# What is the stupidist movement? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 14, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidist-movement/644049 "2012-12-14T18:34:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidist-movement/644049/61 "2012-12-16T06:56:35Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > Pick-up artists. Does that shit work on anyone with an ounce of self-worth? Probably not, but how about if it works really well on people who’re just hiding their lack of self-worth behind a facade, and very quickly identifies them to boot? ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidist-movement/644049/62 "2012-12-16T21:37:05Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > I’ll go with the anti-vaccers. Not only stupid but dangerous to boot! You took the words out of my mouth. I will go along with that. My daughter lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn, that she claims in the epicenter of the movement. Her son is fully vaccinated and has been since the earliest age possible, but not all vaccines take perfectly and immunity is partly based on herd immunity which doesn’t exist in her neighborhood. A real Stupidist movement. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidist-movement/644049/63 "2012-12-16T21:45:00Z")
I don’t think anybody has mentioned the Tea Party. ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidist-movement/644049/64 "2012-12-17T15:04:23Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > I don’t think anybody has mentioned the Tea Party. Check up the page a little. I am no fan of the Tea Party, but they are out of their league with the other groups mentioned. I am just glad that no one has politicized this enough to say Democrats or Republicans. I was expecting that to be post three. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidist-movement/644049/65 "2012-12-17T15:04:52Z")
I would rate Holocaust Deniers and Neo-Nazis very high on the stupid list. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidist-movement/644049/66 "2012-12-17T17:13:16Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > No! Don’t do it! It’s like wrestling a pig - you’ll get filthy and the pig will just enjoy it. You’ll be pummeled by logical fallacies and Gish-galloped until you scream for a commercial break. > > Don’t say I didn’t warn you. I know. I’ve been discussing this with the radio host. My other candidate for stupid are the quiverfull morons: > **[Quiverfull](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiverfull)** > > Quiverfull is a Christian theological position that sees large families as a blessing from God. It encourages procreation, abstaining from all forms of birth control, natural family planning, and sterilization reversal. The movement derives its name from Psalm 127:3–5, where many children are metaphorically referred to as the arrows in a full quiver. > Some sources have referred to the Quiverfull position as providentialism, while other sources have simply referred to it as a manifestation of nata... Basically they are the no birth control people who think you should have as many children as you possibly can even if you can’t afford them or carrying a pregnancy will endanger a woman’s life. Think Duggars and their nineteen kids. ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidist-movement/644049/67 "2012-12-17T18:57:14Z")
Oh, I didn’t even think of the quiverfull nutcases. Yes, those people are off their rocker. Really I think I agree wholeheartedly with the assessment of every single movement mentioned so far. Bunch of lunatics. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidist-movement/644049/68 "2012-12-17T20:03:11Z")
If there ever is an actual Stupidist Movement, Allan Sherman has already written [their marching song](http://www.elyrics.net/read/a/allan-sherman-lyrics/the-dropouts-march-lyrics.html): _Leave us unite, and fight fight fight For good ol’ stupidity!_ ---
**Author:** ![Michael63129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Michael63129](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael63129)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidist-movement/644049/69 "2012-12-17T20:11:25Z")
All of the people who keep claiming that the Apocalypse is coming (you know, like in a few days), and those who believe them even after multiple failed predictions (which is to say, a [VERY long list](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events); there were already two predictions this year that passed and several others last year besides the Camping ones). Granted, a few do have some valid basis, like the Y2K bug, but even those are greatly blown out of proportion. ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidist-movement/644049/70 "2012-12-18T16:14:53Z")
Is anyone still going on about the end of the world this year? It seems to have quieted down quite a bit since January, but I don’t generally move in the circles that would hear about it. ---
**Author:** ![bldysabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidist-movement/644049/71 "2012-12-18T16:31:18Z")
How about regular religious people? Staunch Christians, Hindus, Muslims. That stuff is very, very wacky. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidist-movement/644049/72 "2012-12-19T06:36:09Z")
I think we’re talking more fringe type stuff. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidist-movement/644049/73 "2012-12-19T06:53:06Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > I know. I’ve been discussing this with the radio host. > > My other candidate for stupid are the quiverfull morons: > > [Quiverfull - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiverfull) > > Basically they are the no birth control people who think you should have as many children as you possibly can even if you can’t afford them or carrying a pregnancy will endanger a woman’s life. Think Duggars and their nineteen kids. The funny thing about quiverfull is that the best way to ensure more gay guys get created is to keep having more children. The chance of a male being gay increases by a lot with each new male child a woman has. And the quiverfulls supposedly hate the gays, so perhaps they should stop at just one male child. ---
**Author:** ![bldysabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidist-movement/644049/74 "2012-12-19T10:35:55Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I think we’re talking more fringe type stuff. Yeah, but are the fringe religions really any stupider than the mainstream religions? I’d say no, they’re just more familiar. ---
**Author:** ![martu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@martu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/martu)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidist-movement/644049/75 "2012-12-19T11:07:47Z")
Mormons. The more I read about Joseph Smith the more ridiculous it sounds and now his teachings have millions of followers, baffling. ---
**Author:** ![Cats\_pajamas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Cats\_pajamas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cats_pajamas)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidist-movement/644049/76 "2012-12-19T11:28:35Z")
The most stupid movement is Christianity simply because it has the most followers among so many other equally stupid religious movements. But, if you don’t want to include religions then I’d go with the American Tea Party. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidist-movement/644049/77 "2012-12-19T13:27:36Z")
> [@bldysabba](#): > > How about regular religious people? Staunch Christians, Hindus, Muslims. That stuff is very, very wacky. This took longer than I thought, but you can always count on someone on the Dope to front up sooner or later. ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidist-movement/644049/78 "2012-12-19T13:30:40Z")
While mainstream religions are pretty stupid, the harm done depends on the specific case. Anti-vaxers are always harmful, selfish morons. No exceptions. ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidist-movement/644049/79 "2012-12-19T13:46:19Z")
[“Say No To Normal”](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/13/freaks-say-no-to-normal_n_2295414.html) They want to ban the word ‘normal’. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidist-movement/644049/80 "2012-12-19T13:50:47Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > [“Say No To Normal”](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/13/freaks-say-no-to-normal_n_2295414.html) > They want to ban the word ‘normal’. So, what are we supposed to call [the force applied by the Earth](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_force) on every object resting on it to counter gravity…? 😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidist-movement/644049.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidist-movement/644049.md?page=5)