# Let me be real clear: this message board does NOT need conservatives

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 28, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-be-real-clear-this-message-board-does-not-need-conservatives/947474 "2021-07-28T02:12:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-be-real-clear-this-message-board-does-not-need-conservatives/947474/1459 "2021-08-10T13:39:17Z")

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Half of conservatives are conscious liars, half are too stupid and stubborn to understand that they’re repeating obvious lies and misinformation.

We need conservatives to the extent that it’s useful to have a gallery of wild-caught bullshit and absurdity, alongside a robust debunking of it. But we have 100x more specimens than any museum of bullshit really requires.

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