# 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:** 368
**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:** [September 21, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7341 "2019-09-21T18:41:48Z")
The Democratic Party of Arizona is on the verge of voting to censure Senator Kyrsten Sinema for her voting record, which is the most pro-Individual 1 record of any Democratic Senator. The vote is supposed to occur today at their convention. > **[Arizona progressives seek to censure Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema](https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2019/09/17/arizona-progressives-seek-censure-democratic-sen-kyrsten-sinema/2356605001/)** > > While Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s political brand has earned her GOP support, it has grated on progressives. It is unclear if the censure will advance. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7342 "2019-09-22T00:35:12Z")
> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#): > > This isn’t just someone whining, it’s a resolution that was passed unanimously by the board. > > The NRA is terrible and the day they no longer exist will be a good one. But it means nothing even according to the Supervisor who introduced the resolution:However it does inflame gun owners to feel like they are being called terrorists and are inflaming a beast and donors at a time when it’s been losing the PR battle and [falling apart due to self-inflicted missteps](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/6/30/1835971/-The-NRA-is-falling-apart-one-bad-shot-at-a-time). > > This resolution does nothing good, won’t help change any minds, but it sure will allow the NRA to claim victimhood (they are even [suing over this](https://www.npr.org/2019/09/10/759333549/nra-sues-san-francisco-after-lawmakers-declare-it-a-terrorist-organization)) and probably squeeze more donations out of rubes at a time they can use it. > > Also I am not sure that calling the NRA a terrorist organization is not a slippery slope that would demonize other groups. The NRA can be terrible without having that specific branding, a branding that means nothing for all practical purposes. They’re bringing attention to something but it’s also got the attention of gun fetishists. > > Seriously, San Francisco, you’re not helping. The NRA put out a commercial calling liberals terrorists. They can get fucked. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7343 "2019-09-22T02:10:27Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > The NRA put out a commercial calling liberals terrorists. They can get fucked. Of course they can. But you can’t legislate “get fucked.” And if you try to you look like an idiot. Sent from my SM-G935P using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7344 "2019-09-22T02:17:49Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Democratic Party of Arizona is on the verge of voting to censure Senator Kyrsten Sinema for her voting record, which is the most pro-Individual 1 record of any Democratic Senator. The vote is supposed to occur today at their convention. > [Arizona progressives seek to censure Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema](https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2019/09/17/arizona-progressives-seek-censure-democratic-sen-kyrsten-sinema/2356605001/) Clarify, please. Senator Sinema being even moderately pro-Individual 1 is a pretty stupid idea, but so is the fact that the Party is only now getting around to censuring her for it… ---
**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:** [September 22, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7345 "2019-09-22T02:36:53Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Clarify, please. Senator Sinema being even moderately pro-Individual 1 is a pretty stupid idea, but so is the fact that the Party is only now getting around to censuring her for it… Well, she’s only been a Senator since the beginning of the year. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7346 "2019-09-22T12:53:35Z")
Despite her voting record in the house, which was something like 95% pro-Trump, during the general election you would have gotten the impression she’d substitute a Mexican baby for _your_ white baby, then eat it. This was in a series of ads from a PAC in support of McSally, but not McSally herself (nope, nope, nope). ---
**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:** [November 2, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7347 "2019-11-02T18:24:08Z")
Nancy Pelosi thinks she’s “a left-wing San Francisco liberal”. It is to laugh. > **[Pelosi cautions 2020 Dems over liberal proposals: ‘You must win the Electoral...](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/468674-pelosi-warns-2020-democrats-over-liberal-proposals-you-must-win-the-electoral/)** > > Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) issued a stern warning to the 2020 Democratic primary field that progressive policies that might fire up the party’s liberal wing could prove damaging in the general… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7348 "2019-11-02T21:54:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Using the DWNOMINATE ranking she scores -0.49, which puts her in the third bucket of liberalness. She’s not most firebrandy liberal in the world, partly due to the demands of her leadership positions, but she’s pretty damn liberal. > > [Mother Jones](https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2018/11/just-how-progressive-is-nancy-pelosi) Sent from my SM-G935P using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7349 "2019-11-03T17:48:34Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Not being a condescending dick to Christians is actually a pretty good idea. Unless they are HIDING behind it to excuse or justify their hateful fucking bullshit. And/or are disgusting lousy two-faced hypocrites. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2019, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7350 "2019-11-04T11:35:40Z")
I have been reliably informed that all Democrats are radical Communists and that Pelosi is the most Democrat-est of Democrats. Therefore she’s a liberal. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7351 "2019-11-21T14:46:55Z")
Joe Biden: [He then argued that “No man has a right to raise a hand to a woman in anger other than in self-defense, and that rarely ever occurs.” “So we have to just change the culture, period,” Biden said. “And keep punching at it and punching it and punching at it.”]([Democrat debate: Biden said you have to 'keep punching' domestic violence](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/11/20/democrat-debate-biden-keep-punching-domestic-violence/4256766002/)) LOL :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7352 "2019-11-21T16:20:20Z")
I’ll take really bad analogies for $1000 please, Alex. ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7353 "2019-11-21T16:53:34Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Unless they are HIDING behind it to excuse or justify their hateful fucking bullshit. And/or are disgusting lousy two-faced hypocrites. That’s all they’re using it for. Jesus said,“Heal the sick, judge not lest ye be judged (in preventing sleazebag johns from murdering the prostitute they’d all been fucking), shelter the homeless, feed the hungry…” And Republicans do exactly the opposite. That doesn’t include the blatant lie industry they’ve built up to protect their fragile little broflake selves. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7354 "2019-11-21T17:02:48Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Joe Biden: > > [He then argued that “No man has a right to raise a hand to a woman in anger other than in self-defense, and that rarely ever occurs.” > > “So we have to just change the culture, period,” Biden said. “And keep punching at it and punching it and punching at it.”]([Democrat debate: Biden said you have to 'keep punching' domestic violence](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/11/20/democrat-debate-biden-keep-punching-domestic-violence/4256766002/)) > > LOL :smack: Ah, **there** are the Biden rhetorical skills I remember from 2008. Classic Joe. You idiot. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7355 "2020-01-07T22:07:20Z")
Joe Biden thinks Mitch MicConnell will become more cooperative with the Democrats once Trump is out of office. 1-Why worry about it if the Democrats take the Senate? 2-Does he remember what McConnell was like under Obama? > **[Biden: Mitch McConnell Will Become 'Mildly Cooperative' With Democrats...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-mitch-mcconnell-republicans_n_5e14d847c5b687c7eb5ca326)** > > The former vice president has also said Republicans will have an "epiphany" once Donald Trump leaves office. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7356 "2020-01-20T15:58:32Z")
_Both Sides Do It_ /s [Anti-speed camera Councilman Mark Gjonaj’s car busted by cams 9 times in 2019](https://nypost.com/2020/01/19/anti-speed-camera-councilman-mark-gjonajs-car-busted-by-cams-9-times-in-2019/) I wonder why this Bronx Democrat didn’t want speed cameras? What’s the current exchange for bad behavior by a Democrat to bad behaviour by a Republican? One speeding ticket equals what…10 children in detention camps? …3 acts of treason? Sounds about fair. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7357 "2020-01-20T16:38:14Z")
I don’t get it. Who is “both sides”-ing here? ---
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7358 "2020-01-20T16:51:49Z")
If I start a spin-off thread for “Stupid Things Democrats Do” can we agree to separate that from this one, because I’m not seeing the “liberal idea” bent here… ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7359 "2020-01-20T18:07:31Z")
Yeah, not really a liberal idea, I agree. Just didn’t have another place. Mijin, I’m just making fun of how whenever a (D) does something small, ®s often treat it as the apocalypse and the reason it is okay for them to be scum(mier)\*. Also, you may have missed the “/s” tag, generally used to indicate sarcasm. - NYC, (D) stronghold that it is, has quite the population of scummy, corrupt (D)s. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7360 "2020-01-20T19:42:34Z")
Yeah I’m not sure I’m comfortable with pre-empting the “both sides” thing. I’d prefer to just call out bad behaviour. If both sides “both sides” then “both sides” becomes true on both sides. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=367) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=369)