# Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 31, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945 "2021-01-31T21:25:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 123
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2450 "2022-02-11T00:01:27Z")
I kinda like the ex-guard’s alleged drawing. A driver goes around “ROAD CLOSED” sign and drives into giant hole: > **[Driver Goes Around 'Road Closed' Sign, Drives Into Hole](https://jalopnik.com/driver-goes-around-road-closed-sign-drives-into-hole-1848509628)** > > I feel like this is a perfect metaphor for far too many things that would depress me to consider ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2451 "2022-02-11T00:07:14Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > A driver goes around “ROAD CLOSED” sign and drives into giant hole: But I can understand the driver’s confusion. The road was not closed. The problem was that the road was OPEN, with a big hole in it. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2452 "2022-02-11T00:10:12Z")
The government can’t mandate where I am free to drive! And then maybe dive, as it were. “Road Closed” sign, I laugh at you. This road isn’t closed until WE say it is! ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2453 "2022-02-11T05:53:14Z")
> [@Ziberian](#): > > I’m sure they think nothing of killing people indirectly by flooding 911. These are the people who set an apartment building on fire & taped the doors shut because the residents were complaining about their horns/noise. So they’re now a murder cult, not just a death cult. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2454 "2022-02-11T20:26:46Z")
Stupid fuck gets to take the bus for the rest of his life. After prison, of course. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/virginia-man-faces-prison-after-disrupting-flight-in-april/ar-AATKdE3](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/virginia-man-faces-prison-after-disrupting-flight-in-april/ar-AATKdE3) ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2455 "2022-02-11T20:30:45Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Stupid fuck gets to take the bus for the rest of his life. Hey, now, it made John Madden famous (or at least enlarged his persona). ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2456 "2022-02-12T00:21:51Z")
Can someone explain [this](https://www.npr.org/2022/02/08/1079212789/ottawa-trucker-convoy-protest) to me? > In addition, signs for QAnon, right-wing militias and Confederate and Nazi flags have also appeared among the protesters, Jacobs [said](https://www.npr.org/2022/02/02/1077710168/canadian-truck-drivers-block-border-crossing-and-protest-at-capital-over-vaccine). Confederate flags in Canada? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2457 "2022-02-12T00:25:05Z")
I was surprised by that at first, but then remembered what the confederate flag stands for and thought, oh yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2458 "2022-02-12T00:31:41Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Confederate flags in Canada? Yes. Confederate flags in Canada. > **[Why Are Canadian Protesters Flying Confederate Flags?](https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/02/09/canada-trucker-protests-vaccines-covid-19-far-right-confederate-flags-ottawa-trudeau/)** > > How the Canadian trucker protests became a big-tent rally of Canada’s growing far-right. > Not unlike the U.S. Capitol riot, the movement has attracted a diverse array of self-described patriots waving Canadian flags alongside Confederate battle flags, swastikas, symbols related to the Quebec sovereignty movement, and QAnon conspiracy banners. > Supporters now include neo-Nazis, Canadian supporters of the former U.S. administration, QAnon conspiracy enthusiasts (including Romana Didulo, the self-declared monarch of Canada who has been investigated by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for inciting her followers to violence), and some members of Canada’s Conservative Party and its extremist breakaway, the People’s Party of Canada. While it may seem strange that Canadians rally behind a flag that was part of the dark and evil history of a completely different country, consider that there are assholes in America that rally behind a flag that was part of the dark and evil history of a completely different country (the Nazis). It’s all part of the same fucked-up, bigoted hatred. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2459 "2022-02-12T02:16:38Z")
Those assholes in Canada are waving the Nazi flag, too. Twerps. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2460 "2022-02-12T03:28:48Z")
AIUI, the Canadian neo-Nazis and Conspiracy Theorists are the core of the movement, and they attracted non-fringe people who are just tired of the pandemic. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2461 "2022-02-12T03:32:36Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > It’s all part of the same fucked-up, bigoted hatred. At some point, I think they (this cohort, regardless of from whence they come) should stop with the symbolism and proudly display the “MY DICK IS TINY AND MY IQ IS LOW” banner. Just own it. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2462 "2022-02-12T04:02:32Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Yes. Confederate flags in Canada. The Confederate flag has been adopted as a general symbol of defiance and rebellion internationally. I’ve seen mentions of it in Europe and Australia. Especially in parts of Europe, where I think the swastika is banned, the confederate flag has come to be its proxy. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2463 "2022-02-12T04:02:47Z")
Truth ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2464 "2022-02-12T05:10:58Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > they attracted non-fringe people who are just tired of the pandemic. I am also tired of this pandemic. (Is there anybody who isn’t tired of this pandemic?) I have however enough sense to know that honking horns at it isn’t going to make it go away. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2465 "2022-02-12T05:17:02Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I have however enough sense to know that honking horns at it isn’t going to make it go away. Says you. And ‘scientists’ and Big Pharma. I’ve done my research, and I’ve found that honking horns is just as effective as drinking your own urine. WAKE UP, SHEEPLE! ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2466 "2022-02-12T05:17:04Z")
Not to mention the fact that even if I’m tired of something to the point of discombobulation and severe bamboozlement, it does not reduce my aversion to marching with people waving Nazi flags. But perhaps I’m just too much of a stickler for not associating with genocidal racists. No doubt there are good people on both sides of not-genocidal-racism and genocidal racism. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2467 "2022-02-12T14:39:43Z")
The term “mass hysteria” comes to mind. But I think a crucial element is at play the world over. Maybe it is just part of human nature (not ALL humans) to get energized and feel pride in being a right asshole to someone else. That someone can be “the government” or authority in general, or “_those people_”. These various flags give these people a sense of belonging to the right asshole tribe, wherever it is and wherever the flag originated. And by “right asshole” I don’t mean right wing politics, I mean in the usage of, “Why, he’s a _right asshole_, ain’t he?” ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2468 "2022-02-12T15:24:16Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > [@thorny\_locust](#): > > > > I have however enough sense to know that honking horns at it isn’t going to make it go away. > > Says you. And ‘scientists’ and Big Pharma. I’ve done my research, and I’ve found that honking horns is just as effective as drinking your own urine. WAKE UP, SHEEPLE! Nice save. Dan ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2469 "2022-02-12T16:21:33Z")
As the cashtroturfed siege of the Canadian Capital continues, naturally, > **[Man upset over Canada's mask mandates threatens wrong Ottawa](https://apnews.com/article/ohio-canada-akron-ottawa-bomb-threats-cc691bc0fb81cd9d1df0e55caa0d0acb)** > > OTTAWA, Ohio (AP) — A man who wanted to join the protests in Canada's capital over mask mandates called in a bomb threat so police would waste their time chasing it, authorities said, but he called the wrong Ottawa — a village in Ohio. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=122) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=124)