# 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:** 75
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1481 "2013-12-01T17:12:33Z")
And she agrees: > [@](#): > > Ninety minutes later, she removed the controversial tweet and issued a Twitter apology. > > “I don’t wish death on anyone,” she wrote. “Joking about that was insensitive and inappropriate.” So… yeah. Good pick, albeit somewhat “fish in a barrel”. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1482 "2013-12-01T17:16:28Z")
It’s funny how the vast majority of entries in this thread are by liberal private persons or journalists/bloggers, while the vast majority of the entries in the Stupid Republican Idea thread are actual Republican elected officials, including US Senators and Representatives, and presidential candidates. Hell, if we included the contributors and editors and commenters at Red State, Free Republic and Twitchy, they’d have to add servers just to hold the other thread… ---
**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:** [December 1, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1483 "2013-12-01T17:30:07Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > And while we’re at it,[how about super-compassionate liberal editor Erin Ryan’s comments on Paul Walker’s death](http://thedesk.matthewkeys.net/2013/12/01/jezebel-editor-stirs-controversy-over-ill-timed-political-tweet/)? There’s some liberal lovin’ for ya. [Counterpoint.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/04/former-exec-of-south-carolina-gop-defends-mocking-trayvon-martins-death/) > [@](#): > > Former South Carolina GOP executive director Todd Kincannon on Monday defended a series of provocative, racially-charged tweets he sent out during the Super Bowl. > > Kincannon told HuffPost Live that mocking the death of Trayvon Martin and “the poors” during Hurricane Katrina was just “high-profile trolling.” ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1484 "2013-12-01T19:26:48Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > It’s funny how the vast majority of entries in this thread are by liberal private persons or journalists/bloggers, while the vast majority of the entries in the Stupid Republican Idea thread are actual Republican elected officials, including US Senators and Representatives, and presidential candidates. > > Hell, if we included the contributors and editors and commenters at Red State, Free Republic and Twitchy, they’d have to add servers just to hold the other thread… Yeah, we begrudgingly admit some of us are stupid and/or insane, but they _elect_ their stupid and insane. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1485 "2013-12-01T20:39:22Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > And while we’re at it,[how about super-compassionate liberal editor Erin Ryan’s comments on Paul Walker’s death](http://thedesk.matthewkeys.net/2013/12/01/jezebel-editor-stirs-controversy-over-ill-timed-political-tweet/)? There’s some liberal lovin’ for ya. Now imagine Erin Ryan being elected to high office despite cringe-worthy comments–or worse yet, _ **because** _ of them–and you might start to see why the GOP is the target of so much mockery. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1486 "2013-12-01T20:55:29Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > And while we’re at it,[how about super-compassionate liberal editor Erin Ryan’s comments on Paul Walker’s death](http://thedesk.matthewkeys.net/2013/12/01/jezebel-editor-stirs-controversy-over-ill-timed-political-tweet/)? There’s some liberal lovin’ for ya. Watching you is like watching the town idiot struggle to come up with a snappy comeback. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1487 "2013-12-01T21:20:10Z")
But again, not quite as good as the real thing. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1488 "2013-12-01T22:32:47Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > But again, not quite as good as the real thing. He’s not a town idiot? Or is it just that no town wants him? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2013, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1489 "2013-12-02T10:40:32Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > Watching you is like watching the town idiot struggle to come up with a snappy comeback. He really is like a real-life [Brick Tamland](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGzfx6YC0uw). Actually, even Brick had a better comeback than this: > [@Clothahump](#): > > Nah, I’ll let you guys do that. You do it so well, because you’ve had so much practice. Next time, just type “no u”. It’ll save time and strain on those few overtaxed brain cells. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1490 "2013-12-02T16:37:25Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Yeah, we begrudgingly admit some of us are stupid and/or insane, but they _elect_ their stupid and insane. Dude, you have Feinstein, Pelosi, Obama and a pack of others. Pot, meet Kettle. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1491 "2013-12-02T16:59:57Z")
[MRW Clothahump says stuff.](http://img.pandawhale.com/66299-Mal-Reynolds-Firefly-speechles-iEFf.gif) ---
**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:** [December 2, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1492 "2013-12-02T17:07:50Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Dude, you have Feinstein, Pelosi, Obama and a pack of others. Pot, meet Kettle. None of them believe in the idiotic things that Michelle Bachmann and Steve King (for example) believe. Bachmann thinks vaccines can cause mental retardation. King believes that it’s legal to impregnate children and bring them across state lines for abortions. And they want to legislate based on those things, among others. That’s impressive stupidity, there, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1493 "2013-12-02T17:11:57Z")
Can’t help but notice how short of specifics **Clothahump** is in this thread, whilst proclaiming how rampant the examples are. You might want to check out the SRIOTD day thread to see what it is supposed to look like. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1494 "2013-12-02T17:12:00Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Dude, you have Feinstein, Pelosi, Obama and a pack of others. Pot, meet Kettle. By any OBJECTIVE (big word, I know…try to keep up anyway) standard, the people you named are nowhere near stupid or insane. You just don’t like them because they don’t want to starve the poor and elderly or bomb everyone but the USA. Frankly, the fact that you think those people are insane or stupid says more about your insanity and stupidity than it does about them. But it’s not like we needed reinforcement of that data…we already knew. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1495 "2013-12-02T17:27:55Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > None of them believe in the idiotic things that Michelle Bachmann and Steve King (for example) believe. **Bachmann thinks vaccines can cause mental retardation.** King believes that it’s legal to impregnate children and bring them across state lines for abortions. And they want to legislate based on those things, among others. That’s impressive stupidity, there, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Bachmann was most likely vaccinated as a child so there is some anecdotal proof. 😃 ---
**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:** [December 3, 2013, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1496 "2013-12-03T09:48:22Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Dude, you have Feinstein, Pelosi, Obama and a pack of others. Pot, meet Kettle. Dude, **this week alone** we’ve had the RNC saying that racism had been ended, Jeb Bush suggesting that Obama was closing the Vatican embassy to retaliate for Catholic opposition to Obamacare, Rush Limbaugh calling the Pope a Marxist and Scott Walker telling people not to buy their kids Christmas presents and to give the money to him instead. I repeat: that was **this week alone**. This is light charcoal calling a black hole black. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1497 "2013-12-03T11:07:05Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Dude, you have (Feinstein), Pelosi, Obama and a pack of others. Pot, meet Kettle. I’m sorry, when have these people said things that make them look incredibly stupid or insane? What political beliefs do they hold which are as looney as those of Steve King or Joe Arpaio? Which positions do they take that are as demonstrably bullshit as Bachmann’s stand against vaccines? How do you even compare them? What are your examples? We don’t just _say_ “person x is a crazy person”. We back it up by pointing out the beliefs they hold that are crazy. I have yet to see anything comparable from Pelosi or Obama. Care to point out what they’ve done recently which even borders the degree of stupid of the republican brand? …That said, I’ll give you Feinstein. God, fuck _that_ bitch. Stupid alt-med lunatic needs to go die in a fire. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1498 "2013-12-03T16:37:14Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > …That said, I’ll give you Feinstein. God, fuck _that_ bitch. I’d hit that. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1499 "2013-12-03T17:57:32Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > …That said, I’ll give you Feinstein. God, fuck _that_ bitch. Stupid alt-med lunatic needs to go die in a fire. I’ve had no luck Googling what her alternative medicine views are, can you elaborate? ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1500 "2013-12-03T18:46:53Z")
She’s just a bit of an alt-med quack, from what I understand. Or maybe I’m thinking of someone else… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=74) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=76)