# 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:** 273
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5441 "2016-08-19T05:00:35Z")
Nothing wrong with “social justice” as such, its the “warrior” part that annoys and offends. So long as they conduct themselves with polite subservience and respectful obedience, there is no problem! Nor is there any likelihood of needless change in the proper order of things. Totally the American tradition, as it was in the beginning! They dressed up like Indians and snuck onto the the boat to write a polite and deferential letter to George III, but some boxes of tea fell overboard. Hey, shit happens! ---
**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 19, 2016, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5442 "2016-08-19T05:08:58Z")
“Excuse me, sir, but would you please give me some rights, if you don’t mind, and it doesn’t inconvenience you?” ---
**Author:** ![DerekMichaels00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5443 "2016-08-19T05:43:28Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > Why do you hate [America](http://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/scalefit_630_noupscale/564cac351e00002e00264c76.png)? that’s a vile and disgusting defacement of the flag. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5444 "2016-08-19T05:59:27Z")
> [@DerekMichaels00](#): > > that’s a vile and disgusting defacement of the flag. :eek::mad: You’re worst fucking thing in this thread, by miles. You are either a racist, or a troll. It’s not clear which. Either way, your contemptible opinion is of no more credibility than a clumpy smear of feces on a shred of waterlogged paper torn from a semi-literate white supremacist newsletter. I’d like to suggest that you shut your fucking face. If you can’t do that, please leave. Seriously. Every fucking electron that delivers another shitnugget of your ignorance and mean-spiritedness to the Internet is a waste of energy. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5445 "2016-08-19T06:03:12Z")
> [@DerekMichaels00](#): > > that’s a vile and disgusting defacement of the flag. Not nearly as vile and disgusting as you are. I’d call you a stupid cunt, but people actually like cunts (well, some people do), and they’re useful. But no one likes you, even occasionally. And you’re pretty useless. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5446 "2016-08-19T06:43:16Z")
> [@DerekMichaels00](#): > > that’s a vile and disgusting defacement of the flag. Would you say the same about a flag-motif bikini? How about a flag on a t-shirt: not a t-shirt made out of a flag, but just a t-shirt with a flag printed on it. What about a flag lapel-pin. Where, exactly, do you draw the line? Why is a lapel-pin okay, but a head-scarf “vile and disgusting?” What is the basis for your reasoning? ---
**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 19, 2016, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5447 "2016-08-19T06:52:41Z")
> [@DerekMichaels00](#): > > that’s a vile and disgusting defacement of the flag. OK, this has to be trolling by now, surely? You can’t REALLY be this stupid, can you? ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5448 "2016-08-19T08:46:17Z")
We’re getting more stupid liberalism than usual, although this probably more accurately belongs in the “liberal trickery of the day” since they know exactly what they are doing: > **[FEC opening door to Internet regulation – again?](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fec-opening-door-to-internet-regulation-again)** > > Democrats on the nation's top campaign finance regulator may be opening the door once again to regulating political content on the Internet, Republicans warn – despite claims to the contrary a year ago. Every few years Democrats on the FEC float the idea of regulation of internet speech and then when the backlash comes they say, “Who us? we would never consider regulating internet speech!” Yet they just keep on voting to regulate internet speech. > [@](#): > > The FEC Office of the General Counsel concluded the case should be dismissed, as the ads didn’t contain express advocacy (such as “vote for candidate X”). The counsel also noted the YouTube videos are exempt from disclosure under a pivotal 2006 FEC rule known as the Internet exemption, which says “an uncompensated individual or group … may engage in Internet activities for the purpose of influencing a federal election without restriction.” > > All FEC commissioners agreed the case should be dismissed based on the express advocacy point. But, in a significant disagreement, the commission split 3-3 along partisan lines on the question of whether YouTube videos indeed are exempt under the 2006 Internet rule. > > In a statement, Democratic Commissioner Ann Ravel called for the commission to inform itself “about how political campaigns are utilizing evolving technology.” > > “The Commission itself will be outmoded if it fails to study and consider these issues. Consistent with its purpose, the Commission should open its doors to hear from outside experts, technologists, activists, voters and others about modern campaigning and its opportunities,” she said. ”An effective Commission should welcome the discussion.” > > This was a throwback to controversial remarks Ravel made in 2014 suggesting regulators look at extending their authority to election-themed Internet videos, saying such a “re-examination” was “long overdue.” After facing an immense public backlash, she and her colleagues then backed off the push in May 2015 and insisted they weren’t pursuing Internet regulations. > > Yet the FSPA case wasn’t the only recent decision where Democrats allegedly cracked the door open once again to exploring the issue. > > The commission also split 3-3 in a recent case that asked if the Internet exemption also exempts a webcast of a discussion with political candidates that provides a link to contribute to candidates. The Republicans said it was exempt; the Democrats disagreed. So there’s an internet exemption, but it doesn’t apply to the internet. Got it. ---
**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 19, 2016, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5449 "2016-08-19T08:58:42Z")
> [@DerekMichaels00](#): > > that’s a vile and disgusting defacement of the flag. Why? ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5450 "2016-08-19T10:27:21Z")
> [@DerekMichaels00](#): > > that’s a vile and disgusting defacement of the flag. This piques my curiosity. [Here are pictures of various celebritiies wearing the Flag.](http://www.editorialite.com/celebrities-wearing-american-flag-fashions/) Google for more. How do we know which are patriotic and which are vile and disgusting? Are we to assume that Hollywoodians are vile and disgusting? Ted Nugent is photoed wearing the flag. I suppose that’s OK. Inquiring minds want to know. ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5451 "2016-08-19T11:46:03Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Inquiring minds want to know. That’s really your whole problem right there. If you had a self-satisfied and egocentric mind, you’d ask fewer questions and make more unsupported assertions. ---
**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 19, 2016, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5452 "2016-08-19T11:47:52Z")
One of the Duck Dynasty guys [wears the flag as a sweatband](http://www.readexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/duck.jpg). How respectful is that? ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5453 "2016-08-19T12:48:08Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Even more stupid, she stayed on the job despite having her law license revoked: > > [Inquirer.com: Philadelphia local news, sports, jobs, cars, homes](http://articles.philly.com/2015-09-26/news/66888057_1_attorney-general-law-license-kane) > > You can’t do legal work without a law license, which made her a pretty useless AG for about a year. She probably should have resigned earlier, but anytime the AG actually appears in court or files a brief (which I’m pretty sure is all she would need her license to do), I’m pretty sure it is a stunt. Their time should be much more productively used doing management stuff. And if they are actually the best litigator on the team, they’ve probably done a crappy job of hiring. ---
**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 19, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5454 "2016-08-19T17:02:35Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Not nearly as vile and disgusting as you are. I’d call you a stupid cunt, but people actually like cunts (well, some people do), and they’re useful. > > But no one likes you, even occasionally. And you’re pretty useless. [Moderating] Don’t call other posters “cunts,” please. No warning issued. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5455 "2016-08-19T17:06:06Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > One of the Duck Dynasty guys [wears the flag as a sweatband](http://www.readexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/duck.jpg). How respectful is that? Not a Muslim, so it’s okay. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5456 "2016-08-19T18:46:02Z")
Doesn’t this asshole know that the only men who are allowed to have long hair and beards are hippies! And Jesus! But that’s it! ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5457 "2016-08-19T18:57:36Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > Not a Muslim, so it’s okay. The woman in the photo might not be a Muslim either. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5458 "2016-08-19T21:27:37Z")
> [@DerekMichaels00](#): > > that’s a vile and disgusting defacement of the flag. Ha ha. I get it. “…defacement of the flag…”. Oh **DM00** …when will I ever learn that I can never outmatch your rapier wit? Also, you’re easy to troll. But I’m sending you off to the Ignore list, as you’re yet another in a long list of stage IV syphilitic Johns on this MB looking for that one last trick before being banned. You enjoy living that Lie, y’hear? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5459 "2016-08-19T21:31:11Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > Ha ha. I get it. “…defacement of the flag…”. Oh **DM00** …when will I ever learn that I can never outmatch your rapier wit? > > Also, you’re easy to troll. So basically you’ve just admitted that you troll people here on this messageboard. Thanks. Good to know who we’re dealing with. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/5460 "2016-08-19T21:33:34Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > This piques my curiosity. [Here are pictures of various celebritiies wearing the Flag.](http://www.editorialite.com/celebrities-wearing-american-flag-fashions/) Google for more. How do we know which are patriotic and which are vile and disgusting? > > Are we to assume that Hollywoodians are vile and disgusting? Ted Nugent is photoed wearing the flag. I suppose that’s OK. > > Inquiring minds want to know. Simple. It’s vile and disgusting when a person does it who is not white and/or a celebrity. Or a right-winger. But mainly not white. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=272) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=274)