primaryerror.net/rahowasucks.html Racial Holy War's]] "Badness" rating: ''"To say that this game sucks would be an insult to oral sex."''
* Two recaps by Website/TheAgonyBooth have done it so far.
** ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'': "[[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Batman___Robin_1997.aspx I would say that the Batman movie franchise has been reduced to the level of the]] [[Series/{{Batman}} campy 60's Adam West TV series]], but that would be an insult to Creator/AdamWest."
** ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'': "[[DutchAngle Every shot is tilted at a different angle.]] [[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Battlefield_Earth_2000.aspx I'd call this 'jarring', but I'd worry about offending jars.]]"
** There is also one that almost fits on ''[[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Myra_Breckinridge_1970.aspx?Page=5 Myra Breckinridge]]'': "This means that at one point, there was actually a scene in this movie that implied a fucking ten year old was ''getting bukkaked''. I now understand why Time called this movie "about as funny as a child molester." Actually, that's not completely accurate. I think a child molester gets more laughs."

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* Jason Sartin’s review of the tabletop RPG ''TabletopGame/{{FATAL}}'' notes that “saying that this game [[KillItWithFire should be burned]] is an ''insult to fire''.” Later, he says that “giving FATAL a 1/1 Style/Substance rating was an insult to almost every other product on [=RPGnet=] that ever got a 1/1.”
** Along with his [[http://web.archive.org/web/20080212094700/http://atrocities.primaryerror.net/rahowasucks.html Racial Holy War’s]] “Badness” rating: ''“To say that this game sucks would be an insult to oral sex.”''
* At least two recaps by ''Website/TheAgonyBooth'' have done it so far.
** ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'': “[[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Batman___Robin_1997.aspx I would say that the Batman movie franchise has been reduced to the level of the]] [[Series/{{Batman}} campy 60’s Adam West TV series]], but that would be an insult to Creator/AdamWest.”
** ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'': “[[DutchAngle Every shot is tilted at a different angle.]] [[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Battlefield_Earth_2000.aspx I’d call this ‘jarring’, but I’d worry about offending jars.]]”
** There is also one that almost fits on ''Film/MyraBreckinridge'': “[[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Myra_Breckinridge_1970.aspx?Page=5 This means that at one point]], there was actually a scene in this movie that implied a fucking ten-year-old was ''getting bukkaked''. I now understand why ''Time'' called this movie ‘about as funny as a child molester.’ Actually, that’s not completely accurate. I think a child molester gets more laughs.”

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** His review for Tom Green's ''Film/FreddyGotFingered'' is as follows:
--->"This movie doesn't scrape the bottom of the barrel. This movie isn't the bottom of the barrel. This movie isn't below the bottom of the barrel. This movie doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence with barrels."
** And ''A Lot Like Love'': "To call ''A Lot Like Love'' dead in the water is an insult to water."
** And ''Film/TheSpirit'': "To call the characters cardboard is to insult a useful packing material."
** And, of course, ''Film/TheVillage'': "Eventually the secret of Those, etc., is revealed. To call it an anticlimax would be an insult not only to climaxes but to prefixes."
** Additionally, discussing ''Film/{{Ishtar}}'' on their Worst of 87 special, Gene Siskel said, "I just saw ''[[Film/RoadTo Road to Morocco]]'', and it is funnier than ''Ishtar'' -- of course, that's really, I guess, an insult to ''Road to Morocco.'' Anything is funnier than ''Ishtar'' -- except ''Film/LeonardPart6''."
** Of ''Film/BattleLosAngeles'', he said: "Here's a science-fiction film that's an insult to the words "science" and "fiction," and the hyphen in between them."
** His ''Film/GIJoeRetaliation'' review reads: "To say ''G.I. Joe: Retaliation'' is a video game for the big screen is to insult a number of video games that are far more creative, challenging and better-looking." Mr. Ebert never was a fan of video games, either.
* His former workmate Richard Roeper, listing ''Film/JonahHex'' among [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgDI-2wd0hk the worst of 2010]]:
-->"Creator/MeganFox is truly the Raquel Welch of our generation. And maybe that's an insult to Raquel Welch."
* One [=RPGamer=] [[http://www.rpgamer.com/games/other/psx/hoshigami/reviews/hoshigamirdrev1.html review]] had much to say about ''VideoGame/{{Hoshigami|RuiningBlueEarth}}'''s lack of sound quality (among other things):
-->''"The sound quality is the crappiest this side of the original NES and the compositions are so dull, so bland, so sickening, that you'll think it was composed by an ape! I apologize; I meant no disrespect to the ape community."''
* [[http://www.ferretbrain.com/articles/article-139 This review]] of ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' features the line "To say it's massively dissatisfying and frustrating is to do massively dissatisfying and frustrating things a great disservice." [[CaptainObvious Needless to say, it's not a very positive review]].
* "Calling [[Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg Friedberg and Seltzer]] untalented hacks is an insult to REAL untalented hacks like Creator/UweBoll, Creator/MichaelBay, Creator/RolandEmmerich, and Creator/EliRoth." -- '''[[http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33285 Squid Vicious]]''', Joblo.com
* In [[http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/index.php/weblog/comments/savage_moon_by_cassie_edwards/ SB Sarah's savage review]] of Cassie Edwards' ''Savage Moon'', she comments: "I might have to [[BrokeTheRatingScale modify our grading schedule and give it a Z]] except that the poor letter Z did nothing to deserve being permanently stuck on a Cassie Edwards novel."
* Quoth [=MaryAnn=] Johanson of [[http://www.flickfilosopher.com/blog/2004/09/superbabies_baby_geniuses_2_re.html Flick Philosopher]], on ''Baby Geniuses 2'': "To call this immeasurably terrible movie 'stupid and nonsensical' would be an insult to stupid and nonsensical movies."
* Creator/ChristopherHitchens [[http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2004/06/unfairenheit_911.single.html referred]] to Creator/MichaelMoore's anti-[[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush Bush]] documentary ''Fahrenheit 9/11'' as such:
-->To describe this film as dishonest and demagogic would almost be to promote those terms to the level of respectability. To describe this film as a piece of crap would be to run the risk of a discourse that would never again rise above the excremental. To describe it as an exercise in facile crowd-pleasing would be too obvious. ''Fahrenheit 9/11'' is a sinister exercise in moral frivolity, crudely disguised as an exercise in seriousness. It is also a spectacle of abject political cowardice masking itself as a demonstration of "dissenting" bravery.
* The Moiderah of Ponies has this to say about ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureau'': "Burning is not advised, as [[KillItWithFire burning it]] is a grave heresy to fire. Consider sending it to your enemies instead."
* After a scandal over the number of synthetic additives contained in Miller Lite beer, the well-known beer critic Roger Protz stated "I have, in the past, compared Miller Lite to [[ATankardOfMooseUrine a certain equine by-product]], but now I see that that is an insult to a noble animal".
* A [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation NBA]] [[http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1552893-nba-power-rankings-how-each-team-ranks-entering-final-stretch/page/2 analysis]] states that "To call the 2012-13 season a forgettable one for the [Bob]'Cats is an insult to long-lost memories everywhere."
* Reviewer James Berardinelli on ''[[http://www.reelviews.net/movies/z/zombie.html Zombie! Vs Mardi Gras]]'' (considered the worst movie he's ever seen): "The film seems to have been [[XMeetsY inspired in equal parts by]] Creator/GeorgeRomero's ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead'' and Creator/EdWood's ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace''. The result is an embarrassment to both films. [[DamnedByFaintPraise (When was the last time anything was described as an embarrassment to Plan Nine??)]]"

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** His review for Tom Green’s ''Film/FreddyGotFingered'' including this phrase:
--->“This movie doesn’t scrape the bottom of the barrel. This movie isn’t the bottom of the barrel. This movie isn’t below the bottom of the barrel. This movie doesn’t deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence with barrels.”
** And ''A Lot Like Love'': “To call ''A Lot Like Love'' dead in the water is an insult to water.”
** And ''Film/TheSpirit'': “To call the characters cardboard is to insult a useful packing material.”
** ''Film/TheVillage'': “Eventually the secret of Those, etc., is revealed. To call it an anticlimax would be an insult not only to climaxes but to prefixes.”
** Additionally, discussing ''Film/{{Ishtar}}'' on their Worst of ’87 special, Creator/GeneSiskel said, “I just saw ''Film/{{Road to}} Morocco'', and it is funnier than ''Ishtar'' — of course, that’s really, I guess, an insult to ''Road to Morocco''. Anything is funnier than ''Ishtar'' — except ''Film/LeonardPart6''.”
** Of ''Film/BattleLosAngeles'', he said: “Here’s a science-fiction film that’s an insult to the words ‘science’ and ‘fiction,’ and the hyphen in between them.”
** His ''Film/GIJoeRetaliation'' review reads: “To say ''G.I. Joe: Retaliation'' is a video game for the big screen is to insult a number of video games that are far more creative, challenging and better-looking.” Mr. Ebert never was a fan of video games, either.
* His former cohost Richard Roeper, listing ''Film/JonahHex'' among [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgDI-2wd0hk the worst of 2010]]:
-->“Creator/MeganFox is truly the Raquel Welch of our generation. And maybe that’s an insult to Raquel Welch.”
* One [=RPGamer=] [[http://www.rpgamer.com/games/other/psx/hoshigami/reviews/hoshigamirdrev1.html review]] had much to say about ''VideoGame/{{Hoshigami|RuiningBlueEarth}}''’s lack of sound quality (among other things):
-->''“The sound quality is the crappiest this side of the original NES and the compositions are so dull, so bland, so sickening, that you’ll think it was composed by an ape! I apologize; I meant no disrespect to the ape community.”''
* [[http://www.ferretbrain.com/articles/article-139 This review]] of ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' features the line “To say it’s massively dissatisfying and frustrating is to do massively dissatisfying and frustrating things a great disservice.” [[CaptainObvious Needless to say, it’s not a very positive review.]]
* “Calling [[Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg Friedberg and Seltzer]] untalented hacks is an insult to REAL untalented hacks like Creator/UweBoll, Creator/MichaelBay, Creator/RolandEmmerich, and Creator/EliRoth.” — '''[[http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=33285 Squid Vicious]]''', Joblo.com
* In [[http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/index.php/weblog/comments/savage_moon_by_cassie_edwards/ SB Sarah’s savage review]] of Cassie Edwards’ ''Savage Moon'', she comments: “I might have to [[BrokeTheRatingScale modify our grading schedule and give it a Z]] except that the poor letter Z did nothing to deserve being permanently stuck on a Cassie Edwards novel.”
* Quoth [=MaryAnn=] Johanson of ''[[http://www.flickfilosopher.com/blog/2004/09/superbabies_baby_geniuses_2_re.html Flick Philosopher]]'', on ''Film/BabyGeniuses 2'': “To call this immeasurably terrible movie ‘stupid and nonsensical’ would be an insult to stupid and nonsensical movies.”
* Creator/ChristopherHitchens [[http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2004/06/unfairenheit_911.single.html referred]] to Creator/MichaelMoore’s anti-[[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush Bush]] documentary ''Fahrenheit 9/11'' as such:
-->To describe this film as dishonest and demagogic would almost be to promote those terms to the level of respectability. To describe this film as a piece of crap would be to run the risk of a discourse that would never again rise above the excremental. To describe it as an exercise in facile crowd-pleasing would be too obvious. ''Fahrenheit 9/11'' is a sinister exercise in moral frivolity, crudely disguised as an exercise in seriousness. It is also a spectacle of abject political cowardice masking itself as a demonstration of “dissenting” bravery.
* The Moiderah of Ponies has this to say about ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureau'': “Burning is not advised, as [[KillItWithFire burning it]] is a grave heresy to fire. Consider sending it to your enemies instead.”
* After a scandal over the number of synthetic additives contained in Miller Lite beer, the well-known beer critic Roger Protz stated “I have, in the past, compared Miller Lite to [[ATankardOfMooseUrine a certain equine by-product]], but now I see that that is an insult to a noble animal”.
* A [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation NBA]] [[http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1552893-nba-power-rankings-how-each-team-ranks-entering-final-stretch/page/2 analysis]] states that “To call the 2012–13 season a forgettable one for the [Bob]’Cats is an insult to long-lost memories everywhere.”
* Reviewer James Berardinelli on ''[[http://www.reelviews.net/movies/z/zombie.html Zombie! Vs. Mardi Gras]]'' (considered the worst movie he’s ever seen): “The film seems to have been [[XMeetsY inspired in equal parts by]] Creator/GeorgeRomero’s ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead'' and Creator/EdWood’s ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace''. The result is an embarrassment to both films. [[LampshadeHanging (When was the last time anything was described as]] [[DamnedByFaintPraise an embarrassment to Plan Nine??)]]”

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-->'''Luke:''' Don't go comparing me to some pathetic bandits!\\
'''Tear:''' Yes, you might upset the bandits.
** In the manga of ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny'', Leon says to Stahn's ineptitude, "I'd compare you to that chicken there, but it wouldn't be fair to the chicken."
* ''VideoGame/EternalSonata'' - "Really though, comparing sea water stirred up by the beauty of the moon to the ugly waves created by the effects of human desire is rather an insult to the ocean."
* The vice president of the school in [[VisualNovel/SnowSakura Snow Sakura]] was compared to a snake by the main character. His uncle then tells him that he shouldn't insult snakes like that.
* ''TabletopGame/BloodBowl'''s VideoGame edition has an example of this when the Pro Elves play a game and the AnnouncerChatter turns to them:
-->'''Jim:''' Hair products? Check. Scantily clad players? Check. If I didn't know better I could have mistaken these for an [[AmazonBrigade Amazon team]], Bob.\\
'''Bob:''' Don't be silly, Jim, I don't think I know anyone that fears an elf.\\
'''Jim:''' That's true, Bob.
* Before the first Sonic/Shadow boss fight ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', Sonic calls Shadow a faker, only for Shadow to retort that Sonic is the fake hedgehog and that he isn't good enough to be his fake. Sonic then tells him that [[ShutUpHannibal he'll make him eat his words.]]

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-->'''Luke''': Don’t go comparing me to some pathetic bandits!\\
'''Tear''': Yes, you might upset the bandits.
** In the manga of ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny'', Leon says to Stahn’s ineptitude, “I’d compare you to that chicken there, but it wouldn’t be fair to the chicken.”
* ''VideoGame/EternalSonata'' — “Really, though, comparing seawater stirred up by the beauty of the moon to the ugly waves created by the effects of human desire is rather an insult to the ocean.”
* The vice president of the school in ''VisualNovel/SnowSakura'' was compared to a snake by the main character. His uncle then tells him that he shouldn’t insult snakes like that.
* ''TabletopGame/BloodBowl''’s VideoGame edition has an example of this when the Pro Elves play a game and the AnnouncerChatter turns to them:
-->'''Jim''': Hair products? Check. Scantily clad players? Check. If I didn’t know better I could have mistaken these for an [[AmazonBrigade Amazon team]], Bob.\\
'''Bob''': Don’t be silly, Jim, I don’t think I know anyone that fears an elf.\\
'''Jim''': That’s true, Bob.
* Before the first Sonic/Shadow boss fight ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', Sonic calls Shadow a faker, only for Shadow to retort that Sonic is the fake hedgehog and that he isn’t good enough to be his fake. Sonic then tells him that [[ShutUpHannibal he’ll make him eat his words]].

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** In a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0285.html strip]], V compares Belkar's mental abilities to a table. V [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0286.html later apologizes to the tables of the world]] for comparing Belkar to them.
** When Belkar comments on seeing that O-Chul survived Azure City that "those paladins are like roaches", one of the [[GreekChorus Demon-roaches]] takes offence.
* In ''Webcomic/BetweenFailures'', Mike finds himself confronting Reggie over setting the microwave on fire. When he mentions the number of accident reports in Reggie's file (long story short, Reggie's reliance on his executive aunt's interference makes the official quantity "long past too many"), Reggie interrupts to point out that they were all accidents, just like the term says. Mike states in no uncertain terms that "accident" is no longer sufficient to describe the things Reggie accomplishes, and that it's entirely possible that there is no word for what Reggie does, but either way, it's not fair to accidents to lump them in with Reggie.
* Done implicitly in ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/?db=comics&id=35#comic]] "Do you have to put [art degrees and particularly low quality toilet paper] next to each other?"
* In ''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie'', Millie comments that the school's pit orchestra isn't good enough to deserve the word "pit".
* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' once mentioned that "[[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2005-12-17 Most politicians are uncomfortable being compared to tumors. The tumors, however, are getting the short end of the stick]]".

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** In a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0285.html strip]], V compares Belkar’s mental abilities to a table. V [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0286.html later apologizes to the tables of the world]] for comparing Belkar to them.
** When Belkar comments on seeing that O-Chul survived Azure City that “those paladins are like roaches”, one of the [[GreekChorus Demon-roaches]] takes offence.
* In ''Webcomic/BetweenFailures'', Mike finds himself confronting Reggie over setting the microwave on fire. When he mentions the number of accident reports in Reggie’s file (long story short, Reggie's reliance on his executive aunt’s interference makes the official quantity “long past too many”), Reggie interrupts to point out that they were all accidents, just like the term says. Mike states in no uncertain terms that ‘accident’ is no longer sufficient to describe the things Reggie accomplishes, and that it’s entirely possible that there is no word for what Reggie does, but either way, it’s not fair to accidents to lump them in with Reggie.
* Done implicitly in ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/?db=comics&id=35#comic “Do you have to put [art degrees and particularly low quality toilet paper] next to each other?”]]
* In ''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie'', Millie comments that the school’s pit orchestra isn’t good enough to deserve the word ‘pit’.
* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' once said, [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2005-12-17 “Most politicians are uncomfortable being compared to tumors. The tumors, however, are getting the short end of the stick.”]]

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** After confirming that the name "Uwe Boldt" in the credits of ''Film/ViolentShit'' has no connection to Creator/UweBoll:
--->'''Snob''': Oh good, because for a minute there I thought... you know what? This movie is so fucking awful that comparing it to Creator/UweBoll '''is an insult to UWE BOLL!'''
** And in reviewing the fundamentalist propaganda film ''Film/RockItsYourDecision'' on ''WebVideo/DVDRHell'', [[Creator/BradJones Brad]] says that calling the Captain and Tennille "sin" is a sin against the word "sin".
* [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] did a crossover review with the Last Angry Geek of ''Comicbook/SpiderMan: OneMomentInTime.'' Said comic was supposed to be an explanation of the whole mess that ''Comicbook/OneMoreDay'' ended up creating, but only ended up making it worse. Linkara once again [[PunctuatedForEmphasis loudly declares]] that JoeQuesada is a hack, and that calling him one was actually [[InvertedTrope doing a favor to the other hacks out there]] by making them look better.

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** After confirming that the name “Uwe Boldt” in the credits of ''Film/ViolentShit'' has no connection to Uwe Boll:
--->'''Snob''': Oh good, because for a minute there I thought … you know what? This movie is so fucking awful that comparing it to Uwe Boll '''is an insult to UWE BOLL'''!
** And in reviewing the fundamentalist propaganda film ''Film/RockItsYourDecision'' on ''WebVideo/DVDRHell'', Creator/{{Brad|Jones}} says that calling the Captain and Tennille ‘sin’ is a sin against the word ‘sin’.
* [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] did a crossover review with the Last Angry Geek of ''Comicbook/SpiderMan: OneMomentInTime''. Said comic was supposed to be an explanation of the whole mess that ''Comicbook/OneMoreDay'' ended up creating, but only ended up making it worse. Linkara once again [[PunctuatedForEmphasis loudly declares]] that Creator/JoeQuesada is a hack, and that calling him one was actually [[InvertedTrope doing a favor to the other hacks out there]] by making them look better.

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** In the SNICK review, the Critic compares the musical numbers of ''Series/{{Roundhouse}}'' to bad Christian rock. After playing a sample of one of the numbers, though, he admits that Christian rock doesn't sound ''that'' bad.
* WebVideo/TVTrash: During the review of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS7E11NotAllDogsGoToHeaven Not All Dogs Go To Heaven]]", Chris states that the decision by the creators of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' to compare the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' writers to manatees is an insult to the manatees.
* Tom Foolery, a {{Joker}} {{Expy}} from the ''GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'' once took offense to one of the heroes calling the super-powered serial killer Abattoir "a psychotic clown" because doing so was an insult to him (Tom Foolery) and his fellow psychotic clowns.
* WebVideo/TheMusicVideoShow has one against [[Music/NoDoubt Gwen Stefani's]] Hollaback Girl and its video.
--> "Saying that this song and video is an insult to songs and videos is an insult to insult to insult to songs and videos."
* Stefan Molyneux's youtube video "Social Security is not a Ponzi Scheme" says this about the American "Social Security" system and Ponzi Schemes. Since Ponzi Schemes don't force you to join it's arguably justified.
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-insane-conspiracy-theories-that-need-their-own-movie_p2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CrackedRSS+%28Cracked%3A+All+Posts%29 This]] Website/{{Cracked}} article, in discussing a conspiracy theory that Stephen King killed John Lennon, says:
--> Yes, according to a particularly inspired conspiracy enthusiast (who I'm specifically not calling a loon, for loons are a fine folk and I have no wish to offend them)

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** In the SNICK review, the Critic compares the musical numbers of ''Series/{{Roundhouse}}'' to bad Christian rock. After playing a sample of one of the numbers, though, he admits that Christian rock doesn’t sound ''that'' bad.
* WebVideo/TVTrash: During the review of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode “[[Recap/FamilyGuyS7E11NotAllDogsGoToHeaven Not All Dogs Go to Heaven]]”, Chris asserts that the decision by the creators of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' to compare the ''Family Guy'' writers to manatees is an insult to the manatees.
* Tom Foolery, a {{Joker}} {{Expy}} from the ''GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'' once took offense to one of the heroes calling the super-powered serial killer Abattoir “a psychotic clown” because doing so was an insult to him (Tom Foolery) and his fellow psychotic clowns.
* WebVideo/TheMusicVideoShow has one against [[Music/NoDoubt Gwen Stefani’s]] “Hollaback Girl” and its video.
-->“Saying that this song and video is an insult to songs and videos is an insult to insult to insult to songs and videos.”
* Stefan Molyneux’s Website/YouTube video “Social Security Is Not a {{Ponzi}} Scheme” says this about the American “Social Security” system and Ponzi Schemes. Since Ponzi Schemes don’t force you to join it’s arguably justified.
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-insane-conspiracy-theories-that-need-their-own-movie_p2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CrackedRSS+%28Cracked%3A+All+Posts%29 This]] Website/{{Cracked}} article, in discussing a conspiracy theory that Creator/StephenKing killed Music/JohnLennon, says:
-->…Yes, according to a particularly inspired conspiracy enthusiast (who I’m specifically not calling a loon, for loons are a fine folk and I have no wish to offend them)…

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[[folder: Western Animation]]
* In a micro-commercial for ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain,'' the Brain said Pinky had the approximate IQ of an empty soap dish. "I take it back. I don't want to insult the soap dish."
* ''WesternAnimation/TrippingTheRift'' -- When Angel calls the alien T'Nuk a cow for knocking her out of her chair:
-->'''Chode:''' She's not a cow.\\
'''T'Nuk:''' Thank you, Chode.\\
'''Chode:''' Cows have a quiet dignity and serve a purpose.\\
'''T'Nuk:''' Jackass!\\
'''Chode:''' Let's not drag {{your mo|m}}ther into this.
:: And let's not get into the implication that T'Nuk's ''mother'' was somehow a ''male'' donkey.
* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'': Dirt tastes better than Mr. Test's cooking. Johnny checked.
* In one ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' episode Sonic mentions that he'd like to call Robotnik a slime bucket, "but that would be an insult to decent slime buckets everywhere!"
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' -- Spider-Man to Hobgoblin:
-->'''Spider-Man:''' Personally, I'd never call ''you'' a fool. That'd be an insult to fools everywhere.
* WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead, discussing Scatman John's "Scatman" music video.
-->'''Beavis:''' They should have a "Crap" section in the records store.\\
'''Butthead:''' Uhhh, yeah. It should be out in the dumpster.\\
'''Beavis:''' No way, Butthead. There's cool stuff in the dumpster. You wouldn't want to mess it up with this crap.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' 
** In the episode "Homer's Enemy", Frank Grimes observes Homer's eating habits. 
--->'''Grimes:''' God, he eats like a pig.\\
'''Lenny:''' I dunno. Pigs tend to chew. I'd say he eats more like a duck.\\
'''Grimes:''' Well, some kind of farm animal anyway. 
** In "Beyond Blunderdome", a studio executive declares that an [[ActionizedSequel Actionized Remake]] of ''Film/MrSmithGoesToWashington'' (that ends with Smith killing everyone in Congress and decapitating the President) made by Creator/MelGibson and Homer was worse than ''[[Film/TheGodfather Godfather III]]''. Mel and Homer gasp in horror, and the studio executive quickly apologizes.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama World Tour,'' [[SassyBlackWoman Leshawna]] opens a can of peanuts only for a little [[DepravedKidsShowHost Chris]] head to pop out.
-->'''Leshawna:''' A Chris-in-the-box? That's an insult to boxes.

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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* In a micro-commercial for ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain,'' the Brain said Pinky had the approximate IQ of an empty soap dish. “I take it back. I don’t want to insult the soap dish.”
* ''WesternAnimation/TrippingTheRift'': When Angel calls the alien T’Nuk a cow for knocking her out of her chair:
-->'''Chode''': She’s not a cow.\\
'''T'Nuk''': Thank you, Chode.\\
'''Chode''': Cows have a quiet dignity and serve a purpose.\\
'''T'Nuk''': Jackass!\\
'''Chode''': Let's not drag {{your mo|m}}ther into this.
:: And let's not get into the implication that T'Nuk’s ''mother'' was somehow a ''male'' donkey.
* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'': Dirt tastes better than Mr. Test’s cooking. Johnny checked.
* In one ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' episode Sonic mentions that he’d like to call Robotnik a slime bucket, “but that would be an insult to decent slime buckets everywhere!”
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' — Spider-Man to Hobgoblin:
-->'''Spider-Man''': Personally, I’d never call ''you'' a fool. That’d be an insult to fools everywhere.
* WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead, discussing Scatman John’s “Scatman” music video.
-->'''Beavis''': They should have a ‘Crap’ section in the record store.\\
'''Butthead''': Uhhh, yeah. It should be out in the Dumpster.\\
'''Beavis''': No way, Butthead. There’s cool stuff in the Dumpster. You wouldn’t want to mess it up with this crap.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In “Homer’s Enemy”, Frank Grimes observes Homer’s eating habits. 
--->'''Grimes''': God, he eats like a pig.\\
'''Lenny''': I dunno. Pigs tend to chew. I’d say he eats more like a duck.\\
'''Grimes''': Well, some kind of farm animal anyway. 
** In “Beyond Blunderdome”, a studio executive declares that an [[ActionizedSequel Actionized Remake]] of ''Film/MrSmithGoesToWashington'' (that ends with Smith killing everyone in Congress and decapitating the President) made by Creator/MelGibson and Homer was worse than ''[[Film/TheGodfather Godfather III]]''. Mel and Homer gasp in horror, and the studio executive quickly apologizes.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama World Tour'', [[SassyBlackWoman Leshawna]] opens a can of peanuts only for a little [[DepravedKidsShowHost Chris]] head to pop out.
-->'''Leshawna''': A Chris-in-the-box? That’s an insult to boxes.

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* "I'd say you were a carnival barker -- except that wouldn't be fair to carnival barkers! A carny will at least tell you up front that he's running a shell game!" Sen. Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL) to Kenneth Lay, Feb. 12, 2002
* Creator/DavidLetterman on the OJ Simpson trial: "To call this trial a circus is an insult to the fine people at Ringling Brothers!"
* "I'd call her a [[CountryMatters cunt]], but she lacks the depth and the charm." -- William Styron. Nobody seems to know whom he was referring to.
* A common form of rebuke from an instructing NCO to a recruit in the British Army was "I'd call you a cunt, but unlike you, cunts are useful. And decorative."
* In one of [[Series/RealTimeWithBillMaher Bill Maher]]'s 2010 monologues, he [[GodwinsLaw compares the anti-immigration reforms of Arizona to Nazi Germany]]. He then takes it back because "the Germans knew how to dress themselves."
* There is a Website/{{Facebook}} group [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Calling-Edward-Cullen-gay-is-an-insult-to-gay-people/110010069040564 that claims]] that calling [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Edward Cullen]] gay is an insult to gay people. One would argue this is a JustifiedTrope: most gay people don't break into someone's house to watch them sleep.

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* “I’d say you were a carnival barker — except that wouldn’t be fair to carnival barkers! A carny will at least tell you up front that he’s running a shell game!” U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald (R-Illinois) to Kenneth Lay, Feb. 12, 2002
* Creator/DavidLetterman on the O.J. Simpson trial: “To call this trial a circus is an insult to the fine people at Ringling Brothers!”
* “I’d call her a [[CountryMatters cunt]], but she lacks the depth and the charm.” — William Styron. Nobody seems to know to whom he referred.
* A common form of rebuke from an instructing NCO to a recruit in the British Army was “I’d call you a cunt, but unlike you, cunts are useful. And decorative.”
* In one of [[Series/RealTimeWithBillMaher Bill Maher]]’s 2010 monologues, he [[GodwinsLaw compares the anti-immigration reforms of Arizona to Nazi Germany]]. He then takes it back because “the Germans knew how to dress themselves.”
* There is a Website/{{Facebook}} group [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Calling-Edward-Cullen-gay-is-an-insult-to-gay-people/110010069040564 that claims]] that calling [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Edward Cullen]] gay is an insult to gay people. One would argue this is a JustifiedTrope: most gay people don’t break into someone’s house to watch them sleep.

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* Classic [[EvilLawyerJoke lawyer joke]]: A man loses a lot of money in a trial and goes to a bar to [[DrowningMySorrows drown his sorrows]]. As he gets more and more drunk, he finally slams his mug down on the bar and shouts, "Godammit! Lawyers are nothing but a load of scumbags!" The man sitting next to him turns and says, "Mister, I take offense to that." "Why, you a lawyer?" "No, sir. I am a scumbag."
* "I would call them scumbags, but that would be an insult to bags of scum." --Creator/DennisMiller, in reference to [[CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys the French]].
* Another classic joke: A man walks into a bar and starts complaining about the president, finally saying "The president is a horse's ass!" Another man says "Hey, don't talk like that in here." The man says "You can't tell me you actually like that horse's ass!" "No, but this is horse country."
* Another generic one is calling someone "retarded," then taking it back because "that insults the intelligence of the mentally retarded." Jon Stewart [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfwNlJZ-_l4 did this as part of a bit describing the government's response to Hurricane Katrina at the 2006 Emmys]].
* Rare case of it actually occurring: Binghamton athletic director Joel Thirer compared the basketball team to a zoo. [[http://beyondthearc.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/29/4341018-the-program-isnt-a-zoo-says-binghamton-zoo The Binghamton Zoo got offended.]] ("Not one of our tigers has been arrested with cocaine. No otter knocks over old ladies to shoplift condoms.").
* Quoth Creator/DanSavage: "[[http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=30928 Your boyfriend is an asshole. Wait, maybe I'm not being fair... to assholes, which are as delightful as they are functional. Your boyfriend is a piece of shit, a loose stool, a santorum slick.]]"

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* Classic EvilLawyerJoke: A man loses a lot of money in a trial and goes to a bar to [[DrowningMySorrows drown his sorrows]]. As he gets more and more drunk, he finally slams his mug down on the bar and shouts, ‘Goddammit! Lawyers are nothing but a load of scumbags!’ The man sitting next to him turns and says, ‘Mister, I take offense to that.’ ‘Why, you a lawyer?’ ‘No, sir. I am a scumbag.’
* “I would call them scumbags, but that would be an insult to bags of scum.” — Creator/DennisMiller, in reference to [[CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys the French]].
* Another classic joke: A man walks into a bar and starts complaining about the president, finally saying ‘The president is a horse’s ass!’ Another man says ‘Hey, don’t talk like that in here.’ The first man says ‘You can’t tell me you actually like that horse’s ass!’ ‘No, but this is horse country.’
* Another generic one is calling someone ‘retarded,’ then taking it back because ‘that insults the intelligence of the mentally retarded.’ Jon Stewart [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfwNlJZ-_l4 did this as part of a bit describing the U.S. government’s response to Hurricane Katrina at the 2006 Emmys]].
* Rare case of it actually occurring: Binghamton (New York) High School athletic director Joel Thirer compared the basketball team to a zoo. [[http://beyondthearc.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/29/4341018-the-program-isnt-a-zoo-says-binghamton-zoo The Binghamton Zoo got offended.]] (“Not one of our tigers has been arrested with cocaine. No otter knocks over old ladies to shoplift condoms.”)
* Quoth Creator/DanSavage: [[http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=30928 “Your boyfriend is an asshole. Wait, maybe I’m not being fair… to assholes, which are as delightful as they are functional. Your boyfriend is a piece of shit, a loose stool, a santorum slick.”]]

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* In addressing a Republican convention, RonaldReagan said, "To say Congress is spending like [[TheDrunkenSailor drunken sailors]] is an insult to drunken sailors..." The cheers and applause kept him from delivering his punchline, "...who at least are spending ''their own'' money."
* When Mohamed Morsi, the Egyptian president elected in 2012 seized dictatorial powers, he was declared [[http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/11/24/egypts-new-pharaoh-much-like-the-old-one-but-on-an-islamic-mission/ "Egypt's new pharaoh."]] However, at least one commentator stated that this was an insult to pharaohs, as ancient Egyptians were very advanced.
* After UsefulNotes/{{Venezuela}}n President Hugo Chavez compared UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush to the Devil. Rafael Correa, President of UsefulNotes/{{Ecuador}} and a friend of Chavez's, said that Chavez was being unfair to the Devil.
* Along similar lines, during the 2013 White House Correspondents Dinner, UsefulNotes/BarackObama noted that The History Channel was not present, jokingly because of the kerfluffle over their series on Literature/TheBible where some thought the portrayal of Satan looked like him. He then riffs on Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}}:
-->'''Obama:''' Of course, that never kept Fox News from showing up. They actually thought the comparison was not fair -- to Satan.
* After Matt Taibbi called Goldman Sachs "a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity", he received responses from a number of zoologists saying he was slandering the squid.
* After the Italian election of 2013, German politician Peer Steinbrück [[OpenMouthInsertFoot made a comment]] about being shocked that "the two Italian clowns" won, referring to Berlusconi and Beppe Grillo. Afterwards, the clown and boss of circus Roncalli Bernhard Paul protested against the comparison, stating that clowning is a honorable, difficult, and sensible job.
* Music/MarilynManson once mentioned, when OneHitWonder Music/NewRadicals released their hit "You Get What You Give," which contained this closing rap:

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* In addressing a Republican convention, UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan said, “To say Congress is spending like [[TheDrunkenSailor drunken sailors]] is an insult to drunken sailors…” The cheers and applause kept him from delivering his punchline, “…who at least are spending ''their own'' money.”
* When Mohamed Morsi, the Egyptian president elected in 2012, seized dictatorial powers, he was declared [[http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/11/24/egypts-new-pharaoh-much-like-the-old-one-but-on-an-islamic-mission/ “Egypt’s new pharaoh.”]] However, at least one commentator stated that this was an insult to pharaohs, as ancient Egyptians were very advanced.
* After UsefulNotes/{{Venezuela}}n President Hugo Chavez compared UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush to the Devil, Rafael Correa, President of UsefulNotes/{{Ecuador}} and a friend of Chavez’s, said that Chavez was being unfair to the Devil.
* Along similar lines, during the 2013 White House Correspondents Dinner, UsefulNotes/BarackObama noted that the Creator/HistoryChannel was not present, jokingly because of the kerfluffle over their series on Literature/TheBible where some thought the portrayal of Satan looked like him. He then riffs on Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}}:
-->'''Obama''': Of course, that never kept Fox News from showing up. They actually thought the comparison was not fair — to Satan.
* After Matt Taibbi called Goldman Sachs “a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity”, he received responses from a number of zoologists saying he was slandering the squid.
* After the Italian election of 2013, German politician Peer Steinbrück [[OpenMouthInsertFoot made a comment]] about being shocked that “the two Italian clowns” won, referring to Silvio Berlusconi and Beppe Grillo. Afterwards, the clown and boss of circus Roncalli Bernhard Paul protested against the comparison, stating that clowning is an honorable, difficult, and sensible job.
* Music/MarilynManson once mentioned, when OneHitWonder Music/NewRadicals released their hit “You Get What You Give,” which contained this closing rap:

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