| 1 |
People being ineffective is OK as long as it is a white man. For example, Bush 2. Trump. |
1789 |
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| 2 |
Immigrants will make America “Poorer and dirtier” |
1844 |
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| 3 |
Communism/Socialism (“Red Scares”) |
1919 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Scare |
| 4 |
“Tax and Spend Democrats” |
1932 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_and_spend |
| 5 |
Movie X is inciting violence/sex/drugs |
1934 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hays_Code |
| 6 |
Liberal Media |
1944 |
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/01/the-conservative-war-on-liberal-media-has-a-long-history/283149/ |
| 7 |
War against Universal Healthcare |
1948 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_health_care_reform_in_the_United_States |
| 8 |
Music X is inciting violence/sex/drugs |
1955 |
http://20thcenturyhistorysongbook.com/song-book/the-fifties/criticism-of-the-devils-music-rock-roll/ |
| 9 |
Islamophobia |
1959 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamophobia_in_the_United_States |
| 10 |
Sovereign Citizens |
1971 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_citizen_movement#History |
| 11 |
Jane Fonda |
1972 |
https://www.thelily.com/how-jane-fondas-1972-trip-to-north-vietnam-earned-her-the-nickname-hanoi-jane/# |
| 12 |
Snail Darter Controversy |
1973 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snail_darter_controversy |
| 13 |
Gun fetishism |
1974 |
https://www.hamptonthink.org/read/americas-gun-fetish-is-a-symptom-of-a-deeper-sickness |
| 14 |
Supply-Side Economics |
1974 |
https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1439217 |
| 15 |
Anita Bryant’s crusade against gays |
1975 |
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/1970s-christian-crusader-anita-bryant-helped-spawn-floridas-lgbtq-cult-rcna24215 |
| 16 |
AIDS |
1981 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS |
| 17 |
Backmasking music - play songs backwards, get exposed to Satan |
1982 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backmasking |
| 18 |
Constant misuse of “Born in the USA” |
1984 |
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/bruce-springsteen-ronald-reagan-107448/ |
| 19 |
USPS must be profitable! |
1985 |
https://www.npr.org/2020/08/16/902977021/the-history-of-political-interference-in-the-usps |
| 20 |
Political Correctness |
1987 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness#History |
| 21 |
“Hey ho, hey ho, Western Civ has got to go!” |
1988 |
https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/19/us/in-dispute-on-bias-stanford-is-likely-to-alter-western-culture-program.html |
| 22 |
Willie Horton |
1988 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Horton |
| 23 |
Central Park Five |
1989 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park_jogger_case |
| 24 |
Flag Burning Controversies |
1989 |
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/when-the-supreme-court-ruled-to-allow-american-flag-burning# |
| 25 |
Spotted Owl Controversy |
1989 |
https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20000806&slug=4035697 |
| 26 |
War on Christmas |
1990 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_controversies#United_States |
| 27 |
Gay Day @ Disney |
1991 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Days_at_Walt_Disney_World |
| 28 |
Hillary Clinton (really, a list of her own) |
1992 |
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/hillary012898.htm |
| 29 |
Ebonics |
1996 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebonics_(word) |
| 30 |
Ellen Degeneres |
1997 |
https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/ellen-degeneres-sitcom-coming-out-episode |
| 31 |
A Hurricane will strike Disney - Pat Roberston |
1998 |
https://www.pilotonline.com/1998/06/12/pat-robertson-is-blowing-a-lot-of-hot-air/ |
| 32 |
Mozart CD’s being given to newborns in GA (Limbaugh, especially) |
1999 |
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/03/science/mozart-for-baby-some-say-maybe-not.html |
| 33 |
Starbucks Christmas |
1999 |
https://www.eater.com/2015/11/10/9705570/starbucks-holiday-red-cups-controversy-history |
| 34 |
Teletubbies are gay |
1999 |
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/11/us/national-news-briefs-falwell-sees-gay-in-a-teletubby.html |
| 35 |
Anti-LGBTQ |
2000 |
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/anti-lgbtq-rhetoric-plays-prominent-role-first-night-rnc-rcna162028 |
| 36 |
Book bans |
2000 |
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/12/books/book-bans-libraries.html |
| 37 |
Border Security |
2000 |
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-kill-border-bill-sign-trumps-strength-mcconnells-waning-in-rcna137477 |
| 38 |
Elian Gonzalez |
2000 |
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/elian/etc/eliancron.html |
| 39 |
Laura Bush kills a guy, but it’s OK. |
2000 |
https://abcnews.go.com/WN/Politics/laura-bushs-book-talks-fatal-teenage-car-crash/story?id=10502401 |
| 40 |
The War on Terror |
2001 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_terror |
| 41 |
French Fries (Freedom Fries) |
2002 |
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-news-freedom-fries-iraq-war-20190211-story.html |
| 42 |
Paul Wellstone’s Funeral |
2002 |
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/10/17/history-rick-kahn-turns-memorial-into-political-rally |
| 43 |
Shoe inspections on airplanes |
2002 |
http://edition.cnn.com/2001/US/12/24/rec.athome.facts/index.html |
| 44 |
Stem Cells |
2002 |
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-stem-cell-controversy |
| 45 |
Boycotting Heinz Ketchup because of John Kerry’s wife. |
2004 |
https://www.courant.com/2004/08/17/political-food-fight/ |
| 46 |
Gay Marriage |
2004 |
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5665159/ |
| 47 |
John Kerry’s wife is a foreigner and can’t be First Lady |
2004 |
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/09/27/the-candidates-wife |
| 48 |
Swift Boat Veterans for Truth |
2004 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_Vets_and_POWs_for_Truth |
| 49 |
Ted Koppel read names of Iraqi war dead on Nightline (2004), implying war wasn’t going well. |
2004 |
https://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/01/abc.nightline/ |
| 50 |
“I have a wide stance!” (Larry Craig, Republican, arrested for gay sex acts in bathroom) |
2005 |
https://www.foxnews.com/story/larry-craigs-wide-stance-excuse-gains-prominence-in-lexicon |
| 51 |
Michael Moore’s *Bowling for Columbine* |
2005 |
https://www.sfu.ca/~mauser/papers/columbine/Columbine4-12-02.pdf |
| 52 |
Obama Katrina 01: Katrina (2005) |
2005 |
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-perspec-page-obama-katrina-trump-20170901-story.html |
| 53 |
Participation Trophies |
2005 |
https://www.bctrophies.com/The-Participation-Trophy-Debate-Should-We-Give-Our-Kids-Participation-Trophies_b_6.html |
| 54 |
Duke Lacrosse scandal |
2006 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_lacrosse_case |
| 55 |
Janet’s Boob |
2006 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXVIII_halftime_show_controversy |
| 56 |
Terri Schiavo |
2006 |
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/look-back-in-history-terri-schiavo-death/ |
| 57 |
Michael Moore’s *F 9/11* |
2007 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11_controversies |
| 58 |
“Elitist” Obama mentioning aurugula to a bunch of Iowan farmers who planted…. Aurugula. |
2008 |
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/obama-eats-arugula_b_106166 |
| 59 |
Joe the Plumber |
2008 |
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/whatever-happened-to-joe-the-plumber |
| 60 |
Moochelle Obama (Rush Limbaugh name for her) |
2008 |
https://www.businessinsider.com/presidential-medal-awardee-rush-limbaughs-racist-and-sexist-comments-2020-2 |
| 61 |
Obama and Tire Pressure as an energy saver. Right freaked out about Obama repeating a fact found in those little yellow handouts given by Shell back in the 1970s. |
2008 |
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2008/08/08/2003419730 |
| 62 |
Obama golfing |
2008 |
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/22/us/politics/a-terrorist-horror-then-golf-incongruity-fuels-obama-critics.html |
| 63 |
The 2008 Obama terrorist fistbump with Michelle |
2008 |
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jun/13/television.barackobama |
| 64 |
The Ohio State Flag is mistaken for an Obama flag |
2008 |
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2008/10/17/ohios-state-flag-is-not-obamas-fault/ |
| 65 |
The Sarah Palin Experience. All of it. |
2008 |
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sarah-Heath-Palin |
| 66 |
ACORN |
2009 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACORN_2009_undercover_videos_controversy |
| 67 |
Gender-Neutral Restrooms |
2009 |
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/whos-afraid-of-same-sex-bathrooms |
| 68 |
Michelle Bachman |
2009 |
https://www.salon.com/2015/01/05/farewell_to_americas_favorite_wingnut_remembering_michele_bachmanns_greatest_hits/ |
| 69 |
Michelle Obama is a man |
2009 |
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/28/facebook-posts/michelle-obama-was-never-man/ |
| 70 |
Obama “Underwear Bomber” controversy |
2009 |
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/30/us/politics/30baker.html |
| 71 |
Obama bowed! |
2009 |
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna33978533 |
| 72 |
Obama Katrina 03: The 2009 Swine Flu epidemic |
2009 |
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/03/160_50722.html?utm_source=CU |
| 73 |
Obama’s Mustard |
2009 |
https://www.newsweek.com/barack-obama-donald-trump-russia-investigation-dijon-mustard-scandal-fox-fake-623643 |
| 74 |
“Sharia Law is coming!” |
2010 |
https://www.biblio.com/book/go-zones-how-sharia-law-coming/d/1532244614 |
| 75 |
Common Core |
2010 |
https://www.verywellfamily.com/causes-of-common-core-controversy-2601484 |
| 76 |
Ground Zero Mosque |
2010 |
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/08/how-the-ground-zero-mosque-meltdown-set-the-table-for-trump |
| 77 |
HPV vaccine |
2010 |
https://www.npr.org/2011/09/19/140543977/hpv-vaccine-the-science-behind-the-controversy |
| 78 |
Obama Katrina 04: The Haiti Earthquake of 2010 |
2010 |
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703808904575025091656446622 |
| 79 |
Obama Katrina 05: Ebola! |
2010 |
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-29663837 |
| 80 |
Obama Katrina 06: Unaccompanied Children at the Border! |
2010 |
https://newrepublic.com/article/118591/child-migrant-border-crisis-isnt-obamas-katrina-not-even-close |
| 81 |
Obama Katrina 09: BP Oil Spill |
2010 |
https://www.today.com/id/wbna38907780#.UoZFPpRgY44 |
| 82 |
Tea Party |
2010 |
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/28/us/politics/tea-party-trump.html |
| 83 |
Birth Certificate |
2011 |
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37391652 |
| 84 |
Obama Katrina 07: MF Global problems |
2011 |
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mf-global-ties-awkward-for-obama-campaign/2011/11/02/gIQA9w5ogM_story.html |
| 85 |
Obama Katrina 07: Obamacare Website Problems |
2011 |
https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/66235/why-obamacare-may-be-obamas-katrina-iraq/ |
| 86 |
Obama Katrina 08: Mississippi River floods |
2011 |
https://time.com/4464474/louisiana-governor-flooding-president-obama-alton-sterling/ |
| 87 |
Obama used a teleprompter! |
2011 |
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-mock-obamas-teleprompter-use/2011/10/18/gIQA6hEivL_story.html |
| 88 |
“You didn’t build that” |
2012 |
https://www.factcheck.org/2012/07/you-didnt-build-that-uncut-and-unedited/ |
| 89 |
Benghazi |
2012 |
https://www.vox.com/2018/11/20/17996104/benghazi-attack-clinton-obama |
| 90 |
Crisis Actors |
2012 |
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/21/crisis-actors-deep-state-false-flag-the-rise-of-conspiracy-theory-code-words |
| 91 |
Keystone Pipeline |
2012 |
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/what-keystone-xl-pipeline |
| 92 |
Obama Katrina 10: Hurricane Sandy |
2012 |
https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-friends/media-consecrate-their-latest-obamas-katrina-unaccompanied-minors-edition |
| 93 |
Obama Katrina 11: Hurricane Isaac |
2012 |
https://newrepublic.com/article/136182/obamas-katrina-never-sticks-wont-die |
| 94 |
Obama’s plan to wind down AFG coincided with election |
2012 |
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2012/01/23/obamas-oops-in-afghanistan/ |
| 95 |
Operation Fast and Furious |
2012 |
https://www.nationalreview.com/2016/01/fast-furious-obama-first-scandal/ |
| 96 |
Polls oversample democrats |
2012 |
https://hughhewitt.com/quinnipiac-pollings-peter-brown-tries-to-defend-oversampling-democrats-in-new-battleground-state-polls/ |
| 97 |
Austerity (Debt Ceiling debate 2013) |
2013 |
https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/its-groundhog-day-over-the-debt-ceiling/ |
| 98 |
Comicsgate |
2013 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comicsgate |
| 99 |
Gamergate |
2013 |
https://time.com/3510381/gamergate-faq/ |
| 100 |
Government shutdown: 2013 |
2013 |
https://www.texastribune.org/2016/02/16/ted-cruz-2013-obamacare-shutdown-was-defining-mome/ |
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