# 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:** 33
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/641 "2023-08-18T23:15:52Z")
Instead of the Cleveland ~~Indians~~ Guardians maybe they could rename themselves the “Cleveland Osamas” or something. I mean, who could _possibly_ object to that? ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/642 "2023-08-19T19:36:34Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > The Cincinnati Reds baseball team, for a time in the 1950s, were called the “Redlegs” precisely because “reds” at the time was a reference to Communists. Since they were originally the [Red Stockings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Red_Stockings) way back when I don’t know why they couldn’t have gone back to that instead of Redlegs. Too gay for the 50s I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/643 "2023-08-20T00:35:15Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Cleveland ~~Indians~~ Guardians Guardians? Nah, Cleveland doesn’t strike me as all that big a place for space ~~exploration~~ ~~posturing~~ defense. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/644 "2023-08-20T01:18:55Z")
Why they stopped using “Indians” is pretty straightforward, if long overdue. How they ended up with “Guardians” is funny in a Midwestern way. And yes, the space cadet tie-in isn’t part of it. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/645 "2023-08-20T10:28:30Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Since they were originally the [Red Stockings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Red_Stockings) way back when I don’t know why they couldn’t have gone back to that instead of Redlegs. Too gay for the 50s I suppose. I think it was more because they didn’t want to infringe on the Red Sox’s trademark. (And this is important: Wasn’t sure if “Red Sox’s” needed a “s” after the apostrophe—I certainly wouldn’t pronounce it that way—but it looked weird without it. So there.) ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/646 "2023-08-20T17:25:37Z")
You’d be correct to say just “the Red Sox trademark,” with “Red Sox” acting as an adjective phrase. /pedant ETA: There’s a whole nitpicker quagmire about using 's or just the apostrophe in such cases. My own approach is to use ‘s when it’s voiced (the class’s schedule) and just the apostrophe when it’s not (the dogs’ kennels). YMMV ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/647 "2023-08-20T18:03:39Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > ETA: There’s a whole nitpicker quagmire about using 's or just the apostrophe in such cases. My own approach is to use ‘s when it’s voiced (the class’s schedule) and just the apostrophe when it’s not (the dogs’ kennels). That’s my approach as well. Well, except when it looks weird, I guess. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/648 "2023-08-20T18:12:32Z")
It’s that damn X weirding everything up. Ya hear me, Musk? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/649 "2023-08-20T18:35:56Z")
If i might hijack this thread about baseball name changes with a freakout of the right, Fox News is using the latest astroturfed country song about hating the less fortunate just like Jesus said to do to rage about “how DARE the poors be allowed to have Coca-Cola!” > **[Fox News hosts: Food stamp recipients don't deserve 'Fudge Rounds' and...](https://www.rawstory.com/fox-news-food-stamps/)** > > Fox News hosts on Sunday slammed welfare recipients for purchasing a lack of nutrients with their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, sometimes known as foot stamps. > > During Sunday's edition of Fox & Friends, host Will... ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/650 "2023-08-20T18:42:02Z")
Are they calling Coca-Cola “diabetes water”? ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/651 "2023-08-20T19:39:50Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > how DARE the poors be allowed to have Coca-Cola! It wasn’t all that long ago that they were astonished and outraged that poor people owned refrigerators. > **[Fox's Your World Does Segment Highlighting Poor Americans' Ownership Of...](https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/foxs-your-world-does-segment-highlighting-poor-americans-ownership-refrigerators-other)** > > From the July 19 edition of Fox News' Your World with Neil Cavuto: ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/652 "2023-08-21T04:58:10Z")
Not even “owned,” which would imply actual paid ownership. “Have,” by the very words of the slide on Fox. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/653 "2023-08-21T23:55:00Z")
Maybe I did miss it, but one freakout that I did notice coming from a worker, from another department, was the one about the Right being convinced by memes and right-wing sources that crime in California cities is rampant because the laws against petty crimes were relaxed, never mind that shoplifting is still a crime, the right wing has declared that facts do not matter, the shoplifting crimes seen on videos are bad, but not the norm, but the right wing has to freak out about it. > **[Proposition 47 did not end prosecution of thefts under $950 in California](https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-160551360299)** > > CLAIM: Under Proposition 47 in California thefts under $950 will not be prosecuted. AP ASSESSMENT: False. > **[No, you can’t steal up to $950 worth of merchandise in California without...](https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/crime-verify/california-prop-47-shoplifting-950-fact-check/536-4d1de58e-bf47-4ede-8c2f-b4d0c1788b86)** > > Prop 47 reclassified theft offenses from felonies to misdemeanors, including shoplifting. It doesn’t mean people can steal up to $950 in goods without consequences. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/654 "2023-08-22T09:19:24Z")
And in the latest [doggone ridiculous freakout, we have…](https://www.yahoo.com/news/rnc-soulless-ghouls-ripped-launching-054607725.html) > **RNC ‘Soulless Ghouls’ Ripped After Launching ‘Dumbest’ Attack On Biden Yet** > > President [Joe Biden](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/joe-biden) took a moment to pet a search-and-rescue dog while [visiting the scene of the devastating wildfire in Maui](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-tours-maui-lahaina-fires_n_64e4161be4b0400efa58a295) ― and the Republican National Committee threw an absolute fit over it. > > While meeting with first responders, Biden shook hands with the handler, pet the dog and noted that it was wearing boots to protect its paws. > > “That’s some hot ground, man,” Biden said. > > The RNC Research [feed](https://twitter.com/RNCResearch), which claims to be “exposing” Biden, posted the damning footage of him being caught in the act of petting a dog The horror! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/655 "2023-08-22T09:43:45Z")
So Biden takes some time to greet first responders and a search-and-rescue dog, before making a few remarks. Well done, Joe; you’re a class act! I can’t imagine Trump in the same situation. “Pet a dog? What, and get dog hair on my suit?” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/656 "2023-08-22T10:56:38Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I can’t imagine Trump in the same situation. “Pet a dog? What, and get dog hair on my suit?” Dogs have a very good judge of character Trump. Not trying to pet a dog would be one of the smartest things Trump has ever done. Least he wants to end up in the hospital. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/657 "2023-08-22T12:02:19Z")
DJT remembers when he attempted a photo shoot with an eagle. [https://www.google.com/search?q=trump+attacked+by+eagle&rlz=1CATTSD\_enUS774US774&oq=Trum&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j69i61j69i60l2j69i65l3.4250j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8](https://www.google.com/search?q=trump+attacked+by+eagle&rlz=1CATTSD_enUS774US774&oq=Trum&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j69i61j69i60l2j69i65l3.4250j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) Posting the damn video works/doesn’t work based on some whim. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/658 "2023-08-22T12:52:27Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > So Biden takes some time to greet first responders and a search-and-rescue dog, before making a few remarks. Well done, Joe; you’re a class act! > … The Right’s actual complaint is that everyone knows all first responders and their dogs are reliable R voters. Especially the dogs. So Biden is faking a connection to these fine folks, attempting to suborn them with his communist / progressive / woke cooties. That’s an outrage! An outrage I say!!!1!!!1! 😡 🤬 😡 ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/659 "2023-08-22T13:33:41Z")
Aren’t you not supposed to pet working dogs when they’re working? That’s what it says at the O’Hare TSA checkpoint, anyway. Still, if that’s actually what the right is freaking out over\* this time, that’s pretty lean kibble. (\*As a complete tangent, let’s see how many prepositions we can string together in a coherent sentence. “The right is freaking **out over up** to 2000 irrational things.” There, I got three. 😜) ---
**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:** [August 22, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/660 "2023-08-22T13:44:16Z")
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