Dumbest phrases of 2020?

A lot of ridiculously stupid things have been said in 2020.  We’d appreciate it if you posted some in the comments.  Here are two to help get things started:

  • There has been no widespread fraud in the 2020 election.
  • Antifa aren’t fascists.  Their name itself means “anti-fascist” so how could they be fascists?!

125 Replies to “Dumbest phrases of 2020?”

  1. CTV news:

    “Study shows covid may cause mental illness.”
    “Covid causing small business bankruptcies.”
    “!00-year-old woman in care facility dies of covid.”

  2. Theresa Tam, right after Trump responded to the CIA warnings that the virus was out of control in China by banning flights from China, when asked about the possibility of Canada doing the same – “Banning flights from China would be racist.” (Canadian government had the same warning at that time.)

  3. “It protects others more than it protects you because it prevents you from breathing or speaking moistly on them,” ~ Black Prince

  4. “We’re in a situation where we have put together, and you guys did it for our administration…President Obama’s administration before this. We have put together, I think, the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics.”
    Creepy Uncle Joe

  5. The KKK just solved their racism problem. They renamed themselves Antira which means anti-racist so now they can’t be racist.

  6. “Thank you for working”. My gawd yes.
    Lady behind me at a Loblaw’s checkout said that. I was stunned.
    And the clerk, irritated with me for my questions about the operation of the loyalty card told her, Oh it’s a pleasure to work for people like you, from which I inferred that my transaction wasn’t quite as pleasurable.

    Dumb dolt, BC’s Bonnie Henry’s signature line:
    Be safe. Be calm. Be kind.
    And we are all kindergarten pupils.

    1. And we are all kindergarten pupils.

      I came to that conclusion while I was teaching at Armpit College. There were times when I was convinced that “adult education” was a contradiction.

  7. I say hats off to Robert!

    By the grace of God,
    If we’re all still here
    At this same time next year,
    Hopefully we can do
    Dumbest Phrases Part Two!

    Thanks, Robert —
    drum roll!

  8. Crown blocks access to case documents amid report Nova Scotia mass shooter was RCMP informant ….Trudeau “Canadians deserve more than thoughts and prayers,” pledges stricter gun control legislation after Nova Scotia shooting …. Trudeau knew Nova Scotia gunman used smuggled guns.

    1. True, but your comment implies a knowledge of history that is Badthought. Don’t bother reporting yourself to the proper authorities, we know where you live. (/1984)

  9. “We have put together, I think, the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics.”

  10. “Speaking moistly”

    and

    “N-95 masks only work for healthcare workers”.

    No matter one’s stance on masks: either they work for everyone or they don’t work for anyone. Yes, I hear you yelling about fit-test. You would be interested to know that PPE protocols get breached accidentally all. the. time. Most people of normal intelligence can put an N-95 mask on in a way that provides some protection against pathogens.

  11. We are going to put more money in your pockets by raising the carbon tax to 170 a ton. (jt)

  12. If your ‘Justin boner’ lasts more than four hours after hearing him mindlessly and smugly say “From coast to coast to coast” you should consult a physician and have your Goddamned brain examined.

  13. You guys stole all my suggestions! Lets just have a great reset, and cancel this 2020, and start Jan 01 as 2020 again?
    Aha! That’s it, THE GREAT RESET.

  14. Variants of

    It is only property.
    It is OK, they have insurance.
    Property damage is not violence.
    It was only a plastic bag. (possibly a brick in it)
    Fucked around and found out. (without context or with twisted context)
    It was self-defence. (after attacking first or hunting)
    But he admitted to lying to FBI.
    This is a MAGA country.
    BREAKING used without beef.
    That’s not evidence.

    Tons of stuff like that this year.

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