# Are You A Left-Wing Extremist?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-left-wing-extremist/394738>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 5, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-left-wing-extremist/394738 "2007-03-05T22:42:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-left-wing-extremist/394738/41 "2007-03-07T12:26:36Z")

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[QUOTE=Zoe]  
5) --I believe that **elucidator’s** signature is the best principle in human history.  
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For those of us with sigs turned off, could you — he-he — elucidate?

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-left-wing-extremist/394738/42 "2007-03-08T00:02:22Z")

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I’m confused as well. Elucidator hasn’t posted in this thread. And I searched for posts by him in other thread and as far as I can see, he doesn’t have a signature line. Unless this is some subtle comment that doing nothing is the best principle, I don’t get it.

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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-left-wing-extremist/394738/43 "2007-03-08T02:56:31Z")

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[QUOTE=Little Nemo]  
I’m confused as well. Elucidator hasn’t posted in this thread. And I searched for posts by him in other thread and as far as I can see, he doesn’t have a signature line. Unless this is some subtle comment that doing nothing is the best principle, I don’t get it.  
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He used to have “Malform follows malfunction” as his sig. I think that’s his own invention.

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-left-wing-extremist/394738/44 "2007-03-19T19:53:33Z")

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Yes, “Malform follows malfunction” is my very own, and has even been (I blush to admit) added to several online quotation collections. (Well, two. But who counts?)

I hope and trust friend **Nemo** is referring to my current sig, to wit:

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-left-wing-extremist/394738/45 "2007-03-19T19:54:45Z")

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To wit?

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