# 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:** 76
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1501 "2023-12-21T05:48:22Z")
So has the shit weasel @Sam_Stone slunk off into the shadows to lick his wounds and pout as he does periodically? Or have their been sightings of the Stone Troll that I’ve missed? ---
**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:** [December 21, 2023, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1502 "2023-12-21T05:49:13Z")
I mean, there’s a search function. He’s having fun in the “how is trump still a viable” space, but why do I need to tell you that? ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1503 "2023-12-21T05:53:09Z")
That thread is pretty much a mess as far as I’m concerned. Very little there that makes sense. It appears he is mostly avoiding the more overtly political threads for now. Which strikes me as slinking off into the shadows and pouting. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2023, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1504 "2023-12-21T05:54:13Z")
I thoroughly enjoyed him taking a dump in the thread punchbowl and then noting discussing the shit he took was high-jacking the thread so we really shouldn’t talk about it. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2023, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1505 "2023-12-21T05:59:12Z")
Jesus, really? He posted a [fucking manifesto](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-trump-still-a-viable-candidate-for-president-really-how/983949/898) in that thread. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1506 "2023-12-21T06:04:10Z")
I don’t normally read walls of text like that, particularly when it’s from a **known troll**. The **Stone Troll** tends to derail threads that were once interesting but once he starts dropping his turds and lies in them I avoid reading because, by the rules of this board, I’m not able to respond to them as they deserve. For that reason alone I haven’t checked that thread on a regular basis since he set up camp in it. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2023, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1507 "2023-12-21T06:04:51Z")
Remember, he’s not a Trump supporter he’s only reporting what ~~he’s~~ people are saying, also he’s ~~from Spain~~ Canadian. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2023, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1508 "2023-12-21T06:04:54Z")
So you contend he’s slunk off and you _can’t be bothered_ to read what he writes? ---
**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:** [December 21, 2023, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1509 "2023-12-21T06:06:08Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > once he starts dropping his turds and lies in them I avoid reading because, by the rules of this board, I’m not able to respond to them as they deserve. That is the most fucking stupid rule the board has. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1510 "2023-12-21T06:07:08Z")
I was so tempted to respond to him, but seriously, what’s the use? He claims grandma went to jail for 3 months, but his own cite says 2 months. This is so typical of him, that it’s just ridiculous that he continues to get away with it. He’s a wanker and he’s the most American Canadian I’ve ever come across. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1511 "2023-12-21T06:07:21Z")
Oooo, looks like you got me! OUCH! ---
**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:** [December 21, 2023, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1512 "2023-12-21T06:10:00Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > He claims grandma went to jail for 3 months, but his own cite says 2 months. In before Sam claims Biden changed the number of days in a month to 45. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1513 "2023-12-21T06:20:36Z")
Alternative numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1514 "2023-12-21T07:05:23Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > He claims grandma went to jail for 3 months, but his own cite says 2 months. That’s not the only claim he made about gran and then he posted a cite showing his claims are bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1515 "2023-12-21T08:33:16Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > That is the most fucking stupid rule the board has. I’ve had one warning ever and it’s because of that rule. As in, I didn’t start a hijack but responded to one. I’ve been paranoid about it since. Sam seems to be trying to use it as a bludgeon. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1516 "2023-12-21T11:56:42Z")
The Straight Dope’s Board Rules is [**not a suicide pact**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Constitution_is_not_a_suicide_pact)! ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1517 "2023-12-22T19:31:58Z")
Sigh. Sam is in the process of destroying my recent thread in P&E. Too bad, it was going well until he arrived. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1518 "2023-12-22T19:38:18Z")
I agree. And it is a shame. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1519 "2023-12-22T19:54:35Z")
I enjoyed the claim that the lack of women and minorities in the Republican party is proof that the Republicans support women and minorities. It’s just that there aren’t any that are smart or accomplished enough I guess. The women and minorities in Democratic party are all incompetent affirmative action recipients, though. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1520 "2023-12-22T20:02:18Z")
Yup, in the same fucking post, > Democrats go out of their way to promote women and minorities in office. It’s the only reason Kamala Harris is there. > > Minorities and women are treated like anyone else in the Republican party. > > Modern Republicans love female and minority candidates, so long as they espouse the right values, because they are tired of being accused of being racistsexistmisogynist and would love to disarm that issue. But it would be wrong to conclude from that that, Republicans only go out of their way to promote women and minorities in office because they are tired of being accused of being racistsexistmisogynist and would love to disarm that issue. Unlike Democrats who only go out of their way to promote women and minorities in office because . . . affirmative action I guess? Why mention Kamala Harris if that isn’t what he wants us to infer? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881.md?page=75) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881.md?page=77)