# 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:** 383
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7641 "2020-11-16T14:02:12Z")
Oh. So you agree with the basic tenets of Political Correctness, then. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7642 "2020-11-16T14:03:12Z")
… well, actuallly… ---
**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:** [November 16, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7643 "2020-11-16T15:57:33Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Yes, the Coroner reported that his face was eaten by aquatic animals of some sort. Do you have a link to an explicit assertion that he drowned and was eaten by animals? Because the stories I see use words l8ke “probably” and “may have been”. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7644 "2020-11-16T16:03:40Z")
WHAT video? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7645 "2020-11-16T16:07:57Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Do you have a link to an explicit assertion that he drowned and was eaten by animals? Because the stories I see use words l8ke “probably” and “may have been”. Just the fact that it’s an article from a Daily Mail tabloid is reason enough to be suspicious. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7646 "2020-11-16T17:07:22Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Yes, the Coroner reported that his face was eaten by aquatic animals of some sort. Not leopards? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7647 "2020-11-16T17:23:03Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > No one has explained, despite all of the available evidence, WHY people are protesting. A dumb teenager (which are all teenagers) fell in the water and drowned. And what does the NAACP have to do with it? Why are some people trying to make this about race The obviously stupid liberal idea here is that it is worth wasting our time arguing with a troll. Can we move on, please? ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7648 "2020-11-16T17:27:54Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > I am truly amazed. A stupid liberal idea is Dem lawmakers cancelling an event later than they maybe should have, while the Republican lawmakers are deliberately refusing to contact Democrats who have been exposed to infected Republicans. I’m happy that liberal stupid ideas are low impact stupid rather than destroying-American-democracy stupid. I do not think there is equivalency between the levels or the effects of the stupidity. However, it is still stupid and should still be called out. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7649 "2020-11-16T17:34:18Z")
The family is making it about race because the police didn’t do anything after the boy went missing. Frankly your assertion that he drowned in 6” of water beggars belief. This wasn’t a pool or a pond or a river, it was a field with muddy water in it. People don’t drown in that little water once they are old enough to sit up on their own. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7650 "2020-11-16T17:53:49Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html](https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html) > > noun: American(s) > > adjective: American Not the question I asked. I asked for evidence that the term USian is offensive. And I guess I’ll make explicit what I was implying before: you are, by taking offense at a term that no one finds offensive, acting exactly like how you claim PC people act. For it to be actual political correctness, you have to establish that the term USian has actually been used in some sort of discrimination against people from the US. Otherwise, you’re just being the “PC police.” It seems highly unlikely that you actually find “USian” offensive, unless you are inconsistent with your ideology. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7651 "2020-11-16T18:15:49Z")
I think this here qualifies as a “[stupid liberal idea](https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/south-dakota-er-nurse-tells-horrific-stories-of-patients-near-and-still-denying-19-is-real/)” > [@South Dakota ER Nurse](#): > > I can’t help but think of the Covid patients the last few days. The ones that stick out are those who still don’t believe the virus is real. The ones who scream at you for a magic medicine and that Joe Biden is going to ruin the USA. All while gasping for breath on 100% Vapotherm. They tell you there must be another reason they are sick. > > These people really think this isn’t going to happen to them. And then they stop yelling at you when they get intubated. It’s like a fucking horror movie that never ends. There’s no credits that roll. You just go back and do it all over again. Seriously, why are we treating these people. If it is a hoax, let the goddam idiots go untreated. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7652 "2020-11-16T18:30:31Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Seriously, why are we treating these people. If it is a hoax, let the goddam idiots go untreated. In a perfect world, the people that have been religiously wearing masks get to go first and people who pushed back against all the restrictions (and anti-vaxxers) can go later. Of course, not only would that not happen, it would be less safe as well. The people who try to sneak into stores without a mask or the ones going to big parties (and then home to their families or back to work) are the ones most likely to spread it and society will benefit the most from making sure they’re immune. New idea, all the anti-maskers get to go first. Let them be the early phase 5 trial subjects. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7653 "2020-11-16T18:45:57Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The obviously stupid liberal idea here is that it is worth wasting our time arguing with a troll. Or a murderer/accessory to. [If it has nothing to do with him…?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-rowan-county-ky-clerk-kim-davis/727757/67) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7654 "2020-11-16T18:54:52Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Seriously, why are we treating these people. If it is a hoax, let the goddam idiots go untreated. Well, this is the time when one has to remember that those who are dying also have families that could still depend on them. Families with sons and daughters that also see the recklessness of their parents and grandparents but can do little about 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:** [November 16, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7655 "2020-11-16T19:19:17Z")
Is the fact that [dictionary.com](http://dictionary.com) doesn’t recognize that the word even exists evidence of anything? ---
**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:** [November 16, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7656 "2020-11-16T19:47:31Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Is the fact that [dictionary.com](http://dictionary.com) doesn’t recognize that the word even exists evidence of anything? It’s a contraction of “United Statesian”, [which is recognized by Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/United%20Statesian). It’s only a matter of time until M-W lists the contraction. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7657 "2020-11-16T23:12:16Z")
Either way, “USian” is as wrong as “American”, because how do you know which US? The country just to the south is the US of M. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7658 "2020-11-17T05:36:22Z")
What evidence? The Coroner’s report, the security cams that showed no one near him when he drowned, and now the independent autopsy. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7659 "2020-11-17T05:41:17Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > The Coroner’s report, the security cams that showed no one near him when he drowned So the camera caught him while he drowned? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7660 "2020-11-17T05:54:57Z")
Not necessarily, but he WAS alone, according to the video evidence. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=382) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=384)