# Are all the Trump threads diminishing the Straight Dope Brand? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 17, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-the-trump-threads-diminishing-the-straight-dope-brand/780018 "2017-02-17T00:50:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-the-trump-threads-diminishing-the-straight-dope-brand/780018/1 "2017-02-17T00:50:56Z")
There are a lot of threads about Trump. Most of them negative. Many of those threads are false or attempted slams (no, Trump is not functionally illiterate). A casual visitor might well look at the Dope and decry us as bigoted moonbats. I am concerned that the concerted unwarranted attacks on Trump are diminishing the utility and brand of the Straight Dope. I don’t like the man (how sad is it that I actually have to say that?) but we’re supposed to be about fighting ignorance, not promoting it. Sample threads in which I have participated: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=819113](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=819113) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=819179](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=819179) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=819214](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=819214) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=819190](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=819190) I do not know how the Dope can overcome this; I leave that to better minds. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-the-trump-threads-diminishing-the-straight-dope-brand/780018)._