# 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:** 261
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5201 "2016-08-01T11:30:31Z")
NOTHING can kill people faster than people kill themselves short of an asteroid hitting the Earth. But governments were not set up to make us live smarter and healthier. They were set up to protect the weak from the strong. As in, people with bombs, guns, large trucks, and even knives, from people without. A government that forbids most useful self-defense methods has an extra duty to protect. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5202 "2016-08-01T12:53:47Z")
> [@DerekMichaels00](#): > > because that’s another defect I’d have to have my kids (when I have them someday) worry about having. Please, dude. “Short” is a minus, sure, but it can be overcome. “Openly and disgustingly hateful bigot” (who doesn’t happen to be a fundie) less so. You’re never going to have kids. Your tiny branch of the genetic tree will wither and die unless you decide to become the least physically imposing rapist of all time, _and_ you manage to keep the victim from aborting. Oh, and for the record? Whether that little rape-spawn (which I guarantee you won’t have much to do with) is transgender or not is a matter of hormones and genetics. Hiding him from transgendered individuals will not stop them from becoming “defective”, you sick, stupid fuck. ---
**Author:** ![DerekMichaels00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5203 "2016-08-01T15:40:24Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Please, dude. “Short” is a minus, sure, but it can be overcome. “Openly and disgustingly hateful bigot” (who doesn’t happen to be a fundie) less so. You’re never going to have kids. Your tiny branch of the genetic tree will wither and die unless you decide to become the least physically imposing rapist of all time, _and_ you manage to keep the victim from aborting. > > Oh, and for the record? Whether that little rape-spawn (which I guarantee you won’t have much to do with) is transgender or not is a matter of hormones and genetics. Hiding him from transgendered individuals will not stop them from becoming “defective”, you sick, stupid fuck. whoa, that’s a little harsh, even for the pit. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5204 "2016-08-01T15:45:18Z")
A little. Added to a shovelful of contempt, a half-teaspoon too much. I issue a “tsk tsk!”. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5205 "2016-08-01T16:18:52Z")
I for one hope that someday **Derek** meets a short, openly and disgustingly hateful bigoted young lady, that they fall deeply and madly in love, marry, and raise a flock of children. Kids ALWAYS rebel against their parents. They’ll grow up into sweet, loving, liberal, tolerant people we’d all love to have living next door to borrow a cup of sugar from. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5206 "2016-08-01T16:24:54Z")
> [@DerekMichaels00](#): > > whoa, that’s a little harsh, even for the pit. No it isn’t. You deserve every bit of the vitriol. And contempt. Mustn’t forget the contempt. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5207 "2016-08-01T16:38:00Z")
> [@DerekMichaels00](#): > > whoa, that’s a little harsh, even for the pit. Bigots tend to be treated harshly in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5208 "2016-08-01T17:22:42Z")
Yes, I hope he meets his own personal Lyndisty Drusella. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5209 "2016-08-01T17:34:07Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I for one hope that someday **Derek** meets a short, openly and disgustingly hateful bigoted young lady, that they fall deeply and madly in love, marry, and raise a flock of children. > > Kids ALWAYS rebel against their parents. \*\*They’ll grow up into sweet, loving, liberal, tolerant people \*\*we’d all love to have living next door to borrow a cup of sugar from. Tall. You forgot tall. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5210 "2016-08-01T17:47:08Z")
No-his children will be short AND transgendered and will cut off all communications after he refuses to acknowledge them and he will die alone. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5211 "2016-08-01T17:52:27Z")
> [@DerekMichaels00](#): > > another Hitler comparison? Puleasse. Yeah, aren’t you a little short for a stormtrooper? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5212 "2016-08-01T17:54:49Z")
Well, I’ve seen the targets from his sharpshooter tests, never got within five feet at a range of ten meters. So, maybe… ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5213 "2016-08-01T18:34:32Z")
> [@DerekMichaels00](#): > > because that’s another defect I’d have to have my kids (when I have them someday) worry about having. That’s entirely your doing though. If you didn’t think being trans was a defect, then you wouldn’t have to worry about it. Plus, its pretty idiotic to hate something pre-emptively on the off chance you might find a desperate enough woman to procreate with you. I mean, I don’t worry about a world where you’re declared mentally competent, why should you worry about your future kids being trans? ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5214 "2016-08-01T21:51:14Z")
Can somebody fill me in on where all the height comments are coming from? Was there an SDMB picnic or something where people met him? ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5215 "2016-08-01T22:23:29Z")
Does Jill Stein count as a liberal? Because pretty much everything that comes out of her mouth these days is stupid. I can easily see mainstream liberals throwing her out of the club. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5216 "2016-08-01T23:13:13Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Can somebody fill me in on where all the height comments are coming from? Was there an SDMB picnic or something where people met him? Try [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=796531&highlight=DerekMichaels00). ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5217 "2016-08-01T23:23:40Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Try [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=796531&highlight=DerekMichaels00). Aha. Thank you. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5218 "2016-08-02T01:35:06Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > But what has brought us to this point? The abject failure of mainstream institutions… > [@DerekMichaels00](#): > > well said. Cautionary advice: If you get a “well said”, be sure to check the source before you start feeling like maybe you know what you’re talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5219 "2016-08-02T01:42:51Z")
> [@Deeg](#): > > Does Jill Stein count as a liberal? Because pretty much everything that comes out of her mouth these days is stupid. I can easily see mainstream liberals throwing her out of the club. Totally agree. What do you think are some of the worse examples from her? I’ll go with “The scary things that Donald Trump says, Hillary Clinton has already done,” [she told NPR a few days ago](https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/07/27/new-low-for-jill-stein/R2JBeiiBuyrWHyjUNuG5CL/story.html), “whether it’s massively deporting immigrants, whether it’s threatening nuclear warfare…” Really, Jill? :rolleyes: Idiot. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5220 "2016-08-02T02:37:09Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > Totally agree. What do you think are some of the worse examples from her? I’ll go with “The scary things that Donald Trump says, Hillary Clinton has already done,” [she told NPR a few days ago](https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/07/27/new-low-for-jill-stein/R2JBeiiBuyrWHyjUNuG5CL/story.html), “whether it’s massively deporting immigrants, whether it’s threatening nuclear warfare…” > > Really, Jill? :rolleyes: > > Idiot. Well, “Doctor” Stein is anti-vax and anti-WiFi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=260) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=262)