# Why are liberals referred to as "bedwetters"? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 21, 2007, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-liberals-referred-to-as-bedwetters/412640 "2007-07-21T06:24:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-liberals-referred-to-as-bedwetters/412640/81 "2007-07-23T21:31:32Z")
[QUOTE=Lamar Mundane] Everyone they don’t like is a socialist now, including billionaires George Soros and Warren Buffet, and all the Hollywood types who scrape by on mere millions a year. And Al Gore. [/QUOTE] And then they noticed that “Socialist” is in the long-form name for “Nazi”, and so now liberals are all Nazis. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-liberals-referred-to-as-bedwetters/412640/82 "2007-07-23T21:42:54Z")
[QUOTE=Sarahfeena] Oh, sure, now Hillary is part of the far right. [/QUOTE] Excluded middle, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-liberals-referred-to-as-bedwetters/412640/83 "2007-07-23T23:22:11Z")
[QUOTE=sqweels] Excluded middle, anyone? [/QUOTE] I knew someone would say that! 🙂 I said it because I thought someone upthread had referred to “far right” people who are afraid of Harry Potter. Upon reviewing, it actually said a “certain segment” of conservatives, so my bad. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2007, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-liberals-referred-to-as-bedwetters/412640/84 "2007-07-23T23:36:34Z")
[QUOTE=Sarahfeena] My assumption was that it was a poorly constructed OP (which, you have to grant me, is not a rash assumption, considering the source). [/QUOTE] It may be, but it was a reasonable question on its own merits, which I answered. Now, as far as it goes, I have met some people who simply could nto even consider violence or confrontation or cmpetition, although they often had… other ways… of dealing with problems which were just as bad if not worse. I don’t claim that all liberals are like this. They were. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-liberals-referred-to-as-bedwetters/412640/85 "2007-07-24T00:16:01Z")
Senator Hilary Clinton said in the CNN/YouTube Debate that the word has changed in recent decades to connote big-government supporters. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-liberals-referred-to-as-bedwetters/412640/86 "2007-07-24T00:55:34Z")
[QUOTE=smiling bandit] It may be, but it was a reasonable question on its own merits, which I answered. [/QUOTE] I agree that you did, and I don’t quite get why some folks are so worked up over your answer. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-liberals-referred-to-as-bedwetters/412640/87 "2007-07-24T03:07:45Z")
[QUOTE=Sarahfeena] I agree that you did, and I don’t quite get why some folks are so worked up over your answer. [/QUOTE] Oh, sorry; that was really directed at the whole thread. I’d be perfectly happy to explain why some people call anyone right of Castro fascist, too. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-liberals-referred-to-as-bedwetters/412640/88 "2007-07-26T08:48:55Z")
[QUOTE=mhendo] was followed byandandI know some folks have a hard-on for **Der Trihs** , but i don’t see what was wrong with his comment. It was offered in the exact same spirit as the OP, and was a perfectly appropriate rhetorical response. When people ask dumb-fuck questions, they are most likely to get snarky, simplistic answers. [/QUOTE] Perhaps you’re none to familiar with **Der Trihs** other posts. Ones in which he is not kidding. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-liberals-referred-to-as-bedwetters/412640/89 "2007-07-26T11:50:26Z")
[QUOTE=smiling bandit] It may be, but it was a reasonable question on its own merits, which I answered. [/QUOTE] Why are conservatives referred to as “whiny ass titty babies”? ---
**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:** [July 26, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-liberals-referred-to-as-bedwetters/412640/90 "2007-07-26T15:03:15Z")
[QUOTE=Sitnam] Perhaps you’re none to familiar with **Der Trihs** other posts. Ones in which he is not kidding. [/QUOTE] Well aware of them. But that doesn’t make him wrong on this occasion. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-liberals-referred-to-as-bedwetters/412640/91 "2007-07-26T15:17:16Z")
I have skimmed this thread most carefully, and it seems to me that you are all missing the most obvious possible explanation: Liberals wet their beds. Why has this idea been dismissed so quickly? Have any of you conducted any studies? Are there currently any investigations being carried out at all? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-liberals-referred-to-as-bedwetters/412640/92 "2007-07-26T17:51:17Z")
[QUOTE=Astroboy14] Why has this idea been dismissed so quickly? Have any of you conducted any studies? Are there currently any investigations being carried out at all? [/QUOTE] I really don’t think we should comment until there is a bi-partisan investigation into this. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-liberals-referred-to-as-bedwetters/412640/93 "2007-07-26T20:29:53Z")
_checking sheets_ Nope. Not lately, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-liberals-referred-to-as-bedwetters/412640/94 "2007-07-26T21:06:05Z")
[QUOTE=Astroboy14] I have skimmed this thread most carefully, and it seems to me that you are all missing the most obvious possible explanation: Liberals wet their beds. Why has this idea been dismissed so quickly? Have any of you conducted any studies? Are there currently any investigations being carried out at all? [/QUOTE] Whatever you do, don’t start your investigation with Google. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-liberals-referred-to-as-bedwetters/412640/95 "2007-07-27T12:37:05Z")
[QUOTE=mhendo] Well aware of them. But that doesn’t make him wrong on this occasion. [/QUOTE] When discussing a posters mid set, previous posting styles can reasonably be called in as ‘character witnesses’. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-liberals-referred-to-as-bedwetters/412640/96 "2007-07-27T16:54:09Z")
[QUOTE=bob\_co] **Why are liberals referred to as “bedwetters”?** [/QUOTE] For the exact same reason feminists are called “feminazis” and Democrats are called “DemonRats.” The usage says nothing about the subject and everything about the speaker. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-liberals-referred-to-as-bedwetters/412640.md?page=4)