# 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:** 177
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3521 "2015-06-24T03:57:30Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Just one more glaring utterance of rank stupidity by our Loser-In-Chief: > > > [@](#): > > > > Let’s be clear: At some point, we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn’t happen in other places with this kind of frequency. > > This was debunked as total bullshit within minutes. > > One has to wonder if he was born stupid or if all the dope he smoked in school fried his brain like an egg. Or was it possibly both? > [@Clothahump](#): > > Nope. This issue is this statement that he made (emphasis mine): > > > [@](#): > > > > Let’s be clear: At some point, we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that **this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries.** > > It does. Period. Interesting how the embedded quote changed between those two posts. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3522 "2015-06-24T04:23:32Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > It does. Period. If you end on one that you didn’t end on before, sure. ---
**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 24, 2015, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3523 "2015-06-24T09:01:28Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Interesting how the embedded quote changed between those two posts. Are you implying that a right-wing ideologue might take something Obama or, say, Clinton said, cut it short to remove it from context and use the truncated version to imply that it means something completely different? Because that has never happened before. \you didn’t build that\ \what difference does it make\ ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3524 "2015-06-24T09:16:56Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Are you implying that a right-wing ideologue might take something Obama or, say, Clinton said, cut it short to remove it from context and use the truncated version to imply that it means something completely different? I’m not implying that one might, I’m stating outright that he did. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3525 "2015-06-24T14:08:29Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Nope. This issue is this statement that he made (emphasis mine): > It does. Period. It does. Period. As long as you ignore the sentence after that first period. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3526 "2015-06-24T14:33:53Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Interesting how the embedded quote changed between those two posts. It’s not interesting. It’s **Clothahump**. ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3527 "2015-06-25T08:08:08Z")
So has the UK grooming and rape clusterfuck been mentioned? The latest news: > [@](#): > > “The predominant offender profile of Pakistani Muslim males… combined with the predominant victim profile of white females has the potential to cause significant community tensions.” [Police knew grooming gangs were targeting Birmingham schools five years ago but did not alert public](http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/police-knew-grooming-gangs-were-9518461) - let’s thrown the girls to the wolves for fear of transgressing against PC and provoking community tension. There’s a plan. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3528 "2015-06-25T08:15:51Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Nope. This issue is this statement that he made (emphasis mine): > It does. Period. I get that you’re too stupid to think for yourself, but you just showed that you’re bereft of integrity as 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 25, 2015, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3529 "2015-06-25T10:09:24Z")
> [@Rune](#): > > So has the UK grooming and rape clusterfuck been mentioned? The latest news: > > [Police knew grooming gangs were targeting Birmingham schools five years ago but did not alert public](http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/police-knew-grooming-gangs-were-9518461) > > - let’s thrown the girls to the wolves for fear of transgressing against PC and provoking community tension. There’s a plan. That’s truly a terrible story, but the “fear of transgressing against PC” is once again a right-wing fantasy. More like “fear of reactionary idiots attacking innocent Pakistanis in reaction to this story, making things worse”, as indeed they did in the wake of the Lee Rigby murder. Which is not in any way to excuse the inaction of the police, but it’s got fuck-all to do with political correctness. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3530 "2015-06-25T17:32:08Z")
Okay, I had to check multiple sites to make sure this wasn’t satire. Looks like it’s true: [Apple pulls all games with Confederate flags from their App Store](http://kotaku.com/apple-yanks-games-with-confederate-flags-from-app-store-1713885047). ---
**Author:** ![Strassia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@Strassia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strassia)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3531 "2015-06-25T17:50:17Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Okay, I had to check multiple sites to make sure this wasn’t satire. Looks like it’s true: [Apple pulls all games with Confederate flags from their App Store](http://kotaku.com/apple-yanks-games-with-confederate-flags-from-app-store-1713885047). I can’t check that link at work, but that may or may not be stupid, depending on a few factors. While there are plenty of main stream games with Nazi symbols in them, they are always the bad guys. And I don’t know if any of them are available from Apple. If Apple is going to model their rules about Confederate symbolism after their rules about Nazi symbolism, that would make sense. And if they pulled everything off until they review them that would also make sense. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3532 "2015-06-25T18:14:58Z")
But … I want an app where I can shoot at confederate flag targets! Surely they wouldn’t pull THOSE! ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3533 "2015-06-25T18:56:31Z")
It’s not like it’s an emergency. They should have only pulled the ones which failed to pass review, not pulled everything and only put back in the ones that pass. Very often app developers are barely scraping by. Those who used the flag appropriately shouldn’t be punished. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3534 "2015-06-25T18:59:41Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > It’s not like it’s an emergency. They should have only pulled the ones which failed to pass review, not pulled everything and only put back in the ones that pass. Very often app developers are barely scraping by. Those who used the flag appropriately shouldn’t be punished. Pass? You think they’ve developed actual criteria for a test? I’m confident the test is “Visible Confederate flag?” Yes – fail, No – pass. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3535 "2015-06-25T19:02:15Z")
FYI, I see the Google Store still has stuff in it like Confederate flag wallpaper. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3536 "2015-06-25T20:47:59Z")
No more Dixie flag bikinis? ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3537 "2015-06-25T21:31:14Z")
> [@lumpy](#): > > no more dixie flag bikinis? This is an outrage!! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3538 "2015-06-25T22:00:22Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > No more Dixie flag bikinis? > [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > This is an outrage!! It depends where you are when you take it 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 25, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3539 "2015-06-25T22:01:11Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > No more Dixie flag bikinis? > [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > This is an outrage!! Agreed! I demand the bikinis be removed _NOW!_ ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3540 "2015-06-25T23:16:15Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Agreed! I demand the bikinis be removed _NOW!_ \*Now \*I wish I was in the land of cotton. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=176) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=178)