# A pitting of Liberal and the Mods that let it happen. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 18, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723 "2007-02-18T17:54:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/201 "2007-02-19T04:36:50Z")
[QUOTE=Sgt Schwartz] I’ve got a better deal, $9500 USD for the best flame-out, sock-puppetry, NSFW thread ever. I will only require 25% down, then once the check clears, I will get myself banned for life in the most memorable method ever. [/QUOTE] I’m afraid it would not be very memorable. Any indication that you sponsored an actual flame-out would probably result in the disappearance of your username and all your posts with no mention of the event. The odd occurrence that prompted this thread is being treated as the sort of one-on-one private betting that we have already tolerated in regards to elections. Promoting trolling would not be viewed in the same way. Sorry. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/202 "2007-02-19T04:39:33Z")
This MFFMC\* I hear about, how exactly do I join? Do I have to pay somebody on the board 500 dollars, or can I just ask nicely? \*Mother-Fucking Fucking Morons Club. I think it sounds better ^^ ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/203 "2007-02-19T04:42:31Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] This MFFMC\* I hear about, how exactly do I join? Do I have to pay somebody on the board 500 dollars, or can I just ask nicely? [/QUOTE] Sure, I’ll take your $500 if you ask nicely. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/204 "2007-02-19T04:46:36Z")
[QUOTE=tomndebb] I’m afraid it would not be very memorable. Any indication that you sponsored an actual flame-out would probably result in the disappearance of your username and all your posts with no mention of the event. The odd occurrence that prompted this thread is being treated as the sort of one-on-one private betting that we have already tolerated in regards to elections. Promoting trolling would not be viewed in the same way. Sorry. 😛 [/QUOTE] How was it a bet? Liberal paid PRR to go away. PRR accepted. Sounds like a business transaction to buy off an annoying poster. Liberal did not even offer up a feeble “I’ll bet you $500 you cannot refrain from posting at the dope.” He butted heads, tried to get better people to participate in the farce and somehow finally convince \*\*Triskadecamus \*\* to be party to this stupidity. So why is it only a one-on-one betting situation again? Jim ---
**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:** [February 19, 2007, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/205 "2007-02-19T04:47:40Z")
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**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/206 "2007-02-19T04:48:27Z")
All I have is good riddance to the bigotted bastard **prr**. His position was that anyone (us 95%…) that believe in a god are stupid, illogical and NOT to be even listened to or taken seriously. Bigotry defined. For **Lib** to goad him into taking his 30 pieces of silver and leaving, is just icing on the cake. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/207 "2007-02-19T04:48:55Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Sure, I’ll take your $500 if you ask nicely. [/QUOTE] Check or Money-Order? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/208 "2007-02-19T04:51:10Z")
Cash! Do you think I’m some kind of fucking mor… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/209 "2007-02-19T04:53:27Z")
[QUOTE=if6was9] All I have is good riddance to the bigotted bastard **prr**. His position was that anyone (us 95%…) that believe in a god are stupid, illogical and NOT to be even listened to or taken seriously. For **Lib** to goad him into taking his 30 pieces of silver and leaving, is just icing on the cake. [/QUOTE] So who should we pay off next? Maybe **Der Trihs** , he gets pitted on a regular basis? He hates religious people and soldiers. How about \*\*Shodan \*\* or \*\*Martin Hyde \*\* on the other side of the spectrum, they generate a lot of hatred on the boards? … Where does it stop that this was a good thing overall for you? Jim ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/210 "2007-02-19T04:58:03Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] So who should we pay off next? Maybe **Der Trihs** , he gets pitted on a regular basis? [/QUOTE] I don’t respond well to bribery. I’d either refuse, or take the money if it was offered up front and _not_ leave. I’d consider it my own personal fine for bribery, and if you complained - well, trusting someone who accepted a bribe wasn’t very smart, now was it ? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/211 "2007-02-19T04:59:28Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Cash! Do you think I’m some kind of fucking mor… :smack: [/QUOTE] You, sir, just made me giggle! Of course, I am a macho uber-hetero-man ala that thread which link I cant recall. My point is I dont giggle. It was a typo. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/212 "2007-02-19T05:00:52Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] So who should we pay off next? Maybe **Der Trihs** , he gets pitted on a regular basis? He hates religious people and soldiers. How about \*\*Shodan \*\* or \*\*Martin Hyde \*\* on the other side of the spectrum, they generate a lot of hatred on the boards? … Where does it stop that this was a good thing overall for you? Jim [/QUOTE] I’m sorry. I really do see your point, Jim. It’s a very slippery slope. But to me, it’s on a case by case basis. And in this case… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/213 "2007-02-19T05:01:05Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] I don’t respond well to bribery. I’d either refuse, or take the money if it was offered up front and _not_ leave. I’d consider it my own personal fine for bribery, and if you complained - well, trusting someone who accepted a bribe wasn’t very smart, now was it ? [/QUOTE] I was not offering, I invoked your name only as you are seemingly less popular than even **PRR** , I was trying to make an example. I hope you did not think I was suggesting you should be bought off. Jim ---
**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:** [February 19, 2007, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/214 "2007-02-19T05:05:44Z")
[QUOTE=if6was9] I’m sorry. I really do see your point, Jim. It’s a very slippery slope. But to me, it’s on a case by case basis. And in this case… [/QUOTE] And in this case…what? It’s o.k. to pay off the people _you_ disagree with? A small percentage of Dopers disagree with? The majority of Dopers disagree with? Who decides? ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/215 "2007-02-19T05:06:07Z")
What if **prr** had come out as vehemently against people in favor of gay marriage? Or equality for blacks? Or women? Or Martians? He would still be the same bigot. And it wouldn’t take a $500 bribe to get him off the board! The mods would have stopped him in his tracks (as they really should have here… months, YEARS ago). ---
**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/216 "2007-02-19T05:08:04Z")
[QUOTE=if6was9] All I have is good riddance to the bigotted bastard **prr**. His position was that anyone (us 95%…) that believe in a god are stupid, illogical and NOT to be even listened to or taken seriously. Bigotry defined. For **Lib** to goad him into taking his 30 pieces of silver and leaving, is just icing on the cake. [/QUOTE] After you get rid of the other 5%, who’s going to be next? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/217 "2007-02-19T05:10:11Z")
[QUOTE=hajario] As far as I’m concerned, the both of you can fuck right off. _I_ was the first one to dredge that up in the thread. [Cite](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8246223&postcount=59) [/QUOTE] You cottom-feeding BUNT! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/218 "2007-02-19T05:11:51Z")
[QUOTE=hajario] As far as I’m concerned, the both of you can fuck right off. _I_ was the first one to dredge that up in the thread. [Cite](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8246223&postcount=59) [/QUOTE] I consider myself fucko offed. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/219 "2007-02-19T05:12:20Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] I hope you did not think I was suggesting you should be bought off. [/QUOTE] I didn’t; nor did I think you or most anyone would actually give me money after I told them I’d take it and mock them for it. And to correct what you said about me; I don’t “hate soldiers”; I hate soldiers that engage in or support unjust wars. Not the same thing at all. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2007, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/220 "2007-02-19T05:13:35Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Sure, I’ll take your $500 if you ask nicely. [/QUOTE] Only a fucking moron would ask nicely for you to… Ah. Never mind. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Might I suggest you respond to the latter ad before you respond to the former? Great minds run in the same gutter! > [@Czarcasm (Again! Awfully chatty tonight](#): > > And in this case…what? It’s o.k. to pay off the people you disagree with? A small percentage of Dopers disagree with? The majority of Dopers disagree with? > Who decides? Bloody obvious, isn’t it? The Decider! I’m sure he can spare us a moment or two from planning the attack on Iran. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723.md?page=12)