# There's no diversity like liberal diversity **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 31, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-diversity-like-liberal-diversity/424770 "2007-10-31T20:02:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-diversity-like-liberal-diversity/424770/221 "2007-11-02T22:18:13Z")
[QUOTE=Bridget Burke] As others have pointed out, some of these cases aren’t exactly recent. (Does “academic freedom” apply to non-academics?) I apologize for my ignorance of these egregious attacks. And I thank you for brightening my day! Apparently the young folks of today aren’t as hopeless as I’d feared. [/QUOTE] “Some” = 2. And after that fact was pointed out, I supplied two more recent cases to address the deficit formed by dropping the two older ones. So, now you’ve shifted your argument from, “Ha! Ha! You moron! Suuuuure that happens!” to “Well, well, it does happen, and a good thing too!” Is that about the size of it? I don’t suppose you’d care to defend the tactic in any more detail, would you? Is it simply a matter of might makes right? If a crowd of 300 right-wing protestors can scare a crowd of 100 left-wing protestors into silence, that’s OK? Or is the tactic only valid when exercised by protestors with the correct point of view? ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-diversity-like-liberal-diversity/424770/222 "2007-11-03T00:05:35Z")
[QUOTE=wring] unless my handy dandy “political leanings of dopers” device is miscalibrated, I believe that **Linty Fresh** is from **your** end o’ the spectrum. Hence, their comment. [/QUOTE] Well, please do forgive me for not having memorized every screen name on the SDMB and categorizing their political proclivities. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-diversity-like-liberal-diversity/424770/223 "2007-11-03T00:06:50Z")
[QUOTE=LonesomePolecat] Well, please do forgive me for not having memorized every screen name on the SDMB and categorizing their political proclivities. [/QUOTE] How about just reading the posts in the thread you’re responding to? ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-diversity-like-liberal-diversity/424770/224 "2007-11-03T00:09:47Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] From earlier in this very thread: So, yeah, **LonesomePolecat** doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Also, I hear that water may be wet, but don’t quote me on that. [/QUOTE] You know, it seems to me that you’re making a habit of following me around the SDMB and making snide comments. Please try not to be a snippy little faggot. Although I suspect you and biggirl could get together and make a fine old time out of acting like a couple of silly cunts. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-diversity-like-liberal-diversity/424770/225 "2007-11-03T00:13:27Z")
[QUOTE=LonesomePolecat] Please try not to be a snippy little faggot. [/QUOTE] Did you really just say this, you fucking dick? ---
**Author:** ![nameless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@nameless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nameless)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-diversity-like-liberal-diversity/424770/226 "2007-11-03T00:14:15Z")
[QUOTE=LonesomePolecat] snippy little faggot. [/QUOTE] _Whoa._ ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-diversity-like-liberal-diversity/424770/227 "2007-11-03T00:15:19Z")
[QUOTE=woodstockbirdybird] Did you really just say this, you fucking dick? [/QUOTE] Yes, I really just said that. Are you a snippy little faggot, too? ---
**Author:** ![nameless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@nameless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nameless)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-diversity-like-liberal-diversity/424770/228 "2007-11-03T00:16:17Z")
So you’re calling people gay? I had no idea you were a fucking 5th grader. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-diversity-like-liberal-diversity/424770/229 "2007-11-03T00:18:30Z")
> [@Lonesome Polecat](#): > > Please try not to be a snippy little faggot. Oh my. Where’s that diversity training facilitator when you really need one? ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-diversity-like-liberal-diversity/424770/230 "2007-11-03T00:21:45Z")
There’s no whackjob homophobic unhinging like conservative whackjob homophobic unhinging. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-diversity-like-liberal-diversity/424770/231 "2007-11-03T00:22:36Z")
**Polecat** , you are a unending source of wonder and amazement. ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-diversity-like-liberal-diversity/424770/232 "2007-11-03T00:25:06Z")
> [@LonesomePolecat](#): > > Actually, assholism is a much bigger problem over on your end of the spectrum. [QUOTE=LonesomePolecat] Yes, I really just said that. Are you a snippy little faggot, too? [/QUOTE] I, for one, am thoroughly convinced now that conservatives are never assholes. Sorry, **Linty Fresh.** ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-diversity-like-liberal-diversity/424770/233 "2007-11-03T00:41:56Z")
[QUOTE=LonesomePolecat] Yes, I really just said that. Are you a snippy little faggot, too? [/QUOTE] Possibly. Or maybe I’m black. Pray tell, what epithet would you use to describe me then? ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-diversity-like-liberal-diversity/424770/234 "2007-11-03T00:48:09Z")
[QUOTE=woodstockbirdybird] Possibly. Or maybe I’m black. Pray tell, what epithet would you use to describe me then? [/QUOTE] You \*wish \*you were black, Lady. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-diversity-like-liberal-diversity/424770/235 "2007-11-03T00:59:33Z")
[QUOTE=Linty Fresh] Sigh . . . You know the problem with debating stuff like academic freedom is? So many of the people on your side are either assholes or totally off their nut. [/QUOTE] Just for the record, **pole** , I meant for this to sound like I was talking to myself in a reflective sort of way, as in "Gee, **Linty** , you know the problem with debating stuff like academic freedom . . . " which everyone with a two- or three-digit IQ seemed to get. I’m sorry if that post came off as ambiguous. I guess I should have added “or both”. Which means yes, **pole** , seeing as how we’re pushing for the same thing, I have to admit to myself that you _are_ on my side of the pond, although I think you might have held your breath under water just a little too long. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-diversity-like-liberal-diversity/424770/236 "2007-11-03T01:09:38Z")
[QUOTE=Kimstu] Oh my. Where’s that diversity training facilitator when you really need one? [/QUOTE] I meant to add that this got a chuckle out of me. Good one! ---
**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:** [November 3, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-diversity-like-liberal-diversity/424770/237 "2007-11-03T01:11:55Z")
[QUOTE=LonesomePolecat] Please try not to be a snippy little faggot. [/QUOTE] Wow, you really are a piece of work. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-diversity-like-liberal-diversity/424770/238 "2007-11-03T01:16:57Z")
[QUOTE=Kimstu] Oh my. Where’s that diversity training facilitator when you really need one? [/QUOTE] How about this two by four? ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-diversity-like-liberal-diversity/424770/239 "2007-11-03T02:20:50Z")
[QUOTE=pricciar] You \*wish \*you were black, Lady. [/QUOTE] No, _you_ wish I was a black lady. Oh, snap! p.s. Way to let your membership lapse and then come back paying double as a puny “member”, **pricciar**. Heh. “Puny member”. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-diversity-like-liberal-diversity/424770/240 "2007-11-03T02:35:37Z")
Lonesome, I’m generally in your camp, and am no doubt one of the least PC posters, but your shot to Miller was uncalled for and makes you look like a jerk. May I suggest that you offer him an apology so this stupidity doesn’t turn into a badge for you? That is all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-diversity-like-liberal-diversity/424770.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-diversity-like-liberal-diversity/424770.md?page=13)