# Predict the wingnuttery to come **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 3, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-wingnuttery-to-come/470903 "2008-11-03T19:07:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-wingnuttery-to-come/470903/21 "2008-11-03T20:05:15Z")
> [@LonesomePolecat](#): > > And does anyone doubt Obama and his supporters will be accusing everyone who questions or opposes him of racism? :rolleyes: Right, just like they do now. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-wingnuttery-to-come/470903/22 "2008-11-03T20:07:19Z")
> [@YamatoTwinkie](#): > > “America Held Hostage: Day 1” Ditto. 😉 It hadn’t dawned on me that we’d be subject to another four years of Rush’s America Held Hostage rants. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-wingnuttery-to-come/470903/23 "2008-11-03T20:08:19Z")
In the distance…(…crunch, crunch, crunch…) Drawing ever nearer, moment by moment! (…crunch, crunch, crunch…) The dread tread of liberal jackboots! (…crunch, crunch, crunch…) Its necessary, **LP!** How the hell are we going to force Eagle Scouts into gay marriages unless we take all the guns first? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-wingnuttery-to-come/470903/24 "2008-11-03T20:09:36Z")
Viagra sales are spiking as well. Probably just a coincidence. Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-wingnuttery-to-come/470903/25 "2008-11-03T20:10:50Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > I also predict we’ll see a lot of insinuations that Obama will bring back the Fairness doctrine and use hate speech laws to trample over free speech. [They’re certainly doing it in Canada.](http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/06/o_stalinoid_canada_1.html) I don’t find it hard to believe that the left would love to have the same power to suppress speech here. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-wingnuttery-to-come/470903/26 "2008-11-03T20:12:14Z")
> [@LonesomePolecat](#): > > ..you are aware that firearm sales have been spiking recently, aren’t you? Which does not mean that the wingnuts are right. It means they are wingnuts. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-wingnuttery-to-come/470903/27 "2008-11-03T20:12:38Z")
I’m as liberal as they come, and I’d never support hate speech laws. I like knowing exactly where the nutters are. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-wingnuttery-to-come/470903/28 "2008-11-03T20:14:20Z")
> [@LonesomePolecat](#): > > [They’re certainly doing it in Canada.](http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/06/o_stalinoid_canada_1.html) I don’t find it hard to believe that the left would love to have the same power to suppress speech here. And I guess since the USA has exactly the same constitution that Canada has, the “left” will have no problem suppressing speech. Oh wait, the constitutions are different. Your argument is an epic fail. ---
**Author:** ![Sinaijon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Sinaijon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaijon)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-wingnuttery-to-come/470903/29 "2008-11-03T20:15:42Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Right out of the gate I expect some wingnuttery about how the election was stolen by “voter fraud.” :rolleyes: What? I thought this thread was about if _Obama_ won. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-wingnuttery-to-come/470903/30 "2008-11-03T20:15:54Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Having Obama as president could raise this to a whole 'nother level. What can we expect to hear? > > I’ll throw out a few for starters: > > Changing the national motto to “In Allah We Trust” > The “War on Christmas” meme goes wild. > Funneling government funds to ACORN > A flood of illegal aliens from Africa, all Obama’s relatives The rabid War on Christmas maniacs are going to be extra frothy this year. I can’t wait! Hmmm… is it a war if it’s only one-sided … and only in one’s mind? Who cares? I still can’t wait! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-wingnuttery-to-come/470903/31 "2008-11-03T20:18:01Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Oh, hell! Just keep the God-damned things, and much good may it do you! _Muzzle tov!_ Ah, I get it. You’re allowed to mock, but when someone doesn’t play along you get to act like you’re exasperated, like it’s some sort of confirmation that you were right the whole time. Well, not at my expense. Have fun with your sausage fest. Like I would have expected honest conversation in a thread titled “Predict the wingnuttery to come” a day before the election. Silly me. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-wingnuttery-to-come/470903/32 "2008-11-03T20:18:11Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Its necessary, **LP!** How the hell are we going to force Eagle Scouts into gay marriages unless we take all the guns first? [You start in kindergarten.](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,445865,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-wingnuttery-to-come/470903/33 "2008-11-03T20:20:15Z")
I suspect the militias (remember them?) will be coming back, convinced that Obama will be rounding up all good Christians. During the Clinton years they were convinced that the government was going to set up concentration camps. When Bush actually did, no problem since the occupants were just furriners. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-wingnuttery-to-come/470903/34 "2008-11-03T20:20:56Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > And I guess since the USA has exactly the same constitution that Canada has, the “left” will have no problem suppressing speech. > > Oh wait, the constitutions are different. Your argument is an epic fail. Oh, yeah, the left’s profound respect for the Constitution will protect free speech. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-wingnuttery-to-come/470903/35 "2008-11-03T20:22:38Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > :rolleyes: Right, just like they do now. Have you been living in a cave on Mars for the past two years or something? ---
**Author:** ![JXJohns](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jxjohns/32/469_2.png) [@JXJohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JXJohns)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-wingnuttery-to-come/470903/36 "2008-11-03T20:24:19Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I wasn’t. > > Do you have any theory as to why? > > Because if it’s based on fear of Obama-Admin gun confiscation, we suddenly have a much larger number of the armed and stupid. ☹ So in this case, past performance is not an indicator of future results? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-wingnuttery-to-come/470903/37 "2008-11-03T20:26:50Z")
> [@Sinaijon](#): > > What? I thought this thread was about if _Obama_ won. If McCain wins, any charges of a stolen election will involve voter suppression, not voter fraud. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-wingnuttery-to-come/470903/38 "2008-11-03T20:28:25Z")
> [@JXJohns](#): > > So in this case, past performance is not an indicator of future results? See post #5. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-wingnuttery-to-come/470903/39 "2008-11-03T20:29:45Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > If McCain wins, any charges of a stolen election will involve voter suppression, not voter fraud. So? Probably both sides are going to scream “No fair!” if the other side wins. I don’t see your point. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-wingnuttery-to-come/470903/40 "2008-11-03T20:30:14Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > I also predict we’ll see a lot of insinuations that Obama will bring back the Fairness doctrine and use hate speech laws to trample over free speech. Presidents don’t create laws. That is the function of Congress. And [Pelosi supports it](http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2008/06/25/pelosi-i-want-bring-back-fairness-doctrine). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-wingnuttery-to-come/470903.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-wingnuttery-to-come/470903.md?page=3)