# Liberals' neo-McCarthyism crosses the absurdity line **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 1, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-neo-mccarthyism-crosses-the-absurdity-line/785669 "2017-05-01T22:16:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-neo-mccarthyism-crosses-the-absurdity-line/785669/41 "2017-05-03T02:52:03Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Yet Trump has shown to be way more dishonest than Clinton. And I’d like a cite for her being proven a sociopath, please. Someone said it about Trump, with actual evidence. The Trump strategy concerning Clinton is ‘project like a motherfucking multiplex’. ---
**Author:** ![jshore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jshore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jshore)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-neo-mccarthyism-crosses-the-absurdity-line/785669/42 "2017-05-03T03:06:04Z")
> [@Okrahoma](#): > > soon Democrats will breathlessly accuse their opponents of using Russian dressing on their salads. Call me when they stupidly decide to rename said dressing in their cafeteria “freedom dressing”. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-neo-mccarthyism-crosses-the-absurdity-line/785669/43 "2017-05-03T03:24:57Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > What should Hilary have been wearing, in your opinion? Bikini. Own the moment. Or, the **Blue Dress**. What a “Fuck You” that would have been! Hell, I’da even thought about ---
**Author:** ![Great\_White\_Dope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/22d042/32.png) [@Great\_White\_Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_White_Dope)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-neo-mccarthyism-crosses-the-absurdity-line/785669/44 "2017-05-03T06:46:09Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Yet Trump has shown to be way more dishonest than Clinton. And I’d like a cite for her being proven a sociopath, please. Start here: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dY77j6uBHI) Another brief glimpse at the monster lurking inside: A not-so-subtle threat of the personal and professional destruction of any woman who dares come forward with claims of sexual assault from her perverted husband. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-neo-mccarthyism-crosses-the-absurdity-line/785669/45 "2017-05-03T06:51:28Z")
Dude, you supported Donald Trump, who possibly ran the most dishonest campaign in history. You don’t get to call others out as liars. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-neo-mccarthyism-crosses-the-absurdity-line/785669/46 "2017-05-03T07:14:16Z")
And like conservatives care about rape. I thought victims were asking for it because their bodies had ways of shutting it down if it wasn’t what they wanted? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-neo-mccarthyism-crosses-the-absurdity-line/785669/47 "2017-05-03T14:43:28Z")
> [@Great\_White\_Dope](#): > > Start here: > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dY77j6uBHI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dY77j6uBHI) > > Another brief glimpse at the monster lurking inside: > > A not-so-subtle threat of the personal and professional destruction of any woman who dares come forward with claims of sexual assault from her perverted husband. Well, your current sock name is certainly appropriate, **Derek**. ---
**Author:** ![igor\_frankensteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/839c29/32.png) [@igor\_frankensteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/igor_frankensteen)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-neo-mccarthyism-crosses-the-absurdity-line/785669/48 "2017-05-14T00:54:18Z")
> [@Okrahoma](#): > > [https://thinkprogress.org/greg-gianforte-financial-ties-russia-c0c34126266d](https://thinkprogress.org/greg-gianforte-financial-ties-russia-c0c34126266d) > > The breathless headline: “GOP candidate has financial ties to Russian companies sanctioned by the U.S. government” > > The actual “transgression” is that the candidate, whose net worth is somewhere north of $100M, has $250K in shares of a couple of American ETFs that have holdings in some Russian companies. > > Leftists have gone nuts. Actually, this attitude is precisely the problem. The reason why some of Trumps people may be in deep trouble with the law, AND why the Trump Presidency is struggling, is because they all felt entitled to decide for themselves, what the laws concerning international business dealings OUGHT TO BE, such that they should be allowed to ignore them all for the sake of personal profit. It is yet another example both of why government regulation of business is necessary, as well as why anyone who proclaims that the government should be run as though it is a business, should be remanded to elementary school for another go round. ---
**Author:** ![Okrahoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90db22/32.png) [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-neo-mccarthyism-crosses-the-absurdity-line/785669/49 "2017-05-14T01:07:45Z")
> [@igor\_frankensteen](#): > > Actually, this attitude is precisely the problem. > > The reason why some of Trumps people may be in deep trouble with the law, AND why the Trump Presidency is struggling, is because they all felt entitled to decide for themselves, what the laws concerning international business dealings OUGHT TO BE, such that they should be allowed to ignore them all for the sake of personal profit. Please explain exactly what “laws concerning international business dealings” were violated in the case described in the OP. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-neo-mccarthyism-crosses-the-absurdity-line/785669.md?page=2)