# Fighting ignorance since when?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-ignorance-since-when/108540>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 11, 2002, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-ignorance-since-when/108540 "2002-05-11T21:40:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pergau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7c8e57/32.png) [@Pergau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pergau)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-ignorance-since-when/108540/1 "2002-05-11T21:40:21Z")

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I don’t know if this should be in About thin message board, so mods feel free to move it but

What was the original slogan of the SD and when did Unkie Cecil first use the “Fighting Ignorance since 1973” slogan?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-ignorance-since-when/108540/2 "2002-05-11T22:00:25Z")

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I’m assuming not before 1974.

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-ignorance-since-when/108540/3 "2002-05-11T23:11:55Z")

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If I recall correctly, Cecil’s first slogan was along the lines of “My God, can you believe how stupid these losers are?”

But this one was never on the masthead.