# Conservative lunacy in a nutshell **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 3, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889 "2017-10-03T18:05:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889/41 "2017-10-04T14:12:01Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > This “squank” of which you speak? What part of town does one go to in order to get some? Does it induce euphoria and a false sense of well-being? Is it a reliable boner-induction procedure? A craving for crunchy food-like substances? > > Asking for a friend. Not him, the other one. Here ya go! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iE7k--I0f7I/maxresdefault.jpg "ZZ Top - Squank") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE7k--I0f7I) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889/42 "2017-10-04T14:13:52Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Thus proving that respectful protest is less American than killing Americans. Freedom of expression is the First Amendment. Guns’n’stuff is the Second Amendment. Two is bigger than one, so the Second trumps the First. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889/43 "2017-10-04T14:16:04Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Clothahump, sometimes you just need to accept that someone from a different part of the political spectrum wrote something funny. If that is what passes for liberal humor, no wonder…well, I’ll just stop there. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889/44 "2017-10-04T14:19:55Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > So you can’t actually point out the fantasy part, can you? > [@QuickSilver](#): > > He can barely manage to point to what he wants on a Friendly’s menu. I don’t need to point out what part was fantasy. The whole thing was fantasy. Of course, that part sailed right over your heads. But hey, it was an opportunity for you to trot out some lame insults that a third-grader would have found lacking. Please don’t let me stop you from trotting out some more. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889/45 "2017-10-04T14:20:55Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > If that is what passes for liberal humor, no wonder…well, I’ll just stop there. I know, rite? The joke didn’t even include any racial slurs that you like! How is THAT supposed to be funny? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889/46 "2017-10-04T14:33:24Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I don’t need to point out what part was fantasy. The whole thing was fantasy. Of course, that part sailed right over your heads. But hey, it was an opportunity for you to trot out some lame insults that a third-grader would have found lacking. Please don’t let me stop you from trotting out some more. You’re not fooling anybody, c-hump. You say you come for the lib hunting but you stay for the abuse. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889/47 "2017-10-04T14:48:28Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > You’re not fooling anybody, c-hump. You say you come for the lib hunting but you stay for the abuse. [Monty Python] “Oh, no, the Argument Clinic is next door. This is Abuse”[/Monty Python] ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889/48 "2017-10-04T15:01:19Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > …well, I’ll just stop there. That’s a liberal fantasy I can get behind. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889/49 "2017-10-04T15:06:55Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I don’t need to point out what part was fantasy. The whole thing was fantasy. Of course, that part sailed right over your heads. But hey, it was an opportunity for you to trot out some lame insults that a third-grader would have found lacking. Please don’t let me stop you from trotting out some more. Go chase your imaginary jogger some more. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889/50 "2017-10-04T15:29:08Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Glad to see that the drooling cretins are eager to jump out and display their less than room temperature IQs to all. Protip: those kinds of insults tend to lose their sting when pretty much every single person who ever responds to your posts thinks that you’re the drooling cretin with a less-than-room temperature IQ. Just sayin’. Self-identified conservatives seem to be in general support of the items enumerated in the OP. No cites needed, as no one (except you, apparently) is taking those statements literally. Are there any that you, as a self-proclaimed conservative, are against? ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889/51 "2017-10-04T15:33:28Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Go chase your imaginary jogger some more. I’ve got to know the backstory on that one. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889/52 "2017-10-04T16:58:28Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > I’ve got to know the backstory on that one. Here you go, from the “Stupid Liberals” thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20460559#post20460559](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20460559#post20460559) ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889/53 "2017-10-04T17:36:58Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > I know, rite? The joke didn’t even include any racial slurs that you like! How is THAT supposed to be funny? But they’re not racist slurs! ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889/54 "2017-10-04T21:48:33Z")
I think this is the right thread for this - this is from another site I hang out at, and obviously one of the conservative boards (found this because it had enough recommendations to make a ‘best of’ list): > [@Another Board](#): > > I have heard many comments and questions from sources on the web. A few are posed herein. > > 1. The shooter used every type of weapon that the leftists want banned, high capacity magazines, black rifles, and bump fire stock. > > 2. Timing on this was perfect to derail suppressor legislation and CCW reciprocity. > > 3. Several media sources, none with a named source or history of credibility, have said that there was Antifa literature in the hotel room. > > 4. He was spotted in a pink pu$$y hat with the girlfriend at the anti Trump protest in Reno. > > 5. Highly likely that he’s a leftist, just like the Scalise shooter. What we’re not hearing about him speaks volumes. > > The entire thing stinks. High probability it was deep state planned to derail national recovery.! I’m tempted to ask how a mass shooting derails national recovery, but the silliness of the presumed response won’t be worth the question. I mean, ‘a deep state plan to repeal the 2nd amendment’ would make some sense as a conclusion from the points he is alleging, but derailing the recovery? ---
**Author:** ![Crazy\_Canuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazy_canuck/32/5282_2.png) [@Crazy\_Canuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazy_Canuck)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889/55 "2017-10-04T23:39:13Z")
This was the best laugh I’ve had all week. Please add me to the list of people [del]shamelessly stealing this[/del] posting this to my facebook feed, with full attribution of course. (HMS, you’re OK with being called “a clever smart-ass on the internet,” right?) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889/56 "2017-10-05T04:37:43Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > I’m tempted to ask how a mass shooting derails national recovery, but the silliness of the presumed response won’t be worth the question. I mean, ‘a deep state plan to repeal the 2nd amendment’ would make some sense as a conclusion from the points he is alleging, but derailing the recovery? Recovery from what? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889/57 "2017-10-05T06:26:52Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Recovery from what? Obama, presumably. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889/58 "2017-10-05T09:58:10Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Recovery from what? The Trump economic miracle, of course, that inevitable juggernaut of prosperity that can only be stopped by a mass shooting. The reason being, of course, that after a mass shooting, everything grinds to a halt while we come together as a nation and focus on nothing but how to prevent future mass shootings. Why, it’s a wonder Hillary was even able to run a pizza sex ring what with the busy schedule of gun-grabbing after Newtown. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889/59 "2017-10-19T12:14:29Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Glad to see that the drooling cretins are eager to jump out and display their less than room temperature IQs to all. Hi, **Mr. Hump**. I want to stop my drooling long enough to ask respectful questions. I thank you in advance for giving us cretins insight into conservative thinking. Let me start with this question: \*On the present controversy regarding Mr. Trump’s remarks to the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, who do you think is lying? Trump? Or the widow and her Congressperson? \* Again, I thank you in advance for your valuable insights. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889/60 "2017-10-20T11:54:47Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Hi, **Mr. Hump**. I want to stop my drooling long enough to ask respectful questions. I thank you in advance for giving us cretins insight into conservative thinking. > > Let me start with this question: > \*On the present controversy regarding Mr. Trump’s remarks to the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, who do you think is lying? Trump? Or the widow and her Congressperson? > \* > Again, I thank you in advance for your valuable insights. It’s been almost 24 hours, **Mr. Hump**. How long do I need to hold my drooling? Don’t you want us uninformed cretins to understand conservative thought? Many Trump supporters have written that Trump constantly lies and _that’s what they like best about him._ Should I assume therefore that it is Trump who is lying about the phone call, and that you are proud of him for doing so? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-lunacy-in-a-nutshell/797889.md?page=4)