# Stupid Republican idea of the day

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19067 "2015-02-07T17:10:02Z")

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Yes, he’s under the mistaken impression that conservative political ideas have _ever_ been correct even once in the history of civilized society. Every single advance humanity has made has been under the banner of progressivism, liberalism, and socialism. And back in the day, when Republicans were for civil rights and Democrats weren’t, the Republicans \*were \*the liberal party.

All of that being said, adaher has stated that he’s often wrong. That is something you’re not going to see from a whole lot of ideologues.

And I am pretty sure I just identified myself as an ideologue. A _good idea_ ideologue, but one nonetheless.

Anyhoo, I’ve just seen my share of far, far worse posters, because I travel to many different sites. If this guy is your big example of a wackadoodle, it’s actually a sign that this website is miles ahead of others.

I won’t get into the worse ones I’ve seen, because they’re not worth the attention, and I don’t want to be perceived as a defender troll, so I’ll leave it at that.

> [@In the history of the SDMB has anyone ever been wrong about more things than adaher?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/101):
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> Thanks for the kind words, folks, you are a great fan club!
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> Seriously though, I know I’m wrong a lot, I know I’m not the smartest poster here, but I also think I have insights many of you haven’t heard or dealt with before, especially the huge number of you who live inside the liberal bubble. I serve a purpose here, at least until better Tea Party advocates come along. I respect a lot of the conservative voices here on this board, but most of the best ones are pretty moderate.
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> And believe it or not, I am not all that partisan. I just have a personal beef with Barack Obama for tearing down a good man and not being the different kind of politician he promised to be. On that, I’m clearly not wrong. If Clinton is elected in 2016, you’ll find me to be far less cantankerous.

See this post right here?

I may not agree with most of it but there’s something respectable about that mindset that “I am not always right” and “You guys aren’t either.”

Seems like a good starting point. But, I haven’t been a part of extended adaher debates so I don’t know if that’s the conclusion I’d end up with from my starting premise.

You can probably ignore me, I don’t have a main point, I was just curious and then I have no idea when I should stop talking most of the time.

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