# What are your "Well....yeah" political stances? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 6, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-well-yeah-political-stances/830636 "2019-03-06T17:31:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-well-yeah-political-stances/830636/41 "2019-03-10T18:24:46Z")
You want completely open borders? Might as well not have countries, then! Well…_yeah_? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-well-yeah-political-stances/830636/42 "2019-03-10T19:36:19Z")
You want a UBI? But then people won’t be forced to work shitty jobs for less than a living wage in order to desperately try to not become homeless. Well… yeah! ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-well-yeah-political-stances/830636/43 "2019-03-10T21:56:44Z")
I don’t think the Church of England (or any church) should have any special privilege in the UK. “that means the dissolution of the church” well yeah. ETA - that should read “disestablishment of the church” ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-well-yeah-political-stances/830636/44 "2019-03-10T22:28:27Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > ETA - that should read “disestablishment of the church” I guess that means you oppose antidisestablishmentarians. In a similar vein, I think all tax breaks for US churches should end. If that means a bunch of them are no longer viable and have to close… well, yeah. ETA: I was just making a joke about the amusingly long word “antidisestablishmentarianism”. But upon further research, that word \*specifically \*refers to a political movement opposing the disestablishment of the Church of England. So in fact the comment is completely relevant. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-well-yeah-political-stances/830636/45 "2019-03-10T22:34:15Z")
Not exactly political but when talking about a movie or TV show or book and someone says, “That’s not historically correct.” “Well, yeah. Why does it have to be?” ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-well-yeah-political-stances/830636/46 "2019-03-10T23:13:04Z")
On one particular issue near and dear: “If Puerto Rico becomes a state…” “…people will have to pay IRS income taxes.” Well… yeah, those who make past the threshold taxable income. “…we won’t be able to attract businesses by being a Tax Haven.” Well… yeah. Figure how the other 50 do it. “…we may after a while no longer be able to have a separate Olympic Team…” Well… yeah. Though we may get one or two cycles’ worth of transition. “…or Miss Universe contestant!” Well … that’s a stupid objection, dude. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-well-yeah-political-stances/830636/47 "2019-03-10T23:22:50Z")
I think many D’s, if told, “You consider Trump voters to be ignorant, inferior and uneducated rubes who voted against their own interests,” would say…“well, yeah…” ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-well-yeah-political-stances/830636/48 "2019-03-11T12:09:38Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > In a similar vein, I think all tax breaks for US churches should end. If that means a bunch of them are no longer viable and have to close… well, yeah. A brave stance in the USA I’m sure, mine regarding the C of E is far less controversial and exciting I’m afraid. > [@](#): > > ETA: I was just making a joke about the amusingly long word “antidisestablishmentarianism”. But upon further research, that word \*specifically \*refers to a political movement opposing the disestablishment of the Church of England. So in fact the comment is completely relevant. You are quite right and I wasn’t thinking about it when I wrote it but indeed it was obviously once an important enough stance to have a word coined for it. That [victorian-dad](http://viz.co.uk/2017/12/19/victorian-dad-nature-ramble/) come to life that is Jacob Rees-Mogg MP has a little claim to fame as the person using the longest word ever in [Parliament](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmXQOJhd0_0). Not the one you mentioned but fun nonetheless and I’m sure the other one is definitely in his wheel-house [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-well-yeah-political-stances/830636.md?page=2)