# Is this a political jab for the purpose of GQ?

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**Created:** [February 24, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-political-jab-for-the-purpose-of-gq/613891 "2012-02-24T23:23:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![spankthecrumpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@spankthecrumpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spankthecrumpet)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-political-jab-for-the-purpose-of-gq/613891/1 "2012-02-24T23:23:21Z")

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> [@Me](#):
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> Eventually, geoengineering is going to be the way that climate change will be dealt with methinks. Either that, or just adapting. But for either of those solutions to work, rather than the insanely expensive statist solutions that are currently advocated for, the right wing has to accept the science. Particularly the American right wing. And it would help if the long tail stopped thinking T Rex went two by two into Noah’s ark.

Is this a political jab by Great Questions standards?

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-political-jab-for-the-purpose-of-gq/613891/2 "2012-02-24T23:47:47Z")

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GQ stands for General Questions.

And I would certainly report that to a mod if I can across it in GQ.

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**Author:** ![spankthecrumpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@spankthecrumpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spankthecrumpet)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-political-jab-for-the-purpose-of-gq/613891/3 "2012-02-25T00:02:40Z")

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Danke 🙂

Now to watch Family Guy and continue drinking. I have posted a censored version.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-political-jab-for-the-purpose-of-gq/613891/4 "2012-02-25T02:04:40Z")

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Yeah, the original version would probably have gotten a mod note.

Any time someone makes a blanket statement about “the right wing,” “liberals,” etc. in General Questions it’s more likely than not to be political jab. Best to avoid this kind of opinionating.