# The 50 Most Loathsome Americans (2011) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 2, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-most-loathsome-americans-2011/611498 "2012-02-02T03:20:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-most-loathsome-americans-2011/611498/1 "2012-02-02T03:20:29Z")
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**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-most-loathsome-americans-2011/611498/2 "2012-02-02T03:23:49Z")
Good- I’ve been looking for them to put this out all month. Thanks for letting us know! All last month, I mean- today’s the first. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-most-loathsome-americans-2011/611498/3 "2012-02-02T03:42:10Z")
Konservatives r teh evil. Boring. I don’t think anyone on that list doesn’t _deserve_ to be on it, but really, it’s like 85% conservative politicians. WE KNOW that nobody likes these assholes. WE GET IT. Surely there have to be some other people to fill out the list. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-most-loathsome-americans-2011/611498/4 "2012-02-02T03:43:43Z")
It is remarkable how many of the names are just on the edge of my memory. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-most-loathsome-americans-2011/611498/5 "2012-02-02T03:51:15Z")
Before reading it, I’m predicting that they did the “#1: You” thing (again). ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-most-loathsome-americans-2011/611498/6 "2012-02-02T03:58:59Z")
Oh, good, they finally changed it up. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-most-loathsome-americans-2011/611498/7 "2012-02-02T04:20:44Z")
I was pleased that he included that nitwit Drew Pinsky, although I think the pseudomedical field could use a whole list all to itself. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-most-loathsome-americans-2011/611498/8 "2012-02-02T04:37:40Z")
Koch brothers at number 1 is a good call. A very good call, considering almost no one even realizes who they are or what they’ve done. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-most-loathsome-americans-2011/611498/9 "2012-02-02T04:57:58Z")
Good list. Parts of it made me ashamed, parts of it made me mad, but there was also a bunch of stuff that made me Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there. I did think 50 was a lot of entries tho. Couldn’t he whittle it down to just the most loathsome 47 or something? ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-most-loathsome-americans-2011/611498/10 "2012-02-02T04:59:37Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Konservatives r teh evil. > > Boring. > > I don’t think anyone on that list doesn’t _deserve_ to be on it, but really, it’s like 85% conservative politicians. WE KNOW that nobody likes these assholes. WE GET IT. Surely there have to be some other people to fill out the list. Yeah, I don’t really get the inclusion of Tim Tebow. Regardless of how you feel about his religion, he seems like a decent guy and hasn’t been embroiled in any scandal or accused of anything particularly unsavory. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-most-loathsome-americans-2011/611498/11 "2012-02-02T05:16:48Z")
And Sarah Palin? Jesus, who gives a fuck? She’s so totally irrelevant. It’s like they said, “guys, we HAVE to make sure we get EVERY conservative politician on here.” It’s just like the BBQ Pit. It seems like two thirds of all pittings are some conservative figure. Look, I don’t like them either. But it’s BORING. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-most-loathsome-americans-2011/611498/12 "2012-02-02T07:32:41Z")
Let’s see if I understand this: Steve Jobs was just slightly less loathsome than Jerry Sandusky? Does anyone actually take this crap seriously? ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-most-loathsome-americans-2011/611498/13 "2012-02-02T08:09:06Z")
So basically anybody that more that had more than one national news articles dedicated to them this year are the scum of the earth? ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-most-loathsome-americans-2011/611498/14 "2012-02-02T08:34:23Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Let’s see if I understand this: Steve Jobs was just slightly less loathsome than Jerry Sandusky? Does anyone actually take this crap seriously? Tell me about it. Jobs should be at least up at #3. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-most-loathsome-americans-2011/611498/15 "2012-02-02T11:11:28Z")
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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-most-loathsome-americans-2011/611498/16 "2012-02-02T15:33:35Z")
Yep, it got blocked for me at work as well for the same reason. Hope everyone’s OK. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-most-loathsome-americans-2011/611498/17 "2012-02-02T15:38:34Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Yep, it got blocked for me at work as well for the same reason. Hope everyone’s OK. I broke the link. Caveat clicktor. ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-most-loathsome-americans-2011/611498/18 "2012-02-02T18:05:06Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > Before reading it, I’m predicting that they did the “#1: You” thing (again). No, but the ‘#50: Me’ thing raised a laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-most-loathsome-americans-2011/611498/19 "2012-02-03T02:27:29Z")
Any such list that doesn’t have Fred Phelps, of WBC infamy, is no good. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-most-loathsome-americans-2011/611498/20 "2012-02-03T02:49:03Z")
Maybe they’re DNFTT. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-50-most-loathsome-americans-2011/611498.md?page=2)