# 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:** 267
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5321 "2016-08-09T19:59:31Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > _Young Cons Con Old Man_ We need a “thumbs up” symbol. > [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > Being the twitter guy that he is, I think that the Donald should have put something out there too. However, he hasn’t congratulated any Olympians so far. Secretary Clinton has. AFAICT, Senator Kaine usually sticks to political issues on twitter but he does have one sports related tweet within the last couple of days. I think it would have been a nice gesture for him to acknowledge Thrasher’s accomplishment. Oh, bite me. Her accomplishment has already been acknowledged - by the awarding of a fucking Olympic Gold Medal. I, for one, would prefer that our political candidates stick to shit that actually matters. And, given that the social media accounts of these candidates are run by staffers anyway, your call for an acknowledgement is basically a demand for a meaningless statement written by an intern. Way to focus on the big issues! ---
**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:** [August 9, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5322 "2016-08-09T20:10:43Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Oh, bite me. > > Her accomplishment has already been acknowledged - by the awarding of a fucking Olympic Gold Medal. I, for one, would prefer that our political candidates stick to shit that actually matters. And, given that the social media accounts of these candidates are run by staffers anyway, your call for an acknowledgement is basically a demand for a meaningless statement written by an intern. Way to focus on the big issues! Dude, you must have really been pissed when Secretary Clinton tweeted out her congratulations to Ibtihaj Muhammad. How dare her not focus on the big issues!! You do understand what social media is, don’t you? Switch to decaf. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5323 "2016-08-09T20:15:51Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > Dude, you must have really been pissed when Secretary Clinton tweeted out her congratulations to Ibtihaj Muhammad. How dare her not focus on the big issues!! You do understand what social media is, don’t you? Yes, i do understand what it is, and that’s precisely why your whining about the lack of a tweet is so fucking idiotic. I don’t really give a fuck either way about the candidates’ social media announcements. I don’t follow any of them, precisely because they’re basically campaign ads run by staffers. But actually complaining about candidates failing to tweet their relatively meaningless support for an Olympic athlete is idiotic. Also, in the context of America’s current debate over Islam—with Donald Trump’s well-advertised comments about immigration and the place of Muslims in American society—if you don’t understand why Clinton singled out Muhummad, then you’re probably just about stupid enough to be an actual Trump voter. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5324 "2016-08-09T20:30:53Z")
Motherfucking young cons site popped up with malware on my kindle. I love sites that try to deliver malware with their hateful rhetoric. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5325 "2016-08-09T21:24:15Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Motherfucking young cons site popped up with malware on my kindle. I love sites that try to deliver malware with their hateful rhetoric. Hate filled site delivers hate filled software? Color me shocked. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5326 "2016-08-09T21:34:09Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > This post perfectly encapsulates your stupidity. Every time i think that you could not be a dumber motherfucker, you post again and make me reassess my evaluation. [Moderating] Don’t call other posters “motherfuckers.” No warning issued. [/Moderating] ---
**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:** [August 9, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5327 "2016-08-09T22:01:02Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Yes, i do understand what it is, and that’s precisely why your whining about the lack of a tweet is so fucking idiotic. > > I don’t really give a fuck either way about the candidates’ social media announcements. I don’t follow any of them, precisely because they’re basically campaign ads run by staffers. But actually complaining about candidates failing to tweet their relatively meaningless support for an Olympic athlete is idiotic. > > Also, in the context of America’s current debate over Islam—with Donald Trump’s well-advertised comments about immigration and the place of Muslims in American society—if you don’t understand why Clinton singled out Muhummad, then you’re probably just about stupid enough to be an actual Trump voter. You have a pretty low bar for what constitutes complaining and whining. I believe that I said that it would have been nice. You really should chill out. And BTW, I voted for President Obama twice and will vote for Secretary Clinton in November. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5328 "2016-08-09T22:38:48Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > I sincerely doubt that Thrasher cares one way or the other but I would think that winning the first gold medal of the Olympics would be big enough of a deal that Secretary Clinton or one of her staff could have tweeted about it. Senator Kaine, from Thrasher’s home state, certainly should have. For a country that’s sure to win multiple gold medals,why is the 1st gold medal a bigger deal than any other? It’s just a function of which sport happened to be scheduled for the first days of the games, isn’t it? ---
**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:** [August 9, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5329 "2016-08-09T22:46:08Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > For a country that’s sure to win multiple gold medals,why is the 1st gold medal a bigger deal than any other? It’s just a function of which sport happened to be scheduled for the first days of the games, isn’t it? Well, it wasn’t just the first American gold medal, it was the first gold medal of the Rio Olympics. And yes, it is just a function of scheduling. Nonetheless, NBC made it big deal out of it but then they do have a lot of air to fill. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5330 "2016-08-09T23:03:58Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > For a country that’s sure to win multiple gold medals,why is the 1st gold medal a bigger deal than any other? It’s just a function of which sport happened to be scheduled for the first days of the games, isn’t it? Conservatives aren’t making a big deal about it because it was the first medal. They’re making a big deal about it because it fits the narrative of crypto-Muslim gun-hating liberals. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5331 "2016-08-09T23:42:09Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Conservatives aren’t making a big deal about it because it was the first medal. They’re making a big deal about it because it fits the narrative of crypto-Muslim gun-hating liberals. **DING-DING-DING-DING-DING-DING!!!** Correct answer! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5332 "2016-08-10T01:50:16Z")
Got a nickel says not one person in ten even knew there was an Olympic BB-gun competition. ---
**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 10, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5333 "2016-08-10T01:59:53Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Got a nickel says not one person in ten even knew there was an Olympic BB-gun competition. [insufferable pedant] Pellet gun [/insufferable pedant] ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5334 "2016-08-10T03:54:24Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > One has to wonder why Hillary thought it would be a good idea to ignore an American gold medalist and instead praise a competitor in a hajib. Especially one who then turned around and badmouthed the country she competed for. > > [http://www.youngcons.com/clinton-congratulates-hijab-wearing-american-olympian-on-twitter-ignores-female-medalist-who-wins-gold-in-air-rifle/](http://www.youngcons.com/clinton-congratulates-hijab-wearing-american-olympian-on-twitter-ignores-female-medalist-who-wins-gold-in-air-rifle/) How dare she have an opinion. Republicans shit on Muslim women for talking and for _not_ talking. I see your dastardly plan now: drive them out of the country with confusion. Or die trying.😃 By the way, **WARNING!** I clicked inadvertantly on a blank part of that webpage and some gambling shit opened in another page. Thanks, [del]Obama[/del] Young Cocksuckers! You could learn a thing or two about ethics, maybe from a nice Muslim family I know. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5335 "2016-08-10T04:06:53Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I miss the good old days. So does the pope, you gotta think, when his spirit is weakest. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5336 "2016-08-10T13:58:20Z")
Pokémon Go accused of racism. The best line: "The Urban Institute calls the disparity ‘redlining’, which is a term meaning a community that is cut off from essential services due to ethnic make up or race. " Now Pokémon is an “essential service”? > **[Pokemon Go accused of racism for having more Poke Stops in white areas](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3732371/Pokemon-accused-racism-Poke-Stops-gyms-white-neighborhoods.html)** > > A Pokemon Go player has accused the game and its developer Niantic of putting Poke Stops, real-world locations where players get items, in predominately white neighborhoods. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5337 "2016-08-10T14:06:45Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Pokémon Go accused of racism. > > The best line: > > "The Urban Institute calls the disparity ‘redlining’, which is a term meaning a community that is cut off from essential services due to ethnic make up or race. " > > Now Pokémon is an “essential service”? > > [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3732371/Pokemon-accused-racism-Poke-Stops-gyms-white-neighborhoods.html](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3732371/Pokemon-accused-racism-Poke-Stops-gyms-white-neighborhoods.html) By “the best line” you presumably mean “the only actual stupid liberal idea in the article”. The discrepancy between white and minority neighborhoods appears to be real, the article covers the consideration that this may be driven by where the bulk of the users are located, and the company is considering the problem. The suggestion of “redlining” _is_ stupid, but the rest seems to be fairly straightforward. (I also think Pokemon Go in general is stupid, but that’s a different point.) ---
**Author:** ![DerekMichaels00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5338 "2016-08-10T14:12:35Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Pokémon Go accused of racism. > > The best line: > > "The Urban Institute calls the disparity ‘redlining’, which is a term meaning a community that is cut off from essential services due to ethnic make up or race. " > > Now Pokémon is an “essential service”? > > [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3732371/Pokemon-accused-racism-Poke-Stops-gyms-white-neighborhoods.html](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3732371/Pokemon-accused-racism-Poke-Stops-gyms-white-neighborhoods.html) Well said. Some people want there to be racism in everything; Without it, the Civil Rights movement cannot be reenacted in all its glory ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5339 "2016-08-10T14:29:01Z")
> [@DerekMichaels00](#): > > Well said. Some people want there to be racism in everything; Without it, the Civil Rights movement cannot be reenacted in all its glory It must be hard being a member of both SDMB and StormFront without cross-posting. ---
**Author:** ![DerekMichaels00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5340 "2016-08-10T14:49:11Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > It must be hard being a member of both SDMB and StormFront without cross-posting. Ever think not everyone is an SJW? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=266) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=268)