# 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:** 306
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6101 "2017-09-05T16:20:59Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Hello, **Mr. Clothahump**. I don’t know if you read the responses in your thread, but if you do you’ve learned your website lied to you. Here’s what others think about “[conservativefighters.com](http://conservativefighters.com)”: > > IOW, not only do you get your news from right-wing liars, you pick a site which doctors its stats via cheap auto-clickers in New Guinea! Damn, that is one blatantly slanted “news” site. Really vacuous stuff like “the barely-know artist who painted a bunch of ridiculously derogatory paintings of Obama has now painted a cloyingly flattering one of Trump. Unbelievable!” It’s like reading old-time war propaganda. > [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > [Relevant Snopes article on this.](http://www.snopes.com/cnn-staged-hurricane-harvey-rescue-video/) Just for shits and giggles, I posted a link to Snopes’ debunking in the comments below the article, but it didn’t pass their vetting. Don’t want anything to contradict the narrative. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6102 "2017-09-05T21:18:11Z")
Okay, I just might have won my own thread. I’m kind of old-fashioned. I actually like to mow my own lawn. And given the weather issues lately, it hasn’t been mown for a while and the grass had gotten rather long. So I’m out there this morning, mowing away. I stop to dump the grass catcher bag when I was confronted by a woman who was out jogging and who crossed the street to berate me. Why, you might ask? Well, according to her, I’m polluting the living hell out of the environment with the fumes from my lawnmower. She went on and on about how she could smell it and how she didn’t appreciated having to breathe the fumes and what an “insensitive jerk” I was to the needs of the planet and the people around me, and more typical liberal treehugger BS. I started laughing at her and couldn’t stop. She got even more upset, to the point where she yelled, and I quote: “It’s not funny, you sorry asshole. You’re killing other people and you don’t even care!” [Here’s her offended little ass jogging away from me.](https://i.imgur.com/Mk5f1lu.jpg) I’m just sorry that I don’t have a video of her tirade to share, but I couldn’t get to the phone quick enough. Now, the reason I say I win is that stupidity of this magnitude can only be marveled at. You just can’t make up stuff like this; all you can do is cherish it for the absolute moronic stupidity that it is. All the while that she was yelling at me about polluting the world and killing people, [this is what she was looking at.](https://i.imgur.com/xZQXNxc.jpg) ---
**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:** [September 5, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6103 "2017-09-05T21:20:52Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Okay, I just might have won my own thread. > > I’m kind of old-fashioned. I actually like to mow my own lawn. And given the weather issues lately, it hasn’t been mown for a while and the grass had gotten rather long. > > So I’m out there this morning, mowing away. I stop to dump the grass catcher bag when I was confronted by a woman who was out jogging and who crossed the street to berate me. Why, you might ask? Well, according to her, I’m polluting the living hell out of the environment with the fumes from my lawnmower. She went on and on about how she could smell it and how she didn’t appreciated having to breathe the fumes and what an “insensitive jerk” I was to the needs of the planet and the people around me, and more typical liberal treehugger BS. > > I started laughing at her and couldn’t stop. She got even more upset, to the point where she yelled, and I quote: “It’s not funny, you sorry asshole. You’re killing other people and you don’t even care!” > > [Here’s her offended little ass jogging away from me.](https://i.imgur.com/Mk5f1lu.jpg) I’m just sorry that I don’t have a video of her tirade to share, but I couldn’t get to the phone quick enough. > > Now, the reason I say I win is that stupidity of this magnitude can only be marveled at. You just can’t make up stuff like this; all you can do is cherish it for the absolute moronic stupidity that it is. > > All the while that she was yelling at me about polluting the world and killing people, [this is what she was looking at.](https://i.imgur.com/xZQXNxc.jpg) Assuming she’s liberal, that is indeed very stupid. You’d win your thread even harder if you admitted that you were wrong about the CNN reporter silliness from the last page of posts. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6104 "2017-09-05T21:23:35Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Okay, I just might have won my own thread. > > I’m kind of old-fashioned. I actually like to mow my own lawn. And given the weather issues lately, it hasn’t been mown for a while and the grass had gotten rather long. > > So I’m out there this morning, mowing away. I stop to dump the grass catcher bag when I was confronted by a woman who was out jogging and who crossed the street to berate me. Why, you might ask? Well, according to her, I’m polluting the living hell out of the environment with the fumes from my lawnmower. She went on and on about how she could smell it and how she didn’t appreciated having to breathe the fumes and what an “insensitive jerk” I was to the needs of the planet and the people around me, and more typical liberal treehugger BS. > > I started laughing at her and couldn’t stop. She got even more upset, to the point where she yelled, and I quote: “It’s not funny, you sorry asshole. You’re killing other people and you don’t even care!” > > [Here’s her offended little ass jogging away from me.](https://i.imgur.com/Mk5f1lu.jpg) I’m just sorry that I don’t have a video of her tirade to share, but I couldn’t get to the phone quick enough. > > Now, the reason I say I win is that stupidity of this magnitude can only be marveled at. You just can’t make up stuff like this; all you can do is cherish it for the absolute moronic stupidity that it is. > > All the while that she was yelling at me about polluting the world and killing people, [this is what she was looking at.](https://i.imgur.com/xZQXNxc.jpg) So what exactly is the “liberal idea” in your story? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6105 "2017-09-05T21:32:19Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > So what exactly is the “liberal idea” in your story? That pollution is bad. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6106 "2017-09-05T21:34:21Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > [Here’s her offended little ass jogging away from me.](https://i.imgur.com/Mk5f1lu.jpg) You’ll be great in an emergency. “See that single pixel? That’s the guy!” Good cat-like reflexes ya got there, son. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6107 "2017-09-05T21:42:54Z")
Pretty sure this is fantasy. I don’t see any women approaching an unknown male (in the fucking burbs, surrounded by lawns) to yell at him, for mowing his lawn. Did she jog over from the commune where they don’t mow? Dude. #Sad ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6108 "2017-09-05T21:59:12Z")
Fake pixels. Unfair. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6109 "2017-09-05T22:01:59Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Fake pixels. Unfair. Sad. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6110 "2017-09-05T22:05:35Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > So I’m out there this morning, mowing away. I stop to dump the grass catcher bag when I was confronted by a woman who was out jogging and who crossed the street to berate me. Why, you might ask? Well, according to her, I’m polluting the living hell out of the environment with the fumes from my lawnmower. She went on and on about how she could smell it and how she didn’t appreciated having to breathe the fumes and what an “insensitive jerk” I was to the needs of the planet and the people around me, and more typical liberal treehugger BS. > > I started laughing at her and couldn’t stop. She got even more upset, to the point where she yelled, and I quote: “It’s not funny, you sorry asshole. You’re killing other people and you don’t even care!” You made this story up, didn’t you? Why are you such a pathetic loser? ---
**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:** [September 5, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6111 "2017-09-05T22:10:08Z")
Odd. If it were me, I would have pointed out to her what kind of machine I was using. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6112 "2017-09-05T22:18:47Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Odd. If it were me, I would have pointed out to her what kind of machine I was using. But it’s not you, it’s **Clothahump** , busily trying to deflect the discussion away from how he got royally suckered by that bogus faked rescue story. So, **Clothy** , you going to admit you got hoodwinked on that one, or not? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6113 "2017-09-05T22:20:51Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Okay, I just might have won my own thread. > … You can have it, it’s a piece of shit that has failed to deliver. Congratulations? P.S. Don’t get any on ya. ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6114 "2017-09-05T22:29:07Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I stop to dump the grass catcher bag Right. In those two pictures there is not one grass blade cut. Sad indeed. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6115 "2017-09-05T22:52:23Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Okay, I just might have won my own thread. Cool story Bro. And by that, I mean "what an unmitigated load of horseshit, clearly designed to distract from you being suckered in by a parody “news” site. Next time, tell us about how you were minding your own business having a cup of coffee at your local cafe when you were attacked by a militant vegan hippie who was screaming at you for having cows milk in your beverage. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6116 "2017-09-05T23:09:57Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Odd. If it were me, I would have pointed out to her what kind of machine I was using. How could she have missed the cord? Unless she felt he should be using a push mower. Even electricity has to be generated. No one else is surprised that our very own Frothing Republican has an electric mower? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6117 "2017-09-05T23:18:14Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > He must be one of those crisis actors they send to every mass shooting. You mean the fake false flag shootings that didn’t happen - while they deliberately ignore the Bowling Green Massacree? ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6118 "2017-09-05T23:19:26Z")
This thread is sort of funny, a change from FB. I suppose this is thread drift, but it’s hardly a crime in the Pit, right? A right-wing person creates a thread about stupid liberal ideas of the day, then gets caught in careless sharing of unverified “facts”, next tries to deflect by lying, a well-known Trumpian tool. When things start going bad for the rest of the country and the world, any Doper can turn to you for financial help, right, as you’re no doubt part of the upper 1%? ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6119 "2017-09-05T23:26:29Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Cool story Bro. And by that, I mean "what an unmitigated load of horseshit, clearly designed to distract from you being suckered in by a parody “news” site. > > Next time, tell us about how you were minding your own business having a cup of coffee at your local cafe when you were attacked by a militant vegan hippie who was screaming at you for having cows milk in your beverage. Actually, it was his haircut. That crazy fucker not only saw it, but decided to confront and stab him because he’s a Nazi. FYI, I don’t think **Clothy** is a Nazi. I don’t think he likes Nazis. I don’t think he supports Nazis, and probably even hates them. He just hates liberals more, for reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6120 "2017-09-06T01:41:54Z")
It’s good to see that 33 trillion gallons of rainwater hasn’t dampened your spirits, Clothahump. The last time you declared that you’d won the thread, it was the self-published political novel some rando in Ireland was giving away. This time it’s some rando jogging up to you complaining about your lawnmower. I eagerly await your next thread winner. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=305) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=307)