# 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:** 208
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/4141 "2015-11-19T20:05:12Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > It gets boring after a while. I do wish that you clowns would show some originality and actually debate ideas and facts instead of namecalling like a 4 year old having a tantrum in the sandbox. Yet, for some reason, you just keep coming back. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/4142 "2015-11-19T20:23:37Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Yet, for some reason, you just keep coming back. His wife won’t let him use the sandbox at home. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/4143 "2015-11-19T20:33:56Z")
I’m a Sanders supporter, but I give all props to the Hillary campaign for immediately dumping Bowers from their Virginia campaign. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/4144 "2015-11-19T20:41:57Z")
It’s also worth noting that [the entire rest of the Roanoke city council disavowed Bowers’ remarks the very same day.](http://m.roanoke.com/news/local/roanoke/roanoke-mayor-david-bowers-broadly-condemned-for-statements-on-syrian/article_e1e4234e-006f-558f-bc94-dd566796c261.html?mode=jqm) ---
**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:** [November 19, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/4145 "2015-11-19T21:30:37Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > Also, this thread should really be S-Democratic-TOTD. Liberal is too broad a paintbrush. There used to be one, but it died a quiet, lonely death. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/4146 "2015-11-19T21:47:41Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > It seems that every time your ideas and assertions are refuted with facts you totally ignore it. That’s because Clothy is a fucking coward. Rather than being an adult and facing the possibility he’s wrong, he runs, like a bitch, from facts that would challenge the interconnected wall of nonsense he believes. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/4147 "2015-11-20T00:51:04Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Not sure that he’s a liberal but he has a D in front of his name so I guess this is the place for him. > > David Bowers, the Democratic Mayor of Roanoke Valley , sees [Roosevelt’s internment of the Japanese during WW2 as an example to be emulated](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/11/18/roanoke-mayor-syrian-refugees/76016936/). I wonder if he remembers that we apologized for that. He sounds like a real dumbass. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/4148 "2015-11-20T02:06:56Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Since I had to Google it, I’ll save others a click: The libtards in that state run under the label **Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota**. > > I didn’t Google to see what the state GOP chapter is called. The RIL Party? Sorry I’m late with the reply, but from 1975 to 1995 the Republican party in Minnesota was known as [Independent-Republicans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota); the name was changed in 1975 as a side-effect of Watergate. Frankly I think “DFL” is quaint. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2015, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/4149 "2015-11-20T11:03:37Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > There used to be one, but it died a quiet, lonely death. Too soon, man. Too soon. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/4150 "2015-11-21T00:31:27Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > No, actually I’m smarter than the vast majority of the people on this board. Only an utter dumbfuck would fail to realize realize how totally idiotic this sounds. You never _tell_ anyone how smart you are, you _show_ them. That is to say, a _smart person_ would show how smart they are; your ongoing failure to demonstrate your intelligence has been more spectacular than the Tupolev Tu-144 at the 1973 Paris Air Show and less interesting than your average kidney stone. Part of this is that all of your rants have been entirely subjective, subjecting us to your own vaporous opinion. In trvth, it looks a lot like your spelling is at fault. You keep writing “facts” when the correct word you should be using is “farts”. Because, really, that is all you put out, and they are not even strong enough to clear the room. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/4151 "2015-11-21T17:52:33Z")
Because I posted [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18878186&postcount=25692)in SRIotD, it is fitting to include its analogue here: [Hillary Clinton hints that she supports backdoors in encryption](http://www.dailydot.com/politics/hillary-clinton-encryption-backdoors/?tw=dd) No. Just no. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/4152 "2015-11-21T18:41:45Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I do wish that you clowns would show some originality and actually debate ideas and facts instead of namecalling like a 4 year old having a tantrum in the sandbox. Let me get this straight - you started a thread to call liberals stupid, and you’re unhappy that the level of discourse ought to be higher? :blink blink: :blink: Wow, that’s stupid. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/4153 "2015-11-21T18:51:50Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Let me get this straight - you started a thread to call liberals stupid, and you’re unhappy that the level of discourse ought to be higher? > > :blink blink: > > :blink: > > Wow, that’s stupid. Not to mention that his main contribution to this thread is just screeds about how stupid we are. Finding stupid liberal ideas seems to be our job. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/4154 "2015-11-21T19:40:11Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Not to mention that his main contribution to this thread is just screeds about how stupid we are. > > Finding stupid liberal ideas seems to be our job. He’s a conservative - he’s not going to do your job for you! Bootstraps! ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/4155 "2015-11-21T19:48:18Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > He’s a conservative - he’s not going to do your job for you! Bootstraps! No, Jimmy Carter is a conservative, **clothahump** is some other thing that “conservative” does not describe. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/4156 "2015-11-21T19:49:01Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Because I posted [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18878186&postcount=25692)in SRIotD, it is fitting to include its analogue here: > > [Hillary Clinton hints that she supports backdoors in encryption](http://www.dailydot.com/politics/hillary-clinton-encryption-backdoors/?tw=dd) > No. Just no. Some might argue Hillary is a DINO and nothing from her belongs in this thread. A “Stupid Democratic Party idea of the day” thread might need to get started. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/4157 "2015-11-21T20:50:33Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Some might argue Hillary is a DINO and nothing from her belongs in this thread. > > A “Stupid Democratic Party idea of the day” thread might need to get started. Ask the OP if he objects to this thread being retitled. ---
**Author:** ![Club\_33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Club\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Club_33)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/4158 "2015-11-23T03:15:58Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Ask the OP if he objects to this thread being retitled. And, for god’s sake, use small words. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/4159 "2015-11-23T13:35:22Z")
[Stupid Democratic Idea of the Day thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=611493) You all could have used that one but no, you just had to go with **Clothahump** ’s one instead. Not that I’m bitter. Much. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/4160 "2015-11-23T14:43:19Z")
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