# In the history of the SDMB has anyone ever been wrong about more things than adaher? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 31, 2013, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639 "2013-08-31T04:55:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 30
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/581 "2015-07-01T12:37:52Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Invoking the “we” really is a sign of a lack of confidence in one’s own position and/or ability to make and argument. Quite the contrary. It’s affirmation of our knowledge that “we” are serving the cause of fighting ignorance, while “you” are trying to spread it. The facts and reasoning supporting “us” are always amply provided, and it is not “our” fault that “you” simply reject them without providing anything comparable of your own. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/582 "2015-07-01T12:52:52Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > No, I’m not actually a white male liberal living in white progressive utopias where they can be all compassionate from their gated communities while making sure to pass ordinances that effectively exclude the “wrong” people. Can I just say that the last time I saw a strawman this big they were burning Edward Woodward in it. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/583 "2015-07-01T15:28:35Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Clinton’s weaknesses are so obvious, yet denied up and down, as if anything you say here can influence the election. Who in the blue fuck is denying Clinton’s weaknesses? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/584 "2015-07-01T16:06:39Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > Who in the blue fuck is denying Clinton’s weaknesses? Why, Jon Q. Liberal. Drives a Leaf, weak chin, hates freedom, loves Mumia? ---
**Author:** ![Astral\_Rejection](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Astral\_Rejection](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astral_Rejection)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/585 "2015-07-01T16:12:45Z")
> [@Stupid liberal idea of the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/2194): > > How dense can you be? There have been numerous failures all over the federal bureaucracy, most recently at the CDC. It is the President’s responsibility to make sure these vital agencies are performing their missions. Which is particularly important when there’s a risk of ebola coming to the United States. > > Get it now? I’m digging up old history here, but I remembered one of my favorite classic adaher moments: when he declared that Obama had somehow _already_ failed to protect the United States from the scourge of Ebola ravaging our country. I’d like to remind him that Obama has now personally safeguarded our shores for 6 years, 163 days, and 8 minutes. Since adaher believed Obama was personally to blame if infection hit American citizens within our borders, I’m still waiting for adaher to proclaim Obama’s great personal success in dealing with this issue. Or not, since adaher has long since moved onto the next bullshit recreational outrage he thinks might score points against liberals. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/586 "2015-07-01T17:33:47Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Yeah, I’m a regular joe. I don’t have the means to separate myself from the people I’m supposed to not like the way wealthy white liberals do. Ah, a house painter? (…painting with a brush THAT wide, he’d have to be…) > [@adaher](#): > > Some people here need to stop acting like political operatives. Hey, Mister! Did you know your shoe is ringing…? 😉 > [@adaher](#): > > Clinton’s weaknesses are so obvious, yet denied up and down, as if anything you say here can influence the election. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” -Edmund Burke ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/587 "2015-07-01T17:42:58Z")
I note that in all of his strident defenses, adaher has yet to acknowledge that the Republican part, as demonstrated by the statements of many of its leadership, is still broadly supportive of anti-gay legislation. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/588 "2015-07-01T20:30:42Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” -Edmund Burke They were obviously married. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/589 "2015-07-01T21:03:03Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Quite the contrary. It’s affirmation of our knowledge that “we” are serving the cause of fighting ignorance, while “you” are trying to spread it. The facts and reasoning supporting “us” are always amply provided, and it is not “our” fault that “you” simply reject them without providing anything comparable of your own. It’s expected that one of the most pathetic punks (not to mention, probably the stupidest person on the SDMB) would try to defend the lame practice. Punks are gonna be punkish. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/590 "2015-07-01T21:10:52Z")
No confirmation was needed, actually, but thanks for providing it. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/591 "2015-07-02T00:49:14Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Paid shills don’t concede that the Republican brand is shit. Paid shills do put on a brave front in the weeks before an election when the party is clearly driving themselves into a ditch. Oh, like you in 2012! How much did you get paid to ride that sinking ship all the way down? ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/592 "2015-07-02T01:07:55Z")
Predicting victory when it’s not going to happen isn’t the same as saying that a party’s strategy is just fine, then turning around and saying it’s shit the day after the election. Someone should call people out for that kind of water carrying. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/593 "2015-07-02T01:41:18Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Predicting victory when it’s not going to happen isn’t the same as saying that a party’s strategy is just fine, then turning around and saying it’s shit the day after the election. Someone should call people out for that kind of water carrying. Feel free – who did this in 2014? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/594 "2015-07-02T14:11:08Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Predicting victory when it’s not going to happen isn’t the same as saying that a party’s strategy is just fine, then turning around and saying it’s shit the day after the election. Someone should call people out for that kind of water carrying. Is it the same as saying a party’s strategy is just fine, then disappearing for three months after the election? ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/595 "2015-07-02T15:03:38Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Feel free – who did this in 2014? I suspect it’s the same group of imaginary people who are ignoring all of Hillary’s flaws that **adaher** mentioned earlier (and never bothered to identify despite being asked about them as well). ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/596 "2015-07-03T00:02:53Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Oh, like you in 2012! How much did you get paid to ride that sinking ship all the way down? Now, to be fair, that makes some Serious Assumptions… …on one end of Adaher, it’s all the way Down. Yet on the other? It would have to be all the way Up… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/597 "2015-07-03T00:06:22Z")
Thanks for inspiring what I hope becomes a national motto: The Republican Party: It’s Adahers All the Way Down ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/598 "2015-07-03T02:15:17Z")
Not going to waste my time scrolling back up to find the quote. **adaher** , posters try to figure out your home life because they’re trying to figure out where you came by your ignorance, so it can be corrected. Not knowing any gay people is a pretty good reason for not knowing how gay people in general tend to vote. It would explain why you think that same sex marriage is the end of the struggle, and that gay people will now be able to focus on economic issues. And, as **Ann Hedonia** said, your salary does explain why you overestimate how much taxes actually hurt the rich. Because, for you, those taxes are a much bigger deal. But, you see, that’s why we liberals want to decrease your tax burden, and shift it to those for whom paying your taxes would cost them maybe 1 minute of work. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/599 "2015-07-03T02:19:38Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Just for the record, neither of my friends is gay. Both of mine are, and they hooked up with each other! _cries_ ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/600 "2015-07-03T02:34:47Z")
Well, both of my friends are gay, but they are imaginary. Do you think I might have…_tendencies_?🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639.md?page=31)