# Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 5, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657 "2024-01-05T16:15:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 330
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6581 "2026-03-06T23:38:27Z")
> In his house at Beuna Vista, dead Walt lies dreaming. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6582 "2026-03-06T23:59:19Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > At least she wasn’t named Daenerys or else they might have regretted her heel turn at the end. I’m not totally up on pro-wrestling lingo but wasn’t that a face turn? ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6583 "2026-03-07T01:10:59Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Seems to me the real problem was a girl with a Warner Brothers name trying to visit a Disney park. I assumed the Magic Kingdom refused to issue a visa ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6584 "2026-03-07T01:23:21Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > At least she wasn’t named Daenerys or else they might have regretted her heel turn at the end. Did she actually have a heel turn, though? From all I can gather, darned near everyone on that show was always a heel. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6585 "2026-03-08T09:49:28Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > The only thing she has going for her is that she’s arguably less of a bigoted fruitcake than Candace Owens. Speaking of whom, she and Tucker Carlson have lately been claiming that Chabad - I.e., the Hasidic Jewish group that focuses on outreach programs and encouraging non-Orthodox Jews to be more observant, and who have some strange ideas about their late Rebbe but are overall just kind-hearted people who want to do good in the world - are the orchestrators of the Iran war as part of a nefarious plot to blow up the Dome of the Rock so they can rebuild Solomon’s temple and resume the ancient practice of ritual animal sacrifice. > **[Chabad on high alert after false Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens war claims](https://forward.com/fast-forward/810283/tucker-carlson-chabad-candace-owens/)** > > Two leading right-wing anti-Israel influencers hurl accusations that the highly visible Hasidic sect is somehow behind the Iran conflict ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6586 "2026-03-09T18:57:14Z")
I don’t share your positive opinion of the Chabad organization, but that is just straight up anti-Semitism. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6587 "2026-03-09T19:00:42Z")
Isn’t anti-Semitism the excuse that the administration is using to cut off funds to universities? So what are they going to do when the anti-Semitism comes from inside the right(wing) house? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6588 "2026-03-09T19:10:25Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > some strange ideas about their late Rebbe > **[Chabad messianism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chabad_messianism)** > > Messianism in Chabad refers to the belief within some of the Chabad-Lubavitch community—a prominent group within Hasidic Judaism—regarding the Jewish Messiah (Hebrew: מָשִׁיחַ, mashiach or moshiach). Central to this belief is the conviction that Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch dynasty, is the awaited Messiah and leading the Jewish people into the Messianic Age.: 24  > The concept of the Messiah is central to Judaism, representing an anticipated savior a... ---
**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:** [March 9, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6589 "2026-03-09T19:10:31Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > So what are they going to do when the anti-Semitism comes from inside the right(wing) house? The same thing they always do; ignore the hypocrisy, change the subject, and accuse Democrats of whatever heinous other stuff Republicans are actually doing. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6590 "2026-03-09T19:27:44Z")
Come for the tennis, stay to file lawsuits. A German tourist, Faycal Manz, visiting NYC for the U.S. Open, decided to visit a Mexican restaurant in Times Square 🤔 for a taco experience he couldn’t get in his native land. Unfortunately he larded on the hot sauce, unaware that spiciness could ensue, and wound up with allegedly grievous injuries. > **[gov.uscourts.nysd.629248.1.0.pdf](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.629248/gov.uscourts.nysd.629248.1.0.pdf)** > > 1791.48 KB A judge has thrown out the suit. Manz also sued the city of New York because police didn’t respond quickly enough to his 911 call when he witnessed an assault, and sued Walmart because he couldn’t use a New Jersey store’s WiFi without providing a U.S. phone number. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2026, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6591 "2026-03-09T20:50:45Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Isn’t anti-Semitism the excuse that the administration is using to cut off funds to universities? So what are they going to do when the anti-Semitism comes from inside the right(wing) house Ignore it, of course, or possibly actively support it. They’re only against it when the claim of being against it can be used to attack Muslims; which produces an added bonus of trying to encourage Muslims and Jews to attack each other. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6592 "2026-03-09T20:57:20Z")
Or when they can hurt universities like Harvard that they perceive as liberal bastions, ignoring that Harvard is about as Republican establishment as you can get. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6593 "2026-03-09T20:59:47Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Unfortunately he larded on the hot sauce, unaware that spiciness could ensue, and wound up with allegedly grievous injuries. Is there any news about whether or not he stabbed himself in the face with a fork, or choked while trying to swallow a napkin whole? ---
**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:** [March 9, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6594 "2026-03-09T21:08:55Z")
Wasn’t the reason thry claimed antiSemitism at the universities because they were allowing pro-Palestinian protests? Maybe not, I may have lost track in all of this mess, but that’s my recollection. Some pro Palestinians are antiSemitic, of course. But not all of them are. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6595 "2026-03-09T21:13:22Z")
Meanwhile, conservatives argue for free speech on campuses, saying that conservatives are silenced. So if campuses should allow everyone to express their opinions, should that also not allow for pro-Palestinian protests (some of which will may be anti-Israeli)? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6596 "2026-03-09T21:15:31Z")
My read of it was that a lot of the protests were carrying over into some genuine anti-Semitism and the universities were throwing their hands up and saying, “Free speech!” in exactly the way you would expect a conservative free speech absolutist institution to behave. But because most people think that education = liberal indoctrination, the Republicans gleefully used this institutional issue as a cudgel to punish liberals, even though it didn’t really do that. But what was important is that it appeared to do that, while stoking the flames of American anti-intellectualism. The irony is that conservatives were punishing universities for holding conservative values - in this case, the value that nobody should ever be held accountable for being a bigot. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2026, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6597 "2026-03-09T21:21:55Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Manz also sued the city of New York because police didn’t respond quickly enough to his 911 call when he witnessed an assault, and sued Walmart because he couldn’t use a New Jersey store’s WiFi without providing a U.S. phone number. Herr Manz is an alien I wouldn’t mind seeing deported. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6598 "2026-03-09T21:23:02Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Meanwhile, conservatives argue for free speech on campuses Wait, what? I thought they were angling for free conservative speech, i.e. free for me but not for thee. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6599 "2026-03-09T21:24:08Z")
Yes, that’s what they really want. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6600 "2026-03-09T21:27:47Z")
Hard disagree. He seems like an ideal American. He certainly learned of all his tactics from reading US media reports of Real Americans suing one another mostly for the hell of it. NYC folks especially. He’s just trying the “When in Rome do like the Romans” gambit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=329) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=331)