# 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:** 253
**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:** [July 21, 2016, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5041 "2016-07-21T05:42:25Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > We don’t have swimsuit competitions. Probably for the best. I mainly want adaher to keep predicting a Trump victory and describing his confidence in same. I can think of few better signs of an inevitable Clinton landslide. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5042 "2016-07-21T05:48:48Z")
When have I ever predicted a Trump victory? What I have said is that literally any other Republican would beat Clinton, but unfortunately Trump is the one we have, so probably not. Although it is fun to see Clinton pulling 40% in polls. Only against Trump would that ever constitute a lead. Even Ted Cruz would be pulling 42-43. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5043 "2016-07-21T07:35:16Z")
What lottery numbers won’t win, adaher? ---
**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:** [July 21, 2016, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5044 "2016-07-21T09:48:19Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Aggrieved progressive activists are attempting to organize a [fart-in](http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-07-12/bernie-fans-say-fart-in-against-hillary-will-go-on) by Sanders delegates at the Democratic convention. I swear to Jeebus, between the sheer idiocy of everything happening at the RNC and this nonsense, it appears \*Idiocracy \*is coming true much more quickly than anticipated. Vote Ass in 2020! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5045 "2016-07-21T13:11:25Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Guess who else is unlikely to be elected President? Someone who was careless with national security secrets, is a serial liar, and who thinks different rules apply to her. There it is! **adaher** thinks a Hillary victory is “unlikely”. I for one am breathing a sigh of relief. She’s as good as won. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5046 "2016-07-21T13:35:41Z")
When I say victory, I mean getting more than her husband did. She’ll probably win with about 40% and fail to deliver the Senate to her party. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5047 "2016-07-21T13:56:50Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > When I say victory, I mean getting more than her husband did. She’ll probably win with about 40% and fail to deliver the Senate to her party. Good news everyone! Hillary will get way more than 40% and the Democrats will get the Senate back! ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5048 "2016-07-21T13:58:12Z")
Keep in mind that I predicted she would win the election. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5049 "2016-07-21T14:00:08Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Keep in mind that I predicted she would win the election. Even a stopped **adaher** is right once an election season… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5050 "2016-07-21T14:29:43Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > When I say victory, I mean getting more than her husband did. She’ll probably win with about 40% and fail to deliver the Senate to her party. ‘When I use a word,’ adaher said, in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’ ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5051 "2016-07-21T14:50:13Z")
The dumb stuff, that was all **adaher** the tighty-righty. This is **adaher** v2.0 the non-partisan centrist, so all that stuff is poof! gone! ---
**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:** [July 21, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5052 "2016-07-21T15:43:14Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > When I say victory, I mean getting more than her husband did. To be fair, very few of us get more than her husband did. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5053 "2016-07-21T20:31:14Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > To be fair, very few of us get more than her husband did. Nice… (clapping) I said at the time that Bill gettin’ frisky in the Oval Office would be seen as a plus in many european countries. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5054 "2016-07-21T22:46:40Z")
I support #BLM but I do not support their telling an old man that he can’t use a public sidewalk. [http://www.fox5dc.com/news/177002277-story](http://www.fox5dc.com/news/177002277-story) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5055 "2016-07-21T23:24:00Z")
There is no “them” yet, BLM has yet to “jell” into an organized entity. Who would you turn to for the current correct position of the BLM Central Committee? I exaggerate a bit, but imagine you will still see the point. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5056 "2016-07-22T04:20:22Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > There is no “them” yet, BLM has yet to “jell” into an organized entity. Who would you turn to for the current correct position of the BLM Central Committee? I exaggerate a bit, but imagine you will still see the point. While undeniably true, the same can be said of most movements; and many of them have “stupid ideas”. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2016, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5057 "2016-07-22T05:18:37Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > There is no “them” yet, BLM has yet to “jell” into an organized entity. Who would you turn to for the current correct position of the BLM Central Committee? I exaggerate a bit, but imagine you will still see the point. Fair enough, but protest etiquette really should be taught in Left Wing Politics 101. It comes to right-wingers naturally, as shown in the very civilized Tea Party protests, but I guess lefties need to be taught this stuff. Such as, don’t piss people off if you want them to side with you. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2016, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5058 "2016-07-22T05:42:39Z")
That form is practiced here in Minnesota! “What do we want” “Justice!” "When do we want it? “Well, pretty soon, if its not a lot of trouble!” A pity those crazy radicals calling themselves “The Sons of Liberty” didn’t hear about this. _God Save the Queen_ is a much better tune than the _Star Spangled Banner._ ---
**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:** [July 22, 2016, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5059 "2016-07-22T05:51:04Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Fair enough, but protest etiquette really should be taught in Left Wing Politics 101. It comes to right-wingers naturally, as shown in the very civilized Tea Party protests,… Oh yeah, signs like [this](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Obama-Nazi_comparison_-_Tea_Party_protest.jpg) are the very pinnacle of civility. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2016, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5060 "2016-07-22T05:53:10Z")
Signs, no matter how awful, are civilized. Disrupting the life of innocent citizens because you’re angry at the government is an actual problem. Violence and lawbreaking as part of protesting is even more problematic. The left has even forgotten what civil disobedience is. Contrary to the modern liberal belief, it is not breaking any laws you feel like as an expression of protest. Civil disobedience is breaking specific laws you consider unjust. Last I checked, no one thought laws against shitting on patrol cars was problematic. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=252) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=254)