# Attention: Any EARNEST use in political discussion of the following terms brands the user an idiot **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 20, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-any-earnest-use-in-political-discussion-of-the-following-terms-brands-the-user-an-idiot/568381 "2011-01-20T21:34:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-any-earnest-use-in-political-discussion-of-the-following-terms-brands-the-user-an-idiot/568381/161 "2011-01-27T15:54:39Z")
Flat Tax End the Fed ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-any-earnest-use-in-political-discussion-of-the-following-terms-brands-the-user-an-idiot/568381/162 "2011-02-01T13:50:01Z")
I’m glad to see “cowardly lowlife scumbag torture supporters” is still fair game. Too bad it needs to be. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-any-earnest-use-in-political-discussion-of-the-following-terms-brands-the-user-an-idiot/568381/163 "2011-02-01T19:13:54Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Aboslutely - while I’m not a fan of Arab anti-semitism, it bothers me a lot less than its European counterpart. The Arabs at least have a legitimate dispute with us; European anti-semitism, OTOH, makes no logical sense, and is thus much scarier. Besides, Europeans are much better at killing Jews than Arabs. Which is another thing that has always bothered me, for a part of the world that has been in almost constant conflict since the Great Flood they’re not as good at killing people as you would expect. ---
**Author:** ![NCDane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecccb3/32.png) [@NCDane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NCDane)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-any-earnest-use-in-political-discussion-of-the-following-terms-brands-the-user-an-idiot/568381/164 "2011-02-01T19:40:56Z")
Only an idiot could fail to realize that: 1. “Obamanomics” is no worse than other widely-used identical word-play such as “Reaganomics”. 2. “Islamofascist” and “Teahadist” are parallel terms, on an exact par with each other. If one is idiotic then the other must also be. 3. “kewl” is a juvenile Junior HS substandard nitwit usage. Several other epithets on the list are innocuous, and I am confident I could find many more idiocies if I continued reading, but I am already bored with this thread. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-any-earnest-use-in-political-discussion-of-the-following-terms-brands-the-user-an-idiot/568381/165 "2011-02-01T19:56:02Z")
> [@NCDane](#): > > 1. “Islamofascist” and “Teahadist” are parallel terms, > on an exact par with each other. If one is idiotic then > the other must also be. Bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-any-earnest-use-in-political-discussion-of-the-following-terms-brands-the-user-an-idiot/568381/166 "2011-02-02T04:40:48Z")
Am I the only one who saw the thread title and thought, “Hey, Vern!” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-any-earnest-use-in-political-discussion-of-the-following-terms-brands-the-user-an-idiot/568381/167 "2011-02-02T05:45:24Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Bullshit. No, I think we should keep that one. ---
**Author:** ![phantom\_lamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@phantom\_lamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phantom_lamb)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-any-earnest-use-in-political-discussion-of-the-following-terms-brands-the-user-an-idiot/568381/168 "2011-02-03T13:43:48Z")
Maybe this is regional (I’m from Eastern Europe) but the second I hear the phrase “gay lobby” or “Jewish lobby” makes me try not to hear the rest of what that person has to say. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-any-earnest-use-in-political-discussion-of-the-following-terms-brands-the-user-an-idiot/568381/169 "2011-02-03T14:47:22Z")
> [@NCDane](#): > > 1. “kewl” is a juvenile Junior HS substandard nitwit usage. Oh, and, you are an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-any-earnest-use-in-political-discussion-of-the-following-terms-brands-the-user-an-idiot/568381/170 "2011-06-01T15:00:39Z")
Based on [David Mamet’s recent L-to-R conversion](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=610496) and accompanying rhetoric, it would appear now is the time to add “road to serfdom” to the list of idiot phrases. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-any-earnest-use-in-political-discussion-of-the-following-terms-brands-the-user-an-idiot/568381/171 "2011-06-01T15:02:03Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Based on [David Mamet’s recent L-to-R conversion](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=610496) and accompanying rhetoric, it would appear now is the time to add “road to serfdom” to the list of idiot phrases. As well as referring to metal. ---
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-any-earnest-use-in-political-discussion-of-the-following-terms-brands-the-user-an-idiot/568381/172 "2011-06-01T15:19:56Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Of course not, it’s a term of opprobrium when used by non-Southerners (self-branded idiot non-Southerners) to refer to the modern South. It’s not like Southerners plaster their vehicles with symbols of the Confederacy or anything. ---
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-any-earnest-use-in-political-discussion-of-the-following-terms-brands-the-user-an-idiot/568381/173 "2011-06-01T15:24:09Z")
> [@NCDane](#): > > Only an idiot could fail to realize that: > > 1. “Obamanomics” is no worse than other widely-used > identical word-play such as “Reaganomics”. Except that conservatives used that term to describe a fundamentally different view of economics, Obama’s supporters don’t use Obamanomics, and Obama really doesn’t have a non-traditional view of economics that is worthy of a special term. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-any-earnest-use-in-political-discussion-of-the-following-terms-brands-the-user-an-idiot/568381/174 "2011-07-26T05:55:42Z")
[And now](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Breiwik) it appears we must add [“Cultural Marxism”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=617657) to the list. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-any-earnest-use-in-political-discussion-of-the-following-terms-brands-the-user-an-idiot/568381/175 "2011-07-26T08:47:20Z")
I’m going to add “job creator” (used to mean “rich”) or “job-killing” (used to mean any bill proposed by a Democrat). If you can’t show a direct link to jobs, shut the hell up. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-any-earnest-use-in-political-discussion-of-the-following-terms-brands-the-user-an-idiot/568381/176 "2011-07-26T08:57:02Z")
I’m gonna throw in ‘irregardless’ as I think using it makes someone an idiot irregardless of the context. Except when ironing. ---
**Author:** ![David42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@David42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David42)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-any-earnest-use-in-political-discussion-of-the-following-terms-brands-the-user-an-idiot/568381/177 "2011-07-26T14:10:05Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > There are many who are pro-choice who are anti-abortion. So just go with pro-life and pro-choice, since those are what each group uses for themselves. Agreed. Any rebranding of a group with a name other than what they call themselves (unless drastically false, like neo-nazis calling themselves “Americans for Jews and Blacks”) is simply idiotic and indicative of bias. ---
**Author:** ![David42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@David42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David42)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-any-earnest-use-in-political-discussion-of-the-following-terms-brands-the-user-an-idiot/568381/178 "2011-07-26T14:16:26Z")
> [@NCDane](#): > > Only an idiot could fail to realize that: > > 1. “Obamanomics” is no worse than other widely-used > identical word-play such as “Reaganomics”. > > 2. “Islamofascist” and “Teahadist” are parallel terms, > on an exact par with each other. If one is idiotic then > the other must also be. > > 3. “kewl” is a juvenile Junior HS substandard nitwit usage. > > Several other epithets on the list are innocuous, and I am > confident I could find many more idiocies if I continued > reading, but I am already bored with this thread. I agree with all of these. The fact that the list of idiotic words to abandon is long on terms making the left look bad and short on terms making the right look bad–in other words, let’s keep most of the idiotic terms used to disparage the right and get rid of most of the idiotic terms that disparage the left. Brain Glutton: perhaps you fail to realize that the people who use the terms you complain of all think their terms are “KEWL.” ---
**Author:** ![David42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@David42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David42)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-any-earnest-use-in-political-discussion-of-the-following-terms-brands-the-user-an-idiot/568381/179 "2011-07-26T14:24:06Z")
> [@sh1bu1](#): > > Except that conservatives used that term to describe a fundamentally different view of economics, Obama’s supporters don’t use Obamanomics, and Obama really doesn’t have a non-traditional view of economics that is worthy of a special term. You have got to be kidding? Why don’t you compare Clinton’s economics with Obama’s. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-any-earnest-use-in-political-discussion-of-the-following-terms-brands-the-user-an-idiot/568381/180 "2011-07-26T14:27:34Z")
‘Hat’ used in shit like, “He took his military hat off, and put on his diplomacy hat”. Most used during the McCain/Obama election but I ground my teeth every time so bubble-headed bleach-blond opined this vacuous crap. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-any-earnest-use-in-political-discussion-of-the-following-terms-brands-the-user-an-idiot/568381.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-any-earnest-use-in-political-discussion-of-the-following-terms-brands-the-user-an-idiot/568381.md?page=10)