# Stupid liberal idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 20, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086 "2011-04-20T15:35:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 173
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3441 "2015-06-01T09:46:09Z")
> [@Rune](#): > > Everything about this is just plain stupid: [Feminist Students Protest Feminist Prof for Writing About Feminism](http://jezebel.com/feminist-students-protest-feminist-prof-for-writing-abo-1707714321). (In fact everything about Emma Sulkowicz is stupid, but that’s another matter) Amazing how you guys can have any kind of functional university with that kind of hysteric nonsense and rubbish going on. But perhaps it’s mostly found on Women’s Studies which seems to be rubbish anyway. Although I’m sure SDMB will take the usual route and declare it nothing to do with liberals. Aww…you were doing so well there, and then you ruined it with that last sentence. Please remember to recycle your empty barrel of well poison. Anyhoo, I was reading about this the other day and yes, this is a liberal clusterfuck of epic proportions. While university instructors obviously have to be accountable for their views, being subject to a bizarre kangaroo court is not the way to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3442 "2015-06-01T14:07:13Z")
> [@Rune](#): > > Everything about this is just plain stupid: [Feminist Students Protest Feminist Prof for Writing About Feminism](http://jezebel.com/feminist-students-protest-feminist-prof-for-writing-abo-1707714321). (In fact everything about Emma Sulkowicz is stupid, but that’s another matter) Amazing how you guys can have any kind of functional university with that kind of hysteric nonsense and rubbish going on. But perhaps it’s mostly found on Women’s Studies which seems to be rubbish anyway. Wow, there are some seriously stupid liberal ideas going on in there! This was a really good addition to this thread. > [@Rune](#): > > Although I’m sure SDMB will take the usual route and declare it nothing to do with liberals. Bite me. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3443 "2015-06-01T14:54:10Z")
> [@Rune](#): > > Although I’m sure SDMB will take the usual route and declare it nothing to do with liberals. Are you so used to failure that you feel compelled to admit anticipating it? You actually _did_ find a case of college politics run amok - take a bow. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3444 "2015-06-01T14:55:47Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Are you so used to failure that you feel compelled to admit anticipating it? You actually _did_ find a case of college politics run amok - take a bow. And, ironically, found possibly one of the best examples of Stupid Liberal Ideas run amok this thread has seen. ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3445 "2015-06-01T15:41:47Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Are you so used to failure that you feel compelled to admit anticipating it? You actually _did_ find a case of college politics run amok - take a bow. oh man. SDMB circle jerk in action. Is it ok I step aside before you all jizz on each other? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3446 "2015-06-01T15:51:07Z")
You should have asked what “bukake” meant before you volunteered… ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3447 "2015-06-01T15:57:10Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > You should have asked what “bukake” meant before you volunteered… Do’h. Teach your grandmother to suck eggs. I know what bukake means. Some boring Japanese puzzle like sudok[u](http://s.quickmeme.com/img/36/3693ff93ad33bff7d3a6a2cfa92cfe7075265df5782caaa9dcb3e270b0496215.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3448 "2015-06-01T16:00:53Z")
> [@Rune](#): > > oh man. SDMB circle jerk in action. Is it ok I step aside before you all jizz on each other? You seem to have the sexist assumption we’re all male. That’s very republitard of you. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3449 "2015-06-01T17:02:37Z")
> [@Rune](#): > > oh man. SDMB circle jerk in action. Is it ok I step aside before you all jizz on each other? OK. I’m baffled. Everyone seems to be agreeing with your point. What in particular about that is pissing you off? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3450 "2015-06-01T17:08:33Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > OK. I’m baffled. Everyone seems to be agreeing with your point. What in particular about that is pissing you off? The agreement part. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3451 "2015-06-01T17:20:37Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The agreement part. Yep. You don’t get Conservative Points unless you get to play the martyr card. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3452 "2015-06-02T07:13:57Z")
Maybe it’s like fracking - you’re not doing it right unless you poison a well. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3453 "2015-06-02T08:54:37Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Yep. You don’t get Conservative Points unless you get to play the martyr card. Maybe after reading that article about various liberals claiming to be victims of other liberals, **Rune** just wanted to get in on that sweet, sweet victim action. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3454 "2015-06-12T03:20:35Z")
Jenee Desmond-Harris of Vox claims that the term “you guys” used to address both genders is sexist. Now, if this was some random tumblrtard blog, I could have cared less but Vox is a fairly respectable centre-left website and it is with some regreat that I post this. [http://www.vox.com/2015/6/11/8761227/you-guys-sexism-language](http://www.vox.com/2015/6/11/8761227/you-guys-sexism-language) > [@](#): > > The tech startup npm recently blogged about the unusual challenge some of its employees have agreed to participate in: they put a dollar in a glass jar every time they say “you guys.” > > “We didn’t invent the idea, though I’m not sure where we first heard about it,” reads the company’s explanation on Tumblr. “But the idea is: if you believe that using the word ‘guys’ to describe a mixed-gender group of individuals is creeping sexism, and are trying to eliminate that word from your casual use, you put a dollar in the jar every time you do it accidentally.” > > Yes, “creeping sexism.” What is particularly hilarious is that this critique of “you guys” was offered in a slightly variant form over forty years ago by ultra-fundie minister Jack Hyles. [http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Books,%20Tracts%20&%20Preaching/Printed%20Books/Dr%20Jack%20Hyles/unisex.htm](http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Books,%20Tracts%20&%20Preaching/Printed%20Books/Dr%20Jack%20Hyles/unisex.htm) > [@](#): > > You girls ought not to use language like boys. You ought not to say to other girls, “Come on, you guys.” You’re playing right into the hands of the unisex crowd. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3455 "2015-06-12T06:07:48Z")
It’s only bad because when the jar is full they give the money to the gal with the biggest tits in the office. What? I said gal. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3456 "2015-06-12T09:16:04Z")
Man, Rita Moreno owes them _so_ much money from all those Electric Company episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3457 "2015-06-12T10:59:30Z")
What’s the alternative? “You people”? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3458 "2015-06-12T11:00:41Z")
> [@Double\_Foolscap](#): > > What’s the alternative? “You people”? “What do you mean, ‘you people’?” ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3459 "2015-06-12T11:02:19Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > “What do you mean, ‘you people’?” What do _you_ mean, “you people”? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3460 "2015-06-12T11:51:58Z")
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