# Stupid liberal idea of the day
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086
**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
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### Author:  [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/21 "2011-04-20T16:26:35Z")
> [@elucidator](#):
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> Has anyone considered the air-traffic control implications of thousands of moochers and bums whizzing through the skies? OK, maybe “whizzing” isn’t the best word…
Would a copy of _Atlas Shrugged_ weaken them like Kryptonite weakens Superman?
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/22 "2011-04-20T16:32:00Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#):
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> Is Superman a liberal?
Well, he _is_ for Truth and Justice.
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### Author:  [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/23 "2011-04-20T16:33:31Z")
Only 2852 posts and 168,180 views to go before you match the “Stupid Republican Idea of the Day” thread **Clothahump**! Of course, can we still count posts that mock you or the idea?
But that other thread is about a particular party - its relatively easy to define who is, or who is not a Republican. This thread is about the waffly term “liberal”. I guess it’s easier to just pick a silly idea and label it “liberal”. Makes it easier for you I guess. If an idea is silly it is, by your definition, “liberal”.
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/24 "2011-04-20T16:41:04Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#):
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> But that other thread is about a particular party - its relatively easy to define who is, or who is not a Republican. This thread is about the waffly term “liberal”. I guess it’s easier to just pick a silly idea and label it “liberal”. Makes it easier for you I guess. If an idea is silly it is, by your definition, “liberal”.
In all fairness, there’s lots of discussion about Tea Partiers and the like in that thread, who are likely to be Republican but aren’t always.
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### Author:  [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/25 "2011-04-20T16:48:42Z")
How is that a liberal idea? It that because CLOTHAHUMP says so? Seems like an insurance company, right wing, anti public education conspiracy to me.
If that his answer to Stupid Right Wing threads he brought a pop gun to a nuclear war.
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### Author:  [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/26 "2011-04-20T17:00:50Z")
> [@lazybratsche](#):
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> Err… so a summer camp has to employ someone who knows first aid and CPR, and keep a first aid kit handy? Oh Noes, how ever will they meet such onerous requirements?
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> (Seriously, how the hell does this increase costs for any one in any way? TFA quotes some state legislator who says something to that effect, but doesn’t give any specifics.)
No.
Suppose your neighborhood association sets up a week long event where the kids come for, say, three hours an afternoon for a week to play games and have fun. By no stretch of the imagination is this a “camp”, but under these guidelines, it would be, with registration fees, etc., etc..
And yes, folks, NY did back off. The issue was not that they backed off, but that they did it in the first place.
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### Author:  [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/27 "2011-04-20T17:02:27Z")
> [@Clothahump](#):
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> And yes, folks, NY did back off. The issue was not that they backed off, but that they did it in the first place.
And how did you identify those responsible as liberal?
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### Author:  [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/28 "2011-04-20T17:02:35Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#):
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> Only 2852 posts and 168,180 views to go before you match the “Stupid Republican Idea of the Day” thread **Clothahump**! Of course, can we still count posts that mock you or the idea?
We’d need some way to count and sort out which are which. [So far, I’d say about 30 percent serious, 70 percent mock.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shego)
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### Author:  [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/29 "2011-04-20T17:02:58Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#):
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> OK, **Clothahump** ’s first effort was a fail, but there are better examples if you know [where to look](http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/20/fla-job-center-criticized-passing-capes-unemployed/):
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> Admittedly, it’s not obvious why this is a “liberal” idea _per se_, but it’s a government benefits program, which is close enough. So, let’s just forget that first embarrassment ever happened and pick up with this one, shall we?
It wasn’t a failure. I was pointing out the idiocy of NY doing it in the first place. I’m sorry that point swooshed right over your head.
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### Author:  [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/30 "2011-04-20T17:03:00Z")
> [@Clothahump](#):
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> So many to choose from… Let’s start with a classic example of the jackass Nanny State mentality:
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> [Can Banning Red Rover Really Help Kids? New York State Weighs Summer-Camp Safety | TIME.com](http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/04/20/can-banning-red-rover-really-help-kids-new-york-state-weighs-summer-camp-safety/#ixzz1K4sONFA1)
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> Wiffleball? Freeze tag? I’m surprised the legislature didn’t mandate that kids all be wrapped in cotton padding 24/7 until their 18th birthday. A perfect example of government “fixing” something that was never broken, and doing so in a massive stupid manner.
Oh, it’s pretty damn stupid, no argument there.
The Dumb is strong with them.
HOWEVER!!! They did pull it, after further consideration. That should copunt for something.
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### Author:  [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/31 "2011-04-20T17:04:20Z")
> [@elucidator](#):
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> Has anyone considered the air-traffic control implications of thousands of moochers and bums whizzing through the skies? OK, maybe “whizzing” isn’t the best word…
I haven’t busted out my sig line in a coon’s age. Seems like as good a time as any.
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### Author:  [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/32 "2011-04-20T17:05:15Z")
> [@tdn](#):
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> Then why on earth did you choose that one?
As good a place as any.
I could have started with Obamacare. I could have gone back to Social Security and Medicare. We are all aware that those are massive doses of liberal stupidity; I chose something more recent.
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### Author:  [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/33 "2011-04-20T17:09:49Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#):
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> OK, **Clothahump** ’s first effort was a fail, but there are better examples if you know [where to look](http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/20/fla-job-center-criticized-passing-capes-unemployed/):
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> Admittedly, it’s not obvious why this is a “liberal” idea _per se_, but it’s a government benefits program, which is close enough. So, let’s just forget that first embarrassment ever happened and pick up with this one, shall we?
The Governor of Florida is a Republican.
The Florida House is Republican.
The Florida Senate is Republican.
I think you’re in the wrong thread.
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### Author:  [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/34 "2011-04-20T17:11:08Z")
> [@Clothahump](#):
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> It wasn’t a failure. I was pointing out the idiocy of NY doing it in the first place. I’m sorry that point swooshed right over your head.
That actually made me laugh out loud. So it was a swhoosh, huh? Ha ha ha ha, yeah, right. You are a silly man.
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/35 "2011-04-20T17:12:12Z")
> [@Clothahump](#):
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> I could have started with Obamacare. I could have gone back to Social Security and Medicare. We are all aware that those are massive doses of liberal stupidity
True for very limited values of ‘we.’ 🙂
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### Author:  [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/36 "2011-04-20T17:20:24Z")
> [@black\_rabbit](#):
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> The Governor of Florida is a Republican.
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> The Florida House is Republican.
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> The Florida Senate is Republican.
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> I think you’re in the wrong thread.
Points taken.
Hokay, does anybody have an acutal example of liberal stupidity that isn’t 1)something that was quickly retracted on second thought or 2)something performed under conservative (rather than liberal) management?
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/37 "2011-04-20T17:21:33Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#):
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> True for very limited values of ‘we.’ 🙂
Personally, I’d like to hear _directly_ from the mouse in his pocket.
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### Author:  [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/38 "2011-04-20T17:22:18Z")
I’m seeing something in the New Ager arena as being plumb pickings. Or perhaps PETA can get a name-check.
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### Author:  [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/39 "2011-04-20T17:24:46Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#):
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> Points taken.
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> Hokay, does anybody have an acutal example of liberal stupidity that isn’t 1)something that was quickly retracted on second thought or 2)something performed under conservative (rather than liberal) management?
Liberals believe that it is a legitimate role of the state to address economic and social issues such as unemployment, health care, and education while simultaneously expanding civil rights.
They dumb! Hurrrrrrrr!
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### Author:  [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/40 "2011-04-20T17:24:54Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#):
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> And how did you identify those responsible as liberal?
Magical or psychic powers? 😃
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