# What's the next Unspeakable Outrage? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 15, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-unspeakable-outrage/506542 "2009-08-15T18:22:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-unspeakable-outrage/506542/21 "2009-08-15T23:14:32Z")
_Anything_ on this site– > **[The Vigilant Citizen – Symbols Rule the World](https://vigilantcitizen.com/)** > > Symbols Rule the World ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-unspeakable-outrage/506542/22 "2009-08-16T00:18:06Z")
Reparations. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-unspeakable-outrage/506542/23 "2009-08-16T00:38:01Z")
With the election season coming up I bet it’ll be gay marriage related somehow. Like, any gay marriage laws that are passed will REQUIRE your church to marry any gay couple that asks. That’s just the kind of tortured reasoning you can wring out of a law promoting equality and most righties think it’ll happen anyway. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-unspeakable-outrage/506542/24 "2009-08-16T00:58:17Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > With the election season coming up I bet it’ll be gay marriage related somehow. > > Like, any gay marriage laws that are passed will REQUIRE your church to marry any gay couple that asks. That’s just the kind of tortured reasoning you can wring out of a law promoting equality and most righties think it’ll happen anyway. Gay marriage, and Mexicans stealing our jobs. Those are always crowd pleasers. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-unspeakable-outrage/506542/25 "2009-08-16T01:04:56Z")
Hell, if we had four more years of Bush, Mexico would be deporting us. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-unspeakable-outrage/506542/26 "2009-08-16T01:23:28Z")
I’ve been fearing for a while that someone is going to get shot or bombed. And the reason will be something stupid like it always is, but all hell would break loose. Either that or Obama’s really a woman. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-unspeakable-outrage/506542/27 "2009-08-16T01:42:42Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Gay marriage, and Mexicans stealing our jobs. Those are always crowd pleasers. Free abortions for gay Mexicans. ---
**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-unspeakable-outrage/506542/28 "2009-08-16T02:54:29Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > The religious people who do that are either not thinking things through, or are the sort who think that they will be able to impose their particular brand of religion on the country and crush all dissenters. The believers who think otherwise support separation of church and state because they realize that their particular church would be one of the ones that got crushed. Or, because they have personal experience in being harassed or worse by other believers who have hijacked local government. Lawsuits about such things as school prayer tend to be from the religious, not the greatly outnumbered unbelievers. I agree with this, but it is so very, very stupid. It would be like me saying that I’m in favor of converting USA into a tyranny, because I think I’d make a very good tyrant. Christians think they should get rid of church&state because they think their religion is right, but then so does every other religion. When prayer is allowed in schools, they’ll look around and see that there are people holding muslim prayer groups, and hindu ones, and people practicing wicca in the art classroom, and then they’ll want to make a law so that _only_ christians have freedom of religion. Because we were, after all, founded as a christian nation, right? …Right? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-unspeakable-outrage/506542/29 "2009-08-16T03:04:09Z")
> [@wierdaaron](#): > > I agree with this, but it is so very, very stupid. It would be like me saying that I’m in favor of converting USA into a tyranny, because I think I’d make a very good tyrant. > > Christians think they should get rid of church&state because they think their religion is right, but then so does every other religion. When prayer is allowed in schools, they’ll look around and see that there are people holding muslim prayer groups, and hindu ones, and people practicing wicca in the art classroom, and then they’ll want to make a law so that _only_ christians have freedom of religion. > > Because we were, after all, founded as a christian nation, right? > > …Right? uh huh, but they have to be the right brand of christian. and my god can beat up your god. and death to the infidel. and kill the heretic. I guess freedom of religion means freedom only for MY religion (because all the others are wrong and offend my god). According to the history books, a lot of people came here to get away from that, only to try and force it on somebody else. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-unspeakable-outrage/506542/30 "2009-08-16T03:30:22Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > Reparations. For everything, no doubt. The idea of reparations for any damn thing really gets my motor running. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-unspeakable-outrage/506542/31 "2009-08-16T03:33:53Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I’ve been fearing for a while that someone is going to get shot or bombed. And the reason will be something stupid like it always is, but all hell would break loose. All joking aside, this is the one that has me quietly spooked when I think about it. So I try not to think about it, since thinking about it is futile. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-unspeakable-outrage/506542/32 "2009-08-16T04:07:38Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > All joking aside, this is the one that has me quietly spooked when I think about it. > > So I try not to think about it, since thinking about it is futile. I just hope they can catch and stop whoever tries it, before it “goes down”. There’s something about it this time that just feels like more than just some harmless weirdos in tinfoil hats. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-unspeakable-outrage/506542/33 "2009-08-16T04:28:19Z")
It’s only a matter of time. Glenn Beck actually asked his followers not to commit acts of domestic terrorism. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-unspeakable-outrage/506542/34 "2009-08-16T04:36:48Z")
And then he winked. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-unspeakable-outrage/506542/35 "2009-08-16T04:53:01Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > It’s only a matter of time. Glenn Beck actually asked his followers not to commit acts of domestic terrorism. That in itself is pretty scary, the idea that Beck actually felt there was a need to ASK them not to be stupid. What are we coming to, when he has to actually ASK his listeners to not kill anyone??? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-unspeakable-outrage/506542/36 "2009-08-16T05:43:11Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Seen the opinion polls lately? Whatever the Republicans are doing, it’s working. Why stop now? No, it’s just that Obama hasn’t waved his magic wand and made the economy all better, and jobs for everyone. (It is getting better, and faster than I thought, but still, people are out of work). It’s normal for people to be disillusioned when they expected miracles and only got pretty damn good. ---
**Author:** ![InterestedObserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@InterestedObserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InterestedObserver)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-unspeakable-outrage/506542/37 "2009-08-16T05:56:04Z")
We could never make up anything as outrageous as what these wingnuts have and will continue to come up with. I won’t even bother trying. They will continue with their vicious and infantile attacks and partisan obstruction until those they consider to represent them are back in power, just as they have done through every Democratic Presidency in this generation. (then they will appeal to the common good and basic respect for the office, etc… and label those critisizing THEIR President as “traitors” and “aiding and abetting the enemy” .:rolleyes:) Let’s just hope Obama has the good sense and fortune to not get caught with his pants down and lie about it under oath or to allow the CIA to undermine his directives or get assasinated. There is nothing he could do “right”, as far as they are concerned. Their interest is not the best interest of the nation but their own ideology and agenda. What is borderline terrifying to me is that there are still so many who BUY this crap…from Limbaugh’s ramblings to all the shockingly ignorant mass-forwarded emails chronicled and debunked by Snopes to Glenn Beck (who has been caught in outright lies and false reporting of the facts several times recently). CAN so many be so STUPID? :eek: Apparently so. We actually have a MODERATE (only slightly left of center by most objective standards) in office for the first time in a while, and they can’t frickin’ STAND IT! :mad:😉 So hey, I’m open to anything as the possible “next thing”…there is literally no limit to the wrath of the wingnuts (an upcoming episode of the Star Wars saga:D) ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-unspeakable-outrage/506542/38 "2009-08-16T08:08:45Z")
> [@wierdaaron](#): > > Clearly the Obama Socialist Regime is building up towards a complete eugenic overthrow of the American population, until eventually only the pure, healthy people are left to carryout Obama’s new world order. The title says NEXT. [Glen Beck has already gone there](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGiINxTaBA4). ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-unspeakable-outrage/506542/39 "2009-08-16T10:57:28Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > No, it’s just that Obama hasn’t waved his magic wand and made the economy all better, and jobs for everyone. (It is getting better, and faster than I thought, but still, people are out of work). > > It’s normal for people to be disillusioned when they expected miracles and only got pretty damn good. The opinion polls on health care reform or the opinion polls on Obama? I expect the polls on reform to do better once there’s an actual single bill to look at. As for Obama, the Research 2000 polls have shown a net favorability drop among Republicans from -11 near Inauguration Day to -84 as of August 13, a drop from +67 to +39 among independents, and a drop from +89 to +78 among Democrats. So, in other words, Democrats are still happy with Obama. He’s lost some independent support but I bet it’ll come back if the economy starts getting jobs back. I’d say that support would go up with the passage of reform, but since reform wouldn’t kick in until 2013 we’ll know how the independents feel about Obama well before that. The major loss of Obama’s popularity is among Republicans and, considering their behavior the last few months, I don’t think that’s a problem. The Republicans hate Obama but the country overall hates the Republicans (Republican party 74% unfavorable, 17% favorable; Congressional Republicans 76% unfavorable, 10% favorable; McConnell and Boehner both 66% unfavorable, 16% and 11% favorable respectively.) ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-unspeakable-outrage/506542/40 "2009-08-16T11:08:04Z")
The next outrage depends on the next initiative, no? If Mr Obama tackles anything which promotes Affirmative Action–particularly AA directed at race-based or diversity cohorts, it’s going to get messy. There will be personal attacks demanding his own admission and performance records, general hysteria that the incompetent are about to be given the helm, and protests that competence and hard work are no longer the drivers for success. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-unspeakable-outrage/506542.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-unspeakable-outrage/506542.md?page=3)