# Annoy a liberal: put a stupid sticker on your car **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 27, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoy-a-liberal-put-a-stupid-sticker-on-your-car/301416 "2005-04-27T19:19:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoy-a-liberal-put-a-stupid-sticker-on-your-car/301416/1 "2005-04-27T19:19:24Z")
I’m a liberal, or at least a civil libertarian and an economic centrist. But I can see some features of liberalism that inspire humor. I don’t automatically get in a huff when someone skewers one of my beliefs. For instance, on Red Dwarf, Rimmer’s new personality in “Polymorph” was hilarious, I think because it started from a fairly accurate depiction of how liberal advocacy groups think and function, and took it to a silly extreme (or even maybe not so extreme). But I was alternately confounded and bothered by this bumper sticker I saw recently: **Annoy a liberal: Work hard and be happy** Huh? The implication being liberals want people to be lazy and miserable? Or perhaps only miserable if they work hard, and only happy if they are lazy? I could almost understand “Make huge piles of money and be happy,” since rich liberals often seem to have some guilt over it, and it spits in the eye of progressive taxation. But I just don’t get the connection here. I certainly don’t have anything against working hard, and I agree people who do so should be happy. I find the implication of the sticker to be obnoxious without being the least bit clever or insightful, and therefore not funny. I guess the driver is probably happy in any case: he annoyed a liberal, even if it was by an unintended method. ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoy-a-liberal-put-a-stupid-sticker-on-your-car/301416/2 "2005-04-27T19:22:00Z")
Maybe he’s saying that if poor people work hard enough to be happy then liberals will be unhappy because they won’t be arguing for welfare, universal health care, a higher minimum wage, etc.? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoy-a-liberal-put-a-stupid-sticker-on-your-car/301416/3 "2005-04-27T19:29:39Z")
Or maybe he’s just got a slow wit. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoy-a-liberal-put-a-stupid-sticker-on-your-car/301416/4 "2005-04-27T19:30:20Z")
There was a guy in my town that had one that said “Send all liberals to Iraq as human shields”. He got the finger. TSC, gun-toting liberal. ---
**Author:** ![wonderwench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/35a633/32.png) [@wonderwench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderwench)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoy-a-liberal-put-a-stupid-sticker-on-your-car/301416/5 "2005-04-27T19:35:07Z")
Liberalism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, can help himself ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoy-a-liberal-put-a-stupid-sticker-on-your-car/301416/6 "2005-04-27T19:41:22Z")
> [@wonderwench](#): > > Liberalism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, can help himself Conservatism: the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, is enjoying himself. Two can play at this game! Daniel ---
**Author:** ![wonderwench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/35a633/32.png) [@wonderwench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderwench)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoy-a-liberal-put-a-stupid-sticker-on-your-car/301416/7 "2005-04-27T19:43:23Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > Conservatism: the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, is enjoying himself. > > Two can play at this game! > Daniel Isn’t it fun?!?!?!?!? Liberal: a person so open-minded his brains have fallen out ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoy-a-liberal-put-a-stupid-sticker-on-your-car/301416/8 "2005-04-27T19:47:28Z")
> [@wonderwench](#): > > Isn’t it fun?!?!?!?!? > Liberal: a person so open-minded his brains have fallen out Conservatism: Making the government just small enough to fit in your bedroom. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoy-a-liberal-put-a-stupid-sticker-on-your-car/301416/9 "2005-04-27T19:50:39Z")
Friends, friends, let us be fair … Liberalism: The belief that there is no problem so big that it can’t be solved by adding more layers of big government. Convervatism: The belief that there is no problem so big that it can’t be solved by throwing outrageous amounts of money at your favorite big-business contractor(s). ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoy-a-liberal-put-a-stupid-sticker-on-your-car/301416/10 "2005-04-27T19:50:47Z")
> [@AerynSun](#): > > I’m a liberal, or at least a civil libertarian and an economic centrist. But I can see some features of liberalism that inspire humor. I don’t automatically get in a huff when someone skewers one of my beliefs. For instance, on Red Dwarf, Rimmer’s new personality in “Polymorph” was hilarious, I think because it started from a fairly accurate depiction of how liberal advocacy groups think and function, and took it to a silly extreme (or even maybe not so extreme). > > But I was alternately confounded and bothered by this bumper sticker I saw recently: > > **Annoy a liberal: > Work hard and be happy** > > Huh? The implication being liberals want people to be lazy and miserable? Or perhaps only miserable if they work hard, and only happy if they are lazy? I could almost understand “Make huge piles of money and be happy,” since rich liberals often seem to have some guilt over it, and it spits in the eye of progressive taxation. But I just don’t get the connection here. > > I certainly don’t have anything against working hard, and I agree people who do so should be happy. I find the implication of the sticker to be obnoxious without being the least bit clever or insightful, and therefore not funny. > > I guess the driver is probably happy in any case: he annoyed a liberal, even if it was by an unintended method. I’d rather “Be Hard and Work Happy”! :rolleyes: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoy-a-liberal-put-a-stupid-sticker-on-your-car/301416/11 "2005-04-27T20:01:39Z")
> [@continuity eror](#): > > Conservatism: Making the government just small enough to fit in your bedroom. Hee hee hee…this is fun! Liberalism: Solving the world’s problems with other people’s money. ---
**Author:** ![wonderwench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/35a633/32.png) [@wonderwench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderwench)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoy-a-liberal-put-a-stupid-sticker-on-your-car/301416/12 "2005-04-27T20:01:59Z")
Liberalism: a religion with 10 suggestions ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoy-a-liberal-put-a-stupid-sticker-on-your-car/301416/13 "2005-04-27T20:11:27Z")
> [@continuity eror](#): > > Conservatism: Making the government just small enough to fit in your bedroom. I like that one a lot! I have to admit, I have myself thought, “I can’t decide if I’m liberal or conservative. Is it better to be naive or to be selfish?” ---
**Author:** ![wonderwench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/35a633/32.png) [@wonderwench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderwench)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoy-a-liberal-put-a-stupid-sticker-on-your-car/301416/14 "2005-04-27T20:15:05Z")
Liberal: a person too poor to be a capitalist, and too rich to be a communist ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoy-a-liberal-put-a-stupid-sticker-on-your-car/301416/15 "2005-04-27T20:19:40Z")
Conservatism: Not conserving a damn thing for over fifty years ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoy-a-liberal-put-a-stupid-sticker-on-your-car/301416/16 "2005-04-27T20:22:09Z")
Conservative: a person too dumb to be a liberal, and too smart to be a gym sock. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoy-a-liberal-put-a-stupid-sticker-on-your-car/301416/17 "2005-04-27T20:23:13Z")
Or perhaps: Conservative: a person too mean to be a liberal, and too nice to be the ebola virus. ---
**Author:** ![wonderwench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/35a633/32.png) [@wonderwench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderwench)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoy-a-liberal-put-a-stupid-sticker-on-your-car/301416/18 "2005-04-27T20:23:50Z")
Question - What is the difference between a liberal and a puppy? Answer - A puppy stops whining after it grows up. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoy-a-liberal-put-a-stupid-sticker-on-your-car/301416/19 "2005-04-27T20:24:23Z")
My mom passed me this one, and I’ve always liked it: Conservatives think poor people are too lazy to help themselves, liberals think they’re too stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoy-a-liberal-put-a-stupid-sticker-on-your-car/301416/20 "2005-04-27T20:28:41Z")
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