When everyone tires of refighting the 2016 primaries, what's your choice next old topic to debate?

[FLPanhandle]

A few suggestions:

1) The Huguenots vs. the Protestants. It's all John Calvin's fault, it's only religion.

2) Alexander Hamilton vs. Aaron Burr. I think dueling is against the rules on DU.

3) The 47 Ronin vs. Kira Yoshinaka. A separate debate on morality of seppuku.

Any other suggestions more interesting topics than the 2016 primary are welcome.

[mreilly]

1. Let's debate whether watching paint dry or grass grow is more entertaining...

.... but either option would be ten times as entertaining as the endless, pointless and ridiculous Bernie/HRC dead-horse-beating (aptly shown above) which needs to quit and which nobody cares about!

[FLPanhandle]

10. I'm on the side of grass growing

Watching life reach out and all before the next mowing. Can't beat it!

[Hortensis]

36. My thought for which healthcare reform we should have right now.

The endless scrabbling over this excuse for indulging partisan hostility is tedious beyond words. I truly would prefer watching grass growing any time.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. SMH, either people acknowledge the VAST rightwing GOP KGB GRU conspiracy last year

that included many alleged progressives like Jill Stein, colluding to steal our White House, and want to prevent it from continuing, or they dont.

[emulatorloo]

3. I never tire of Breastfeeding Pitbulls At Olive Garden. Or Obama's Tan Suit.

There is always the door buzzard.

[FLPanhandle]

5. Anything but the Olive Garden!

[Generic Other]

11. In before the endless breadsticks arrive

[LostOne4Ever]

12. winner nt

[woodsprite]

48. Circumscision! It's a cut above the rest! n/t

[emulatorloo]

49. How could I have forgotten that edgy topic? Thanks! n/t

[AngryAmish]

66. Fuck each and every one of you - corn flake fried chicken!

!!!!!!Right fucking now!!!!

[nini]

85. LOL

yep...

[Ccarmona]

4. Since any criticism of the Democratic Party Isn't Allowed on this Site

How about Dunkin Donuts vs Krispy Kreme?

[FLPanhandle]

7. Did you know there is a Kripsy Kreme donut app?

Let's you know when there are hot donuts!!! Technology has finally come of age!

[ProudLib72]

16. The last time I ate Krispy Kreme

I bought a dozen in their store located in Tower 1. That was late August 2001.

[emulatorloo]

14. Oh yes the Admins are such horrible fascists!

As to donut wars, Why not one of each, or maybe a 1/2 dozen of each!

[Orrex]

27. Krispy Kreme is great if you like eating frosted balloons

But if you want a donut, go to Dunkin.


Yeah, yeah. Tim Horton's blah blah blah.

[GeoWilliam750]

68. Throws down gauntlet in a dramatic fashion.....

Eastern elitists!

What do you know?

You have no idea of the pleasure of a Casey's donut....

Huff, puff, turn on heel (or heal) and leave...

[Orrex]

69. Tell me more about these Casey's donuts.

And do they deliver to western PA?

[GeoWilliam750]

71. From their fortress in Central Iowa

Casey's General Stores are steadily marching from the heart of the heartland bringing life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, as well as good pizza, sandwiches, and donuts. The donuts are not sugar puffy like Krispy Kreme or somehow just not right like Dunkin Donuts, but excellent sustenance for those deprived of the joy of freshly baked donuts.

https://www.caseys.com/menu/bakery-and-sweets/donuts

Steadily overcoming ignorance and resistance, they are pushing ever eastward, and have crossed Illinois and Indiana, have a solid foothold in Ohio, but fear not, in another 10 years, they will liberate the taste buds of those - eventually grateful - long suffering souls in Western Pennsylvania.

[hunter]

59. Isn't allowed? I always speak my mind here. Haven't had posts hidden for that.

I consider the Democratic party slightly right of center, but it's all we've got. This U.S.A. is a right of center nation and the way our Constitution is written, we end up with two major parties and spoilers. I might prefer a parliamentary system, but so it goes. I was born here and I haven't left.

I'm a bare naked socialist and radical environmentalist.

In my home town we're missing Dunkin Donuts and Krispy Kreme. We've got Mexican bakeries (pan dulce, yum!) and smaller U.S.A. style doughnut shops mostly owned by immigrants.

Have a little pig...

[Orsino]

6. We're still refighting the 2000 election. Don't hold your breath. n/t

[QC]

8. The Monkees vs. The Beatles: Who's Dreamier? n/t

[FLPanhandle]

15. I never got over all the girls in school being in love with Davy Jones back in the 60's

I mean, who can compete with that!?!

At least side by side with Ringo, I stood a chance.

[QC]

18. LOL!

I always kinda liked Ringo, b/c he knows he's basically just a lucky guy. No delusions of grandeur there.

[GulfCoast66]

57. He just released a new track

And a new album on the 15th. I like what heard. It is getting play on Outlaw County.

[AngryAmish]

67. ...

https://g.co/kgs/ewfFLT

[emulatorloo]

17. I think you mean Paul Revere and the Raiders vs Herman's Hermits

Easier, more common ground.

[QC]

20. I still have a picture of Bobby Sherman in my locker. n/t

[emulatorloo]

21. That is hard core!

[ms liberty]

60. My first concert ever was David Cassidy...

And it was all downhill from there. After all, how could other bands, like Yes, Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, Rush, Jeyhro Till, Pink Floyd, Springsteen, Dave Matthews ever hope compete with David Cassidy?

[ProfessorGAC]

22. All Right, You Get Tombstoned For That

Dreamy, schmeamy! Comparing the Monkees to the Beatles is forbidden.

Check the site rules. It's in white lettering. Trust me!

[Liberal Jesus Freak]

9. We're probably still not allowed to debate...

...the merits of cornflake chicken

[LanternWaste]

55. I can't imagine any idiot who would want to.

I can't imagine any idiot who would want to.

Drats... wrong again. I actually can imagine an idiot wanting to.

[flor-de-jasmim]

13. Coke Classic vs. New Coke; the moon landing, Janis Joplin vs. Momma Cass??

[Orrex]

19. I hope that we can get back to scolding people for their choice of debates

It's not enough that I'm not interested in something; I have to ensure that no one else gets to speak about it either.

[ProfessorGAC]

23. Will You Quit Talking About That?!?!?

Sheesh, like a broken record!

[0rganism]

24. should one break eggs from the big end or the little end?

a perennial favorite

[FLPanhandle]

26. Wait, is that really a thing?

I'm afraid there really is a debate on that topic somewhere...

[Binkie The Clown]

33. Try Gulliver's Travels. Nations went to war over that issue.

On edit: Google "Gulliver egg war".

[leftofcool]

25. Chemtrails vs CIA cattle mutilations?

[FLPanhandle]

28. What do you mean CIA?

Everyone knows it's the Reptilians.

[leftofcool]

30. It was the Reptillians???????????

Sheesh! No wonder the CIA won't give me an interview on this. Do you know any Reptillians I can interview?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

29. Toilet paper: Unroll over the top or from the back?

[FLPanhandle]

31. That hits a little close to home

My wife will admonish me if I replace a roll and it's not over the top. Seriously.

[Binkie The Clown]

32. Over the top, of course. Anything else is perverted, and god will punish you for it. nt

[TheBlackAdder]

40. Plus it gives cats and dogs something to do, when they unspool the paper!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

41. ...but if you have cats, over the top is taking chances.

[Binkie The Clown]

42. OMG!!! You're right! I'm converted. I have seen the light. It's under the bottom.

Everything else is a perversion and god will punish you.

[brush]

34. But seriously, folks...

We need to start advocating to the DNC for a permanent, well-funded committee that hires top-notch

attorneys to take repug cheaters to court, seasoned private investigators to help, publicists and social

media experts to expose the cheating and spread the word on the anti-cheating campaign, media liaisons

to do the same, volunteers — a robust organization that is parallel and just as important as the GOTV

campaign because as hard as we work to get out new voters the repugs work just as hard to

cheat and suppress our voters so we can't afford to just do what we've always done.

We've got to add a new, anti-cheating component to our party's arsenal as we know the repug will not

stop trying to cheat. The more we blunt them the more votes we stop them from suppressing.

This should have been done after 2000 but for some reason there's a head-in-the-sand attitude about this.

[jberryhill]

35. Ted Kennedy Dissing Jimmy Carter and Giving Us Reagan in 1980

[zipplewrath]

38. Winner

I was gonna suggest the 1992 campaign. But I think your suggestion is better

[jberryhill]

45. Oh, we've done it here

It's a fun one.

[DBoon]

61. no, Gene McCarthy dissing LBJ in 1968

And giving us tricky Dick Nixon

[Xolodno]

37. Here's a classic....

...what came first, the chicken or the egg?

[jberryhill]

46. That one has been answered

The evolutionary ancestors of chickens were egg-laying dinosaurs, hence the eggs that eventually led to chickens came first by millions of years.

[Xolodno]

50. Now you've done it....

...now we're going to have to debate evolution vs. creationism.

[TheBlackAdder]

39. What's tastier, an Aardvark or Anteater?

[Docreed2003]

43. Xmas is right around the corner...

Can we please resurrect the thread about the neighbors doormat?? That thread was killer

[Initech]

47. The annual War On Christmas has already begun in some department stores!

And I'm *SURE* the luxury car manufacturers will start their holiday sales events ad blitz as soon as they're done with the current ad blitz.

[klook]

53. Loose lips sink sleighs!

- More from TANCast

[Warren DeMontague]

64. The Door Buzzard?

WHY YOUUUUUUU

[Docreed2003]

73. Yessssss!!! That's it!!

[Initech]

44. Tastes great or less filling?

[hatrack]

51. Compromise of 1850 NOW, damnit!

[klook]

52. Favorite kind of argument: eristic, or informal fallacy?

Both are hugely popular on DU, so we could argue about this forever!

From Wikipedia:

* In philosophy and rhetoric, eristic (from Eris, the ancient Greek goddess of chaos, strife, and discord) refers to argument that aims to successfully dispute another's argument, rather than searching for truth.

* An informal fallacy occurs when the contents of an argument's stated premises fail to adequately support its proposed conclusion.

[RhodeIslandOne]

56. Porn, of course

[Warren DeMontague]

62. ever since Rick Santorum came out as the public face of the anti-pornography movement

no one can have that fight with a straight face.

[JustAnotherGen]

58. Circumcision

Yay or Nay?




JAG bolts!

[Warren DeMontague]

63. VHS versus Betamax

[Warren DeMontague]

74. I prefer to debate bad apostrophe use

[LexVegas]

70. ...

[Beacool]

72. As long as a lowlife like Trump is in office it won't be over.

His election serves as a constant reminder of Mencken's words:

"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."

"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance."

[joshcryer]

76. Whether Clinton should run again or not.

I think she should and has every right as a citizen to do so.

[sfwriter]

77. 2008...

Hillary was robbed!

[Renew Deal]

86. 2004

Dean Scream!

[left-of-center2012]

78. Was the Moon landing a hoax?

[Chasstev365]

79. Lord Palmerstone! Pitt the Elder!

[donco]

80. The demise

of the buggy whip industry.

[nini]

81. Anything kid in restaurants is always fun

[Renew Deal]

87. Is "childless" an offensive term?

Serious people want to know.

[dchill]

82. Two words: Hanging Chads.

Why? What did they do wrong?

[NCjack]

83. Where's the beef?

[Renew Deal]

84. Chemtrails

It's not a debate

[nclib]

88. Light bulbs

incandescent vs cfl

https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x65363

[Sissyk]

89. Did NASA bomb the moon?

Did it mess with your cycle?

[kwassa]

90. Paper or plastic?