# Freakouts of the Right **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 28, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631 "2022-04-28T22:36:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/1 "2022-04-28T22:36:02Z")
**(feel free to make the alt-thread)** Looking for a simple list of all the crap the Right has freaked out about since, oh, 2000. Crap like Big Bird, Mr Potato head losing his dick, CRT, Terry Schiavo, kneeling, etc. There has been so many of them that a compendium of the freakouts really is needed. Masks, vaccines, Hillary’s emails, my God, the list goes on. Help me, Dopers! ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/2 "2022-04-28T22:52:30Z")
Benghazi, CA Governor Newsom’s pandemic management, Nancy Pelosi assuming the gavel, BLM, George Soros, Hunter Biden and his alleged misdeeds, Kamala Harris being VP, Obama as President, ACORN, swift-boating John Kerry, gender-neutral restrooms, The Clintons (literally, anything relating to the Clintons), Antifa, January 6, 2021, People’s Convoy, pandemic restrictions… [![](https://i.redd.it/stnhbw2zy6t41.jpg) ](https://i.redd.it/stnhbw2zy6t41.jpg) ---
**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:** [April 28, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/3 "2022-04-28T23:18:28Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > …since, oh, 2000. Elián González just qualifies. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/4 "2022-04-28T23:21:25Z")
Don’t forget the tan suit. Also, wasn’t their kerfuffle one time when Obama asked for fancy brown mustard on his burger? ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/5 "2022-04-28T23:22:51Z")
Dan Rather’s misadventure with the Texas ANG papers; Al Franken; the Howard Dean scream; the legendary tan suit; Keith Olbermann making political donations; Obama putting his feet on the desk; Twitter banning Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/6 "2022-04-28T23:25:04Z")
> [@SingleMalt](#): > > Twitter banning Trump. A wonderful case of a flip-flop: Now the Left is all for private companies being able to determine their own rules, whereas the Right is freaking out about how someone is using their own private property. And some people absolutely refuse to understand what I just said… ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/7 "2022-04-28T23:37:29Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > (feel free to make the alt-thread) 👆👆👆👆👆 ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/8 "2022-04-28T23:38:04Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Also, wasn’t their kerfuffle one time when Obama asked for fancy brown mustard on his burger? And his arugula incident. ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/9 "2022-04-28T23:38:20Z")
Light bulbs, Janet Jackson at the Superbowl; Dr. Suess; Gay Pride parades; “anti-police” rap music Starting to dredge the depths of my memory now. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/10 "2022-04-28T23:40:26Z")
… light bulbs? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/11 "2022-04-28T23:44:28Z")
“They’re taking your Incandescent light bulbs away.” On that same subject, Low Flush Toilets. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/12 "2022-04-28T23:44:42Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > light bulbs? Why do we have to use LED or CFL lights and not the old fashion kind that were good enough for Jesus? > **Trump, Sept. 16** : They took away our lightbulb. I want an incandescent light. I want to look better, okay? I want to pay less money to look better. Does that make sense? You pay much less money and you look much better. And on top of that, with the new bulbs, if they break it’s considered a hazardous waste site. It’s all gases inside and you’re supposed to bring it back to where you bought it in a sealed container. Give me a break. > > I asked the people, the professionals. Well, what do people do when it breaks, because they break all the time? What do they do? Nothing, they throw it away. So I owe — a lot of people didn’t know, they didn’t understand. You get a much better light at a much reduced cost, and it’s much safer. Because when those other bulbs break they really are dangerous. The gases come out, they’re dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/13 "2022-04-28T23:50:17Z")
Mr. Potato head had a dick? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/14 "2022-04-28T23:51:22Z")
… it’s complicated. > **[Mr. Potato Head drops the mister, sort of](https://apnews.com/article/mr-potato-head-goes-gender-neutral-d3c178f2b9b0c424ed814657be41a9d8)** > > NEW YORK (AP) — Is it Mr. Potato Head or not? Hasbro created confusion Thursday when it announced that it would drop the “Mr... ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/15 "2022-04-28T23:55:08Z")
His dick would’ve been a french fry.🥔🍟 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/16 "2022-04-28T23:58:29Z")
… Freedom Fry, you mean. (Adds another to the list) ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/17 "2022-04-29T00:15:38Z")
The Dixie Chicks; Hillary Clinton and the Deplorables; Al Gore’s climate activism; yoga being taught to children; gay marriage You’re right; one could go on all night. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/18 "2022-04-29T00:16:20Z")
> [@SingleMalt](#): > > yoga being taught to children Huh? I missed this one I guess. ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/19 "2022-04-29T00:19:51Z")
A lot of local upset over schools teaching yoga in PE at school. It’s a non-Christian Eastern Religion thing, so probably Satanic. Mostly a lot of back-page stuff and a few Fox freakouts. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/20 "2022-04-29T01:57:40Z")
Here’s where we stand: | List | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Terry Schiavo | Cancel Culture | Communism | Vaccines | Anti McCainism | | Benghazi | Dixie Chicks | The Hunt (2019 film Trump rage-tweeted about. The controversy caused the film to be released streaming only) | Safe Spaces | College Speakers | | Emails | Nike (Colin K ad) | Nascar (banned confederate flag) | Pronouns | Obamacare | | Obama’s Birth Certificate | Ellen Degeneres | Confederate Statues | Genders | Jim Acosta (How dare he ask the President questions?) | | Kneeling | Samantha Bee (Feckless Cunt) | Kuerig (destroying machines after advertising pulled from Hannity) | Sexuality | Suicide Prevention Hotlines (grooming pedophiles) | | Big Bird | Kathy Griffin (Decapitated Trump Head) | Gillette (said toxic masculinity is bad in a 2019 ad, toxic whining ensued) | PizzaGate | BLM | | Disney | Target (announced non-discrimination against transgenders back in 2016) | French Fries (Freedom Fries) | Islam | Antifa | | CRT | Jane Fonda | Michelle Wolf joking about Sarah H Sanders | Islamic Travelers | George Soros | | Nancy Pelosi Gavel | Hillary Clinton (really, a list of her own) | Sarah H Sanders being heckled at a restaurant | Caravans | Hunter Biden | | Nancy Pelosi at Hairdresser | Socialism | Masks | Border Security | ACORN | | Gender-Neutral Restrooms | People’s Convoy | Tan Suit | Obama’s Mustard | Obama’s feet on desk | | Light Bulbs (incandescent bulbs being phased out) | Back the Blue | Janet’s Boob | Minimum flush toilets | Ebonics | | Hey ho, hey ho, Western Civ has got to go! | Central Park Five | Deplorables | Liberals are why we X! | Anti-Fauci | | Old People Should Die for the Economy | Sovereign Citizens | Qanon | George Zimmerman | George Floyd | [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631.md?page=2)