# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/101 "2022-05-01T00:23:23Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > And, of course, Michelle Obama is a man. My daffy landlord has said that before. He’s vague on where the Obamas’ daughters come from, though. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/102 "2022-05-01T00:33:51Z")
Bastard spawn of Barack and Hillary. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/103 "2022-05-01T04:37:54Z")
A couple more from 2004 spring to mind; - Ted Koppel is unpatriotic for reading the names of the Iraq war dead on Nightline - The right boycotts ketchup because they think John Kerry’s wife owns Heinz - Kerry’s wife is from another country and therefore unsuited to be First Lady - Swift Boat Veterans for Truth - Kerry owns a yacht - Kerry says “more and more leaders” are endorsing him, Fox News hears “foreign leaders” and is aghast that foreigners would dare endorse a presidential candidate - Kerry orders a Philly cheesesteak with Swiss cheese - The Constitution needs to be amended so Arnold Schwarzenegger can run for president ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/104 "2022-05-01T05:51:21Z")
Waitaminnit! I’ve been following this thread, and I suddenly notice that it’s in the Pit now. When did that happen? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/105 "2022-05-01T07:15:34Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The Constitution needs to be amended so Arnold Schwarzenegger can run for president Old news. The Constitution needs to be amended so _ **Elon Musk** _ can run for president. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/106 "2022-05-01T15:24:43Z")
Twenty more (some suggested here already): | Avocado toast as an example of Millennial ‘waste’ | Bundy/BLM | Large crowd sizes at 2017 inaugral | Banning lead buckshot | Shut up and dribble! | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Michelle Obama is a man | Release the Memo! | RINO 's | Tide Pods | Obama’s plan to wind down AFG coincided with election | | Ted Koppel didn’t read names of Iraqi war dead on nightline (2004) | Boycotting Heinz Ketchup because of John Kerry’s wife. | Swift Boat Veterans for Truth | Amend the Constitution so that Arnold S/Elon M can be President! | Patriot Act | | Shoe inspections on airplanes | No Child Left Behind(?) | Immediate, negative reactions to ANYONE who criticized Trump, including the Pope. | The War on Terror | Iraq has nuclear weapons | Might replace NCLB, hence the question mark. Guys and gals, we have hit 150. 🥳 🎉 ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/107 "2022-05-01T15:40:47Z")
Five more before lunch… | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | John Kerry’s wife is a foreigner and can’t be First Lady | Melania Trump is an inspiration as a foreign-born First Lady | Jill Biden is NOT a ‘Doctor’. (She is. Just not a medical doctor.) | Laura Bush did what? Well, she’s right with Jesus NOW… | The Sarah Palin Experience. All of it. | ---
**Author:** ![The\_Undeposable\_Hand](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_undeposable_hand/32/8502_2.png) [@The\_Undeposable\_Hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Undeposable_Hand)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/108 "2022-05-01T15:41:15Z")
Operation Fast and Furious ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/109 "2022-05-01T16:01:21Z")
Oh, god, no. We’ve already had one narcissistic, profit driven buffoon in the office. We don’t need another one. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/110 "2022-05-01T18:11:14Z")
Has anyone mentioned Common Core yet? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/111 "2022-05-01T18:49:17Z")
Not yet, but it will be added! ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/112 "2022-05-01T19:11:34Z")
A terrorist fist jab? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/G_vmQrTi3aM/hqdefault.jpg "Terrorist Fist Jab") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_vmQrTi3aM) ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/113 "2022-05-01T19:15:56Z")
Arnold Schwarzenegger is not in the good graces of the right nowadays. So I would modify that “Amend the Constitution so that Arnold S/Elon M can be President!” This one about masks and vaccines was from August 2022) > **[Arnold Schwarzenegger tells people not following COVID-19 rules: ‘You’re a...](https://globalnews.ca/video/8106697/arnold-schwarzenegger-tells-people-not-following-covid-19-rules-youre-a-shmuck-for-not-wearing-a-mask)** > > Watch Arnold Schwarzenegger tells people not following COVID-19 rules: ‘You’re a shmuck for not wearing a mask’ Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/x_P-0I6sAck/hqdefault.jpg "Governor Schwarzenegger's Message Following this Week's Attack on the Capitol") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_P-0I6sAck) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fWClXZd9c78/maxresdefault.jpg "Arnold Schwarzenegger tells Putin to "stop this war"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWClXZd9c78) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Wpy4xBftFuY/maxresdefault.jpg "Arnold Schwarzenegger calls leaders 'liars' over climate change - BBC News") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpy4xBftFuY) One can say that all that is another freakout of the right, he is now a RINO according to many right-wingers. (And I do freak out still when I consider that we live in a timeline where Arnold Schwarzenegger turned to be one of the smarter Republicans in recent history.) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/114 "2022-05-01T19:21:19Z")
Another freakout of the Right that we haven’t mentioned yet: Greta Thunberg. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/115 "2022-05-01T20:03:59Z")
… and David Hogg. And the 1619 Project, as well as Nikole Hannah-Jones, its creator. You come up with one, and three more are pulled from memory. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/116 "2022-05-01T20:08:00Z")
Whoops, make that Arnold tirade against anti-maskers and anti-vaccine guys to be from 2021. And even earlier, Arnold talked about things that are like Kryptonite to many right-wingers nowadays, like why one should help others in need, noticing that no one is really a self-made man or woman. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lF7NqeZuO3E/maxresdefault.jpg "There's NO Such Thing, Self-Made Man (Arnold Schwarzenegger, motivational video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF7NqeZuO3E) ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/117 "2022-05-01T20:52:35Z")
“You didn’t build that”! Good one! ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/118 "2022-05-01T21:15:51Z")
Great thread idea, @JohnT! The collection is already amazing. The inevitable conclusion: the Right is bat-shit insane. P.S.- Skritches to Luna! 🐕 ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/119 "2022-05-01T21:45:03Z")
Does “cocaine orgies” count? What about “I have a wide stance”? I know it’s my list, but still looking for audience advice. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_famous_burrito/32/3954_2.png) [@El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Famous_Burrito)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/120 "2022-05-01T22:04:45Z")
- Windmills - “Sanctuary cities” - Nick Sandmann - Loathing David Hogg and his fellow Stoneman Douglas HS classmates for having the temerity to be upset about their school being shot up (loathing the victims of pretty much any mass shooting, really) - National Butterfly Center - Mail-in ballots - Stem cell research [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631.md?page=7)