# Ask the conservative asshole **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 25, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-conservative-asshole/797299 "2017-09-25T19:00:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-conservative-asshole/797299/1 "2017-09-25T19:00:36Z")
Given a few recent threads…well…apparently I am an asshole… Ask me a question. And I’ll answer. But given that ANY given topic could turn in a shit storm of debate…well, I don’t have time for that… But ask a reasonably specific question and I’ll give a decent answer from my POV. Again, I ain’t debating this shit. But if you are curious. Ask. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-conservative-asshole/797299/2 "2017-09-25T19:06:16Z")
Do you have to work at being an asshole? Or does it just some naturally? (I never actually considered you an asshole (at least not yet), but this is just a standard question I ask) ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-conservative-asshole/797299/3 "2017-09-25T19:09:57Z")
Heh…funny…“standard question”…now I am envisioning a REAL job interview… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-conservative-asshole/797299/4 "2017-09-25T19:10:08Z")
Why do Conservatives object to a “Medicare for all” insurance plan? ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-conservative-asshole/797299/5 "2017-09-25T19:13:20Z")
Why is someone expressing their 1st Amendment rights an “asshole” but a person expressing their 2nd Amendment rights is a “God-Fearing American”? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-conservative-asshole/797299/6 "2017-09-25T19:13:27Z")
Why THEY do?..well ask them… But for me? I get the impression that medicare cost a shitload…I had an elderly relative that had it NOT been for medicare…well, those cost would have bankrupted the entire damn family… ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-conservative-asshole/797299/7 "2017-09-25T19:14:45Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Why is someone expressing their 1st Amendment rights an “asshole” but a person expressing their 2nd Amendment rights is a “God-Fearing American”? Time and place IMO. Don’t have any opinion on the “god fearing” part. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-conservative-asshole/797299/8 "2017-09-25T19:15:50Z")
Are we allowed to ask specific follow-ups? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-conservative-asshole/797299/9 "2017-09-25T19:19:06Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Are we allowed to ask specific follow-ups? No! Joking a bit there. But again, do YOU have time to debate online every damn POV you have about something? Keep it simple and ask…and I’’ do my best to answer withing reason. PS. I’m going on vacation in a week…AND my computer has a mind of it’s own…so don’t get too upset if I just vanish for awhile. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-conservative-asshole/797299/10 "2017-09-25T19:21:53Z")
Do you like Trump’s wall? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-conservative-asshole/797299/11 "2017-09-25T19:22:59Z")
I like the idea of a secure border. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-conservative-asshole/797299/12 "2017-09-25T19:26:51Z")
Do you think Trumps wall will provide a secure border? ---
**Author:** ![Tee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Tee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tee)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-conservative-asshole/797299/13 "2017-09-25T19:27:08Z")
Goddamn you **billfish** , I’m not asking you anything because you’re probably not wearing pants. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-conservative-asshole/797299/14 "2017-09-25T19:27:09Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > No! > > Joking a bit there. But again, do YOU have time to debate online every damn POV you have about something? > > Keep it simple and ask…and I’’ do my best to answer withing reason. > > PS. I’m going on vacation in a week…AND my computer has a mind of it’s own…so don’t get too upset if I just vanish for awhile. I do have time to debate every damn POV I have about something 🙂 Why do people constantly want to implement a new complicated Cybersecurity Framework, when they can’t implement a simple vulnerability management program? (easy one for you!) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-conservative-asshole/797299/15 "2017-09-25T19:28:27Z")
> [@Tee](#): > > Goddamn you **billfish** , I’m not asking you anything because you’re probably not wearing pants. Thats funny. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-conservative-asshole/797299/16 "2017-09-25T19:29:37Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > I do have time to debate every damn POV I have about something 🙂 > > Why do people constantly want to implement a new complicated Cybersecurity Framework, when they can’t implement a simple vulnerability management program? (easy one for you!) 🙂 Because that would interfere with the TPS reports. Damn people, get this shit straight. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-conservative-asshole/797299/17 "2017-09-25T19:31:29Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Because that would interfere with the TPS reports. > > Damn people, get this shit straight. :smack::smack::smack::smack: I take back some of the stuff other people may have said about you or others. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-conservative-asshole/797299/18 "2017-09-25T19:31:46Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Do you think Trumps wall will provide a secure border? Apparently “migration” is down something like 70 percent this year…so yeah the Big Cheeto is a mexican repellent all on his own. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-conservative-asshole/797299/19 "2017-09-25T19:32:11Z")
Sincere question: What do you read on a regular basis? I’m left of center but I read National Review on a regular basis. I also subscribe to Barron’s and read the Wall Street Journal. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-conservative-asshole/797299/20 "2017-09-25T19:32:23Z")
What makes a border between countries secure? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-conservative-asshole/797299.md?page=2)