# Who do you despise on YOUR side of the political spectrum? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 25, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-despise-on-your-side-of-the-political-spectrum/961717 "2022-03-25T19:53:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-despise-on-your-side-of-the-political-spectrum/961717/41 "2022-03-26T19:40:57Z")
As a liberal I pretty much agree with all the choices above (except for Hilary Clinton, who is too much of a hawk for my taste but whose personal demeanor is A-OK in my book). The only new one I can add is long dead, and that’s John Silber, former president of Boston University, who was generally liberal-ish but certainly not a standard bearer for progressive ideas. Still, he was the Democratic candidate for mayor in Massachusetts. He was so personally loathsome, and so insulting to gays and women, that he caused me to vote Republican for the first and only time in my life. ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-despise-on-your-side-of-the-political-spectrum/961717/42 "2022-03-26T19:52:29Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > John Silber, former president of Boston University, My first academic boss. A real prick. Didn’t he run for governor, not mayor? ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-despise-on-your-side-of-the-political-spectrum/961717/43 "2022-03-26T19:54:18Z")
Yes, GOVERNOR not mayor! A brain fart on my part. ETA: were you a Massachusetts resident when Silber ran against William Weld? If yes, who did you vote for? (Or did you know Silber from his Texas days?) ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-despise-on-your-side-of-the-political-spectrum/961717/44 "2022-03-26T21:04:00Z")
Oh, yeah, John Edwards is a good one. I really like him and his positions, but he was running for president knowing he was already in deep shit for his affair. What if he had gotten the nomination and then it all came out?? Kyrsten Synema and Joe Manchin are on their own side. ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-despise-on-your-side-of-the-political-spectrum/961717/45 "2022-03-26T21:26:07Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > were you a Massachusetts resident when Silber ran against William Weld? Nope. I don’t think I ever voted in MA. I was a grad student at BU in 1978-79. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-despise-on-your-side-of-the-political-spectrum/961717/46 "2022-03-26T21:39:56Z")
I’d sure like to forget that Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein were both democrats. I don’t actively despise any lefty politicians, but those two… ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-despise-on-your-side-of-the-political-spectrum/961717/47 "2022-03-26T22:33:01Z")
As a leftist, it’s been pretty revealing just how many leftists are only “anti imperialism” because it gives them a chance to be anti American. A whole lot of leftists have been spouting utterly ridiculous arguments to contort themselves into believing that the Russian invasion of Ukraine was Good Actually including parts of the DSA. ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-despise-on-your-side-of-the-political-spectrum/961717/48 "2022-03-26T23:59:24Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > A whole lot of leftists have been spouting utterly ridiculous arguments to contort themselves into believing that the Russian invasion of Ukraine was Good Actually including parts of the DSA. Like who? ---
**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:** [March 27, 2022, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-despise-on-your-side-of-the-political-spectrum/961717/49 "2022-03-27T00:01:37Z")
Yeah I’m going to need some names ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-despise-on-your-side-of-the-political-spectrum/961717/50 "2022-03-27T01:12:16Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Yeah I’m going to need some names [https://international.dsausa.org/statements/no-war-with-russia/](https://international.dsausa.org/statements/no-war-with-russia/) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-despise-on-your-side-of-the-political-spectrum/961717/51 "2022-03-27T01:29:19Z")
I’m a lefty and expect someday the workers will have more control than the stockholders, and I was raised by parents active in the Civil Rights Movement. But whenever I see **Angela Davis** lauded as she is, all I think about is a helpless man with a few minutes left to live, with Angela Davis’ shotgun taped to his neck. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-despise-on-your-side-of-the-political-spectrum/961717/52 "2022-03-27T02:16:20Z")
Re the left and Ukraine, I dug this up. I’m not sure what to think of it, and it’s probably a ginormous hijack, but here you go: > **[The Left Has Half-Baked Answers on Ukraine](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/03/the-lefts-bad-takes-on-ukraine.html)** > > Some American leftists continue to prioritize ideological comfort over critical thought. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2022, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-despise-on-your-side-of-the-political-spectrum/961717/53 "2022-03-27T12:06:54Z")
> [@dorvann](#): > > I lean Libertarian and I despise Ayn Rand and her devotees I actually knew Ayn Rand, and still agree with 90% of what she said. But I have always voted for, and campaigned for, Democrats. All Republicans (and some Dems) are repugnant to me. Regarding Rand’s “devotees”, I agree with you. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-despise-on-your-side-of-the-political-spectrum/961717/54 "2022-03-27T13:51:11Z")
This reminds me of another thing I despise–“libertarians” who always vote Republican. My two main problems with this: 1. Republicans have tended to be blind apologists for the Police and Police Brutality/Misconduct. 2. I am totally opposed to the Christian Right and its attempt to create a nominally theocracy in the US ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-despise-on-your-side-of-the-political-spectrum/961717/55 "2022-03-27T14:53:46Z")
Yeah, I’d have to say it’s Maher. I’m a leftist, atheist, pot smoker. My wife watches him, but I can’t stand to watch him whine and self-fellatiate his way through his boring ass show. I’ve tried many times, often can’t make it to the end of the panel discussion. Once he gets into his “comedy” bits, I’m absolutely done. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-despise-on-your-side-of-the-political-spectrum/961717/56 "2022-03-27T16:42:24Z")
That whole laughing at his own jokes thing he does is pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-despise-on-your-side-of-the-political-spectrum/961717/57 "2022-03-27T17:09:10Z")
Even worse is when he castigates the audience for failing to laugh at the jokes to the level he feels they deserve. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-despise-on-your-side-of-the-political-spectrum/961717/58 "2022-03-27T17:52:52Z")
For Maher, the “a conservative is a liberal who’s been mugged” adage is “a libertarian is a liberal who’s applied for a building permit.” But in Maher’s case, he went with the cheapest contractor, who took 3 years to complete a process that takes everyone else a few months. ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-despise-on-your-side-of-the-political-spectrum/961717/59 "2022-03-27T18:20:33Z")
I’m not sure there really IS a political “spectrum”? At least, a one-dimensional one. There seem to be so many things bundled together in conventional political parties that I can’t give much of an assent to any of them? ---
**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:** [March 27, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-despise-on-your-side-of-the-political-spectrum/961717/60 "2022-03-27T19:16:08Z")
Does he do that? What a douche. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-despise-on-your-side-of-the-political-spectrum/961717.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-despise-on-your-side-of-the-political-spectrum/961717.md?page=4)