# A serious question for Sam Stone on Factual Errors **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 11, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881 "2021-12-11T12:32:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 55
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1081 "2023-10-20T00:22:50Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > Only insane people wouldn’t acknowledge you as the greatest supporter of Israel, over and above actual Israelis In fairness, Israelis’ support for Israel is generally less unconditional and more nuanced than that of American and Canadian conservatives. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1082 "2023-10-20T00:47:28Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > So Sam just dropped a ‘globalists are out to destroy our culture’ For the record: > **[In 1988 Ronald Reagan Explained Why We Should Be Thankful for Trade](https://www.uschamber.com/international/1988-ronald-reagan-explained-why-we-should-be-thankful-trade)** > > “Back in 1776, our Founding Fathers believed that free trade was worth fighting for." @Sam_Stone , you’re free to be a worker-protectionist, pro-union believer in populist government but, if so, then you might want to reconsider which political leaning you purport to ascribe to. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1083 "2023-10-20T03:53:26Z")
Annnnd, another thread (the Hotel California one) has turned into the “Try To Educate Sam” classroom. As one of my favorite thinkers put it: > [@Hotel California Redux - Another 1979-like Right Wing Shift?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-california-redux-another-1979-like-right-wing-shift/991674/97): > > Once again, a thread has been hijacked. It’s become about one poster. > > Is NO ONE here able to ignore this character? Just let him be wrong all by himself! (Thanks to everyone for this thread; it made me look up Sam’s “facts” before trusting them.) ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1084 "2023-10-20T05:20:48Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > _ **Sam, please go back to wherever you’ve been holed up for the past few months. You add nothing to this forum but an unpleasant stench, you turn every potential interesting thread into a circle jerk of Fox News talking points and the entire forum was like a million times better when you were gone. Please stay the fuck away from here** _. Ann said this almost exactly a month ago, after Sam took a short break. It’s bite and veracity remains unchanged. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1085 "2023-10-20T10:52:50Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > You people have gone insane. > [@Khalil Gibran](#): > > Once there ruled in the distant city of Wirani a king who was both > mighty and wise. And he was feared for his might and loved for > his wisdom. > > Now, in the heart of that city was a well, whose water was cool and > crystalline, from which all the inhabitants drank, even the king > and his courtiers; for there was no other well. > > One night when all were asleep, a witch entered the city, and poured > seven drops of strange liquid into the well, and said, “From this > hour he who drinks this water shall become mad.” > > Next morning all the inhabitants, save the king and his lord > chamberlain, drank from the well and became mad, even as the witch > had foretold. > > And during that day the people in the narrow streets and in the > market places did naught but whisper to one another, “The king is > mad. Our king and his lord chamberlain have lost their reason. > Surely we cannot be ruled by a mad king. We must dethrone him.” > > That evening the king ordered a golden goblet to be filled from the > well. And when it was brought to him he drank deeply, and gave it > to his lord chamberlain to drink. > > And there was great rejoicing in that distant city of Wirani, > because its king and its lord chamberlain had regained their reason. Not sure I trust your judgment on who’s gone mad. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1086 "2023-10-20T13:44:50Z")
Fully agree. I hate going into a thread where Sam has posted because it _always_ becomes the Sam thread. Often, I just stop reading them at that point since it is always just pointing out Sam’s obvious and repeated “errors” (I’m being generous in calling them errors). ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1087 "2023-10-21T01:04:10Z")
Same, whenever I come back to the Twitter fuckup thread and there’s like 80 new posts since yesterday, it’s either Elon Musk did something really stupid or Sam Stone said something really stupid and clicking to find out which feels like the world’s most cursed roulette wheel. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1088 "2023-10-21T01:22:16Z")
In fairness, sometimes it’s both. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1089 "2023-10-21T01:40:52Z")
One often follows the other. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1090 "2023-10-21T01:52:39Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > Only insane people wouldn’t acknowledge you as the greatest supporter of Israel, over and above actual Israelis. How dare they disagree with your feelings about their state and government! Clearly, they’re not true Israelis. If they’re not true Israelis, does that mean they _are_ true Scotsmen? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1091 "2023-11-07T16:19:00Z")
[![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b0/e1/5e/b0e15e076f3b82db18bb3c13ce7519d1.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b0/e1/5e/b0e15e076f3b82db18bb3c13ce7519d1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1092 "2023-11-07T16:23:58Z")
Banned for socking. Another error on his part. He didn’t have to be that way. But he chose to be. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1093 "2023-11-07T16:24:29Z")
Linky please? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1094 "2023-11-07T16:25:12Z")
Woah, dude. > [@Sam\_Stone has been banned for socking \[Update - The ban has been lifted\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-has-been-banned-for-socking/992756): > > Long time user Sam\_Stone has been banned for socking. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1095 "2023-11-07T16:26:09Z")
Huh. Wonder what his sock was up to. ? ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1096 "2023-11-07T16:26:24Z")
How will we get updates about Canada now? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1097 "2023-11-07T16:26:27Z")
And when the next one will turn up. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1098 "2023-11-07T16:27:41Z")
Absolutely nothing, lasted 21 hours. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1099 "2023-11-07T16:30:00Z")
The board’s hivemind lockstep culture forced him into socking! #Sammydidnothingwrong ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1100 "2023-11-07T16:38:11Z")
I’m honestly surprised. I thought he’d troll forever. He was very good at it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881.md?page=54) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881.md?page=56)