The Glenn Beck Rape & Murder Hoax began in 2009 as a satirical campaign poking fun at Glenn Beck's habit of using 'just asking questions' as a rhetorical tactic. A website was created asking why Beck hadn't denied raping and murdering a girl in 1990, using his own logic against him to demonstrate the absurdity of proving a negative. The meme exploded across forums like Reddit and Fark, highlighting the dangers of conspiratorial framing in media. It eventually culminated in a legal battle that established important precedents regarding parody and public figures on the internet, remaining a classic example of reductio ad absurdum in political commentary.