# 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:** 350
**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:** [March 19, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6981 "2018-03-19T16:43:16Z")
Both sides do it. You guys got Trump and his top staff. We got an obscure city councilman. > [@Trayon White Sr.](#): > > Man, it just started snowing out of nowhere this morning, man. Y’all better pay attention to this climate control, man, this climate manipulation. And DC keep talking about, ‘We a resilient city.’ And that’s a model based off the Rothschilds controlling the climate to create natural disasters they can pay for to own the cities, man. Be careful. You’re welcome, **C’hump**! ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6982 "2018-03-19T22:11:34Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Both sides do it. You guys got Trump and his top staff. We got an obscure city councilman. > You’re welcome, **C’hump**! Here’s a [cite](https://wtop.com/dc/2018/03/watch-dc-councilman-promotes-anti-semitic-conspiracy-theory-facebook-video/)for this DC politics is why I’m against the complete elimination of the Republican party. One party rule leads to some bad places. ---
**Author:** ![AI\_Proofreader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@AI\_Proofreader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AI_Proofreader)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6983 "2018-03-20T05:34:56Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Here’s a [cite](https://wtop.com/dc/2018/03/watch-dc-councilman-promotes-anti-semitic-conspiracy-theory-facebook-video/)for this > DC politics is why I’m against the complete elimination of the Republican party. One party rule leads to some bad places. Why not eliminate parties altogether? Whether it’s a monopoly or a duopoly, it’s equally shitty when there’s that few hands that need to be greased to ensure your agenda always gets written into law. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2018, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6984 "2018-03-20T09:19:12Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Both sides do it. You guys got Trump and his top staff. We got an obscure city councilman. I love the apology which is basically “I didn’t mean that _Jews_ are controlling the weather! I just meant that _rich people_ are controlling the weather! Because that’s totally a much more rational thing to say!” He may not be anti-Semitic but he’s still a loon. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6985 "2018-03-20T14:31:52Z")
The Russians used to control the weather, but for some reason never used the technology to make their country warmer. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6986 "2018-03-20T15:48:46Z")
Too much vodka and borscht ---
**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:** [March 20, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6987 "2018-03-20T16:27:00Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > The Russians used to control the weather, but for some reason never used the technology to make their country warmer. It’s the same reason Bud Grant never allowed heaters on the Viking sidelines - makes people soft. Plus, it was winter that defeated Napoleon. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6988 "2018-03-20T16:28:59Z")
It is disturbing to realize that liberal ideology is driven by fantastical paranoia. Someone should do something about those people. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6989 "2018-03-28T12:59:56Z")
[Barack Obama to attend Beverly Hills fundraiser for Claire McCaskill](https://www.axios.com/barack-obama-to-attend-beverly-hills-fundraiser-for-claire-mccaskill--44832f7f-cfa9-4b5a-8917-1f88d74aa97f.html). She obviously needs money - but this is stupid because it will play into the ‘out-of-touch liberal’ narrative that Hawley will use anyway. Not so much Obama (although some of that), but the Hollywood liberal thing does not play well in the red parts of Missouri. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6990 "2018-03-28T14:52:09Z")
McCaskill is a unique case. She’s centrist, but pro-Obama even when he was down. She’s extremely likeable, a straight talker, but fighting against Missouri’s rightward tilt. Having Obama campaign for her is probably good on net. Lots of black voters to motivate in Missouri, and he probably doesn’t hurt her with swing voters. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6991 "2018-03-28T15:14:05Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Nope. As usual, you don’t know diddly-squat. > [@septimus](#): > > Liar. You made the mistake of actually linking to one of your “news” sites once. IIRC it was a site even more moronic than the “diddly-squat” site. I don’t lie. It’s easier to make libs squawk like turkeys by telling them the truth. If I do a Google search for information on something, I’ll usually take the first reference that comes up. If you don’t like the source, that is your problem, not mine. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6992 "2018-03-28T15:17:25Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I don’t lie. It’s easier to make libs squawk like turkeys by telling them the **truth**. If I do a Google search for information on something, I’ll usually take the first reference that comes up. If you don’t like the source, that is your problem, not mine. You keep using this word. I do not think it means what you think it means. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6993 "2018-03-28T15:34:48Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > If I do a Google search for information on something, I’ll usually take the first reference that comes up. Do you also _read_ this reference to make sure it supports the argument you are advancing and/or challenges the arguments others are advancing? If not, I suggest you start. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6994 "2018-03-28T15:36:50Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I don’t lie. It’s easier to make libs squawk like turkeys by telling them the truth. If I do a Google search for information on something, I’ll usually take the first reference that comes up. If you don’t like the source, that is your problem, not mine. No, actually, it probably is your fault. [Google personalizes your searches](https://www.link-assistant.com/news/personalized-search.html) so that if you tend to get your “information” from alternative-fact right wing echo chambers, Google will put alternative-fact right wing echo chambers will be the first reference that comes up. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6995 "2018-03-28T16:28:43Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > No, actually, it probably is your fault. [Google personalizes your searches](https://www.link-assistant.com/news/personalized-search.html) so that if you tend to get your “information” from alternative-fact right wing echo chambers, Google will put alternative-fact right wing echo chambers will be the first reference that comes up. And he wouldn’t want it any other way. He might exposed to _ideas_ rather than ideologies. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6996 "2018-03-29T03:04:55Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Do you also _read_ this reference to make sure it supports the argument you are advancing and/or challenges the arguments others are advancing? > > If not, I suggest you start. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6997 "2018-03-29T04:01:21Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Sigh. Are you indicating that you are unaware your citations often do not support your position? ---
**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:** [March 29, 2018, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6998 "2018-03-29T09:32:15Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Sigh. I’m going to take that as a “I have not been reading my own cites” from you, in lieu of evidence that I should not. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2018, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/6999 "2018-03-29T09:56:16Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I don’t lie. It’s easier to make libs squawk like turkeys by telling them the truth. If I do a Google search for information on something, I’ll usually take the first reference that comes up. If you don’t like the source, that is your problem, not mine. You don’t lie. You have, however, provided vast amounts of evidence in this thread alone that you are perfectly happy to repeat and link to lies, often with indicators that you haven’t even bothered to apply the slightest bit of critical thinking to them (or even read them). Being a vector for lies out of stubbornness, laziness or stupidity is not really an improvement over being the person who made up the lies in the first place; at least they were smart enough to know they were lying. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2018, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7000 "2018-03-29T12:22:22Z")
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