# 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:** 28
**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:** [May 8, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/545 "2021-05-08T02:51:50Z")
Then – Pit or not – forgive me. I did mean it as an insult to the teacher, but – out of utter thoughtlessness – didn’t think of the possible collateral damage. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/546 "2021-05-08T12:25:43Z")
While I appreciate what I think is a sincere attempt at an apology, you still seem to be dramatically missing the point. It’s not a matter of “possible collateral damage.” It’s the simple fact of using “special education” as a synonym for “stupid” and treating it as an insult. It’s like calling her “Black” - as if being Black meant being stupid - and then “apologizing” by saying, “Yes, I did mean to insult _her_ by calling her Black, but I didn’t think of the possible collateral damage.” ---
**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:** [May 8, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/547 "2021-05-08T12:30:47Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > It’s the simple fact of using “special education” as a synonym for “stupid” Okay. No. That’s _not_ what I was doing. What I was _doing_ was saying that the teacher seems to be the one with special needs, and _not_ her students. You drew the “stupid” inference. What I was _doing_ was tantamount to saying, “maybe it’s the mental health ‘professional’ (in a hypothetical case of an off the rails provider who did something repugnant) who needs the help, and _not_ her patients.” In _this_ analogy, _you_ drew the “crazy” inference. So my apology was sincere, and – now – so is my explanation. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/548 "2021-05-08T12:48:03Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Okay. No. That’s _not_ what I was doing. Yes, it is. That’s _exactly_ what you are doing, in the _very next sentence of your explanation_: > [@DavidNRockies](#): > > What I was _doing_ was saying that the teacher seems to be the one with special needs, and _not_ her students. What, exactly, are the “special needs” that she seems to have? > [@DavidNRockies](#): > > You drew the “stupid” inference. I did, because that’s what you’re clearly implying. > [@DavidNRockies](#): > > What I was _doing_ was tantamount to saying, “maybe it’s the mental health ‘professional’ (in a hypothetical case of an off the rails provider who did something repugnant) who needs the help, and _not_ her patients.” Yes, that’s exactly what you’re doing, and what _you’re_ doing is repugnant. Do you actually not understand this? Doing something repugnant doesn’t mean you need professional mental health help. It means you did something repugnant. People with mental health issues are no more likely to act repugnantly than people without mental health issues. People who act repugnantly are no more likely to be in need of mental health treatment than people who don’t act repugnantly. Dude, you literally, actually wrote that you used “special education” as an insult. Here, I’ll quote you so you can read what you actually wrote: > [@DavidNRockies](#): > > When I was in K-12, “special-education teacher” described the _students_ and the _curriculum_ . > > My, how things have changed. > [@DavidNRockies](#): > > I did mean it as an insult to the teacher, but – out of utter thoughtlessness – didn’t think of the possible collateral damage. That’s _really_ not OK. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/549 "2021-05-08T15:29:25Z")
I think your hole is deep enough now, you can stop digging. You were wrong, period. Accept, learn, move on. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/550 "2021-05-08T17:29:31Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I think your hole is deep enough now, you can stop digging. > [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Accept, learn, The learning is the important part. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/551 "2021-05-08T18:17:38Z")
This link is from the Dallas Morning News, which I subscribe to, so I apologize if it’s behind a paywall. But don’t worry, I’ve only included it as a citation; I’ve described all of the outrageous parts in my text. > **[Critics decry Democratic chairman’s push to pass transgender sports bill as...](https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/05/07/house-committee-passes-transgender-sports-bill-two-days-after-voting-it-down/)** > > AUSTIN — In a stunning reversal, the Texas House Committee on Public Education approved a highly controversial bill Friday that would require young... Last Tuesday, a bill in the Texas House that would force transgender students to athletically identify as the gender on their original birth certificate, died in committee because it didn’t have enough votes to advance to the whole House. So far, so good. Yesterday, the Chair of the committee, Representative Harold Dutton, D-Houston, was apparently pissed off because a completely unrelated bill he sponsored was mortally wounded due to opposition from other Democrats. So, Chair Dutton, D-Houston (the D apparently stands for Dickhead), decided to retaliate by bringing the transgender athlete bill up again in committee - _and_ he voted for it. The Texas Senate already passed the bill in April and the governor has said he will sign it and the Republicans hold the majority in the House, so it looks like this bill will become a law. I hold out some slim hope that the business community will step in and oppose this like they did a few years ago with the bathroom bill but, if I remember correctly, Governor Abbot stayed neutral on the bathroom bill and the then Speaker of the House was opposed to it, so the situation definitely looks more bleak this time. So, thank you so much, Chair Dutton, Douchebag-Houston, for deciding to soothe your damaged ego by shitting all over every transgender kid in Texas. I expect crap like this from the Republicans, but Democrats are supposed to stand up for and protect oppressed groups. Stupid motherfucker. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/552 "2021-05-08T23:57:06Z")
The Piedmont (California) school district offered a support group for white kids after the Chauvin verdict. > **[Piedmont School District Apologizes for Offering 'White Student Support...](https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/piedmont-school-district-apologizes-for-offering-white-student-support-group-after-chauvin-verdict/)** > > An East Bay school district has apologized after an attempt to support students in the wake of the Derek Chauvin trial backfired when an assistant superintendent sent an email inviting "White students" to discuss the trial and the death of George... ---
**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:** [May 9, 2021, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/553 "2021-05-09T06:03:57Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > a support group Note that according to the assistant superintendent who sent out the message, “support group” wasn’t meant in the traditional sense. Rather, it was supposed to be a discussion about how the white students can be supportive to students of color. If that was truly the intent, she picked a shitty way to label it. > Two teachers in charge of the support circles also sent an email explaining the meeting was about teaching White students how to be an ally. “It was not to provide a space to process because the institutions that are controlled and designed by white people are the ones causing harm,” they wrote. Even still, I don’t get the need to segregate students by race to have these discussions. One of the students quoted felt the same way. > Don Barrett, a 16-year-old junior and member of Piedmont High School’s football team said, “The concept of teaching White people how to be an ally seemed weird to me.” > > “I feel like we’re a really good community and anyone impacted (by the trial) could have talked about it together,” he told CNN. “I have friends of all different ethnicities and we can talk about stuff like this together.” > > Barrett, whose mother is White and father is Black, said “I felt like we were being segregated. How would they even tell people that they can’t go to one circle?” ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/554 "2021-05-09T21:29:41Z")
The CEO of Washingtonian magazine wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post saying that managers are going to be more likely to fire people who work for home. Her employees did not take the editorial well. > **[Washingtonian CEO Apologizes for Op-Ed ‘Threat’ to Staffers’ Jobs if They...](https://www.thedailybeast.com/washingtonian-ceo-catherine-merrill-sorry-for-op-ed-threatening-jobs-if-they-dont-return-to-office)** > > The D.C. magazine’s staff revolted on Friday after their owner wrote an op-ed suggesting remote workers could be penalized—a “public threat to our livelihoods,” employees said. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2021, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/555 "2021-05-10T00:32:11Z")
This woman is a dick > [@Greta van Scientologist](#): > > To all those who reject the term “Mother’s Day” in favor of “birthing persons’ day” you have just slighted all the incredible mothers who adopted children… Apparently she got this shit (“birthing persons’ day”) from a turdsack called Ben Shapiro, who seemed to be trying to satirize decency (or the thing that Stupid MFers call “P.C.”). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/556 "2021-05-10T01:42:38Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Ben Shapiro > **[Ben Shapiro | Author](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Shapiro#Author)** > > Shapiro became interested in politics at a young age. He started a nationally syndicated column when he was 17, becoming the youngest nationally syndicated columnist in the United States, and had written two books by age 21. > In his first book Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth (2004), Shapiro argues that the American Left has ideological dominance over universities and that professors do not tolerate non-left opinions. > In 2011, HarperCollins published Shapiro's fourth bo... Youth indoctrinated in right-wing nuttery complains about universities brainwashing their students. How ironic. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/557 "2021-05-10T03:35:02Z")
The CEO of Shell says the biggest obstacle to ending global warming is the people who oppose the big energy companies. > **[Shell CEO: The world needs our help on climate change](https://www.axios.com/2021/05/09/shell-ceo-climate-change-axios-hbo)** > > Ben van Beurden tells Axios on HBO the company is serious about shifting its massive business. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/558 "2021-05-10T13:24:12Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The CEO of Washingtonian magazine wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post saying that managers are going to be more likely to fire people who work for home. Her employees did not take the editorial well. The CEO is a jerk, but I suspect he was telling an awkward truth shared by lots and lots of his peers. One hell of a lot of managers only know how to manage by face time. One hell of a lot of greasy-pole-climbers got there by schmoozing which requires in-person time. Those folks will be lost in a WFH world. So they’ll do everything they can to prevent the WFH world from coming to fruition within their company. Even if doing so hurts their company’s bottom line. Like so many other business revolutions, whether it was mass production, early computers, factory automation, or the internet, many more legacy companies will fail and disappear than will successfully make the transition to the New Way, whatever that may be. None of us should expect the legacy leadership to go down without a noisy fight. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/559 "2021-05-10T14:01:34Z")
I suspect it may be easier to let someone go that they don’t see every day. The IS/IT department I work for made the jump to WFH because of COVID just over a year ago. It’s worked great. A few had already been doing it a bit. Which frankly was a bit aggravating for me as I’m a perfect candidate for WFH. Boss and his boss seem to think we will be able to continue, but it’s not ultimately there choice. And I work for government. So the chain of command goes up, and up, and up. There are many reasons to embrace this new paradigm. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/560 "2021-05-10T14:56:24Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The CEO of Shell says the biggest obstacle to ending global warming is the people who oppose the big energy companies. > [https://www.axios.com/shell-ceo-climate-change-axios-hbo-9cb96fbd-3044-464f-aa6e-f34d95daab22.html](https://www.axios.com/shell-ceo-climate-change-axios-hbo-9cb96fbd-3044-464f-aa6e-f34d95daab22.html) Warning to others: for your own mental health, do not follow this link. This is some serious cog-dis. “We just shit all over the place and now you need to listen to us as we tell you how to clean up our shit.” It is like a tobacco company saying they are out there in the forefront in the fight against lung cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/561 "2021-05-10T15:46:19Z")
I’m not sure if this belongs in this thread, but an initial reading of it made me think so: [Anna Duggar](https://www.politicalflare.com/2021/05/anna-duggar-believes-husband-josh-duggar-was-set-up-by-biden-for-his-child-computer-prn-charges/), whose husband was just arrested for child porn, says that she believes that Josh (her husband) was set up by the Biden administration, and that this wouldn’t have happened if Trump was still in the White House. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/562 "2021-05-10T15:58:13Z")
Did someone hack NARAL’s Twitter page? > > > Congresswoman Cori Bush @RepCori ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/563 "2021-05-10T16:00:44Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > [Anna Duggar](https://www.politicalflare.com/2021/05/anna-duggar-believes-husband-josh-duggar-was-set-up-by-biden-for-his-child-computer-prn-charges/), whose husband was just arrested for child porn, says that she believes that Josh (her husband) was set up by the Biden administration, and that this wouldn’t have happened if Trump was still in the White House. Heh. If Trump were still president, pedophiles would be safe from arrest, prosecution, and persecution. I agree! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/564 "2021-05-10T16:22:40Z")
Or at least Pedophile 1 would be. Anyone else might be, depending on whether they can make a big enough donation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=29)