# 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:** 323
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6441 "2017-10-09T18:50:19Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Pollution is a liberal concern. Manly right-wingers don’t care if the entire globe is a toxic waste dump. Profits! Actually, I think the woman was a conservative who thought Mr. Humps sad raggedy-ass lawnmower made it look like Mexicans lived in the neighborhood. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6442 "2017-10-09T19:37:17Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > All within the ATA. > Anybody make the Olympics? Or the real World Champs? Real world champs? Sorry to bust your bubble, RC, but a world champ is a world champ. Deal with it. As far as the Olympics go, it was just announced about two months ago. I have no idea who is going to try for it, or even who might be invited to try for it. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6443 "2017-10-09T19:47:15Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Real world champs? Sorry to bust your bubble, RC, but a world champ is a world champ. Deal with it. > > As far as the Olympics go, it was just announced about two months ago. I have no idea who is going to try for it, or even who might be invited to try for it. Big fish in a little bitty pond. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6444 "2017-10-09T19:56:09Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > [Liberal media is butthurt because Trump doesn’t own a dog](https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/donald-trump-doesn-apos-t-143500914.html) > > Of all the genuinely despicable things to criticize Trump about, this is the runt of the litter. Their constant hounding of anything Trump does makes me melan-collie. When did one person become “liberal media”? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6445 "2017-10-09T20:06:32Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Big fish in a little bitty pond. Honestly I’m not with you on this one. An organization with international schools has it’s own tournaments and proclaims it’s own world champs. Which is significantly better than just national organizations (NFL, NBL, MLB) proclaiming their champion ‘world’ champion. It’s all small ponds, my dear. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6446 "2017-10-09T20:13:08Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Honestly I’m not with you on this one. An organization with international schools has it’s own tournaments and proclaims it’s own world champs. Which is significantly better than just national organizations (NFL, NBL, MLB) proclaiming their champion ‘world’ champion. > > It’s all small ponds, my dear. Are there leagues in other countries that compete at the same level as the MLB, NFL or NBA? In Taekwondo(and many other sports) there’s a World Championship (outside of the ATA) open to the best in the world. Ditto for the Olympics. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6447 "2017-10-10T00:52:18Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Big fish in a little bitty pond. Sigh. No. I don’t know where you are trying to go with this. You seem to think that there is only one “world champ”. You are incorrect. I suggest you stop now and perhaps educate yourself on the differences of the sanctioning body requirements. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6448 "2017-10-10T01:24:25Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Are there leagues in other countries that compete at the same level as the MLB, NFL or NBA? Baseball, for one. The Japanese have their own league, Cuba and several south American countries have theirs. Football. Canadian Football League, anyone? > **[List of basketball leagues](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_basketball_leagues)** > > This is a list of current and defunct basketball leagues around the world. >  Algeria >  Angola >  Central African Republic ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6449 "2017-10-10T01:52:03Z")
Not really the same level though. Japanese ball is probaby a little better than American AAA, but not really major league levell. CFL isn’t even close to the NFL talentwise. Cuba is a special case because Cuba could trap their players to some extent. Same with the Soviets. Their hockey teams could beat NHL teams easily back in the day. And I’m sure Negro League teams were just as good as white Major League baseball teams in the first half of the 20th century. But in a free world market, the American leagues are simply the place you play for most team sports. Soccer seems to be the lone exception. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6450 "2017-10-10T02:05:48Z")
Odd when you consider how lavishly we pay our pro soccer players, compared to the meager support they get overseas. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6451 "2017-10-10T02:58:19Z")
And the basic point here is that an international organization crowns their own “world champion”. Period. Hardly matters if running coach thinks they’re a small pond or not. They are the champion of ‘the world’ _for that organization_, which encompasses more than a single nation. By means of that fact alone, they have a better claim to that sort of title than any American only sports league. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6452 "2017-10-10T03:05:21Z")
I regularly host domino tournaments to crown the Champion of the Universe. It’s not my fault if I only get two or three entrants, I’m currently the god damn dominos Champion of the Universe! ---
**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:** [October 10, 2017, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6453 "2017-10-10T03:16:33Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > But in a free world market, the American leagues are simply the place you play for most team sports. Soccer seems to be the lone exception. Well, there is that one sport that seems to be absurdly popular just about everywhere else in the world but you would be lucky (I use the word a little sarcastically) to find a game in the US. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2017, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6454 "2017-10-10T05:55:34Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Well, there is that one sport that seems to be absurdly popular just about everywhere else in the world but you would be lucky (I use the word a little sarcastically) to find a game in the US. ??? What sport is that??? ---
**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:** [October 10, 2017, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6455 "2017-10-10T06:10:07Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > ??? > What sport is that??? Curious about this myself - if it’s not soccer, cricket comes to mind, but that’s not popular everywhere but the U.S. It seems popular mainly in some former British Empire countries, and not even all of them. I’ve never seen a cricket match in Canada, for example. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2017, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6456 "2017-10-10T07:58:29Z")
Stupid liberal idea - getting sidetracked into a discussion of Taekwondo world championships. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6457 "2017-10-10T12:52:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > When did one person become “liberal media”? Hyperbole. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6458 "2017-10-10T14:36:06Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > I regularly host domino tournaments to crown the Champion of the Universe. It’s not my fault if I only get two or three entrants, I’m currently the god damn dominos Champion of the Universe! Wear the medal proudly! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6459 "2017-10-10T15:20:07Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Stupid liberal idea - getting sidetracked into a discussion of Taekwondo world championships. You do know this thread was never really about “liberal ideas”, right? It’s for attention whoring and the fact that it’s full of weak sauce (especially the bits about lawn mowing) is my cite. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6460 "2017-10-10T16:01:54Z")
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