# At least "Libtard" is now allowed

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-libtard-is-now-allowed/718778>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 29, 2015, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-libtard-is-now-allowed/718778 "2015-04-29T04:52:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grotonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c2a13f/32.png) [@Grotonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grotonian)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-libtard-is-now-allowed/718778/1 "2015-04-29T04:52:22Z")

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Is “Libtard” now allowed? And I assume the phrasing, “There should be a hall of fame for stupid threads” DOES NOT constitute thread-shitting and I can use it, right?

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> There should be a hall of fame for stupid threads.
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> Grotonian knows perfectly well why Hail Ants’s post merited a suspension. This is just an excuse to go hurr durr nigger nigger hurr durr the libtards are in a tizzy derpy derpy do.
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> Grow up, dude.

But there were very few mods present, only **Colibri, Asimovian, IvoryTowerDenizen,** and **Johnathan Chance** and I only reported it once. So it might have just been an oversight.

> **[Rioters are not Niggers! Or something.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=755604)**
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> So Hail Ants is on a time out, a one-week suspension, for this Humble Opinion: The reason cited was “Hate Speech.” Now, I’m assuming it was his using the word “niggers,” that earned him the suspension. But I’m puzzled as to whom the targets of...

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**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-libtard-is-now-allowed/718778/2 "2015-04-29T04:57:42Z")

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> [@Grotonian](#):
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> Is “Libtard” now allowed? And I assume the phrasing, “There should be a hall of fame for stupid threads” DOES NOT constitute thread-shitting and I can use it, right?
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> But there were very few mods present, only **Colibri, Asimovian, IvoryTowerDenizen,** and **Johnathan Chance** and I only reported it once. So it might have just been an oversight.
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> [Rioters are not Niggers! Or something. - About This Message Board - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=755604)

And you’re a teacher? How would you react to this kind of bullshit in the classroom?

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**Author:** ![Grotonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c2a13f/32.png) [@Grotonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grotonian)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-libtard-is-now-allowed/718778/3 "2015-04-29T05:15:02Z")

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> [@raventhief](#):
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> And you’re a teacher? How would you react to this kind of bullshit in the classroom?

I’m not in a classroom. And I’d be pissed that someone pointed out my hypocrisy.

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-libtard-is-now-allowed/718778/4 "2015-04-29T06:18:08Z")

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Looks like someone’s planning for a banning.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-libtard-is-now-allowed/718778/5 "2015-04-29T06:45:53Z")

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This is disingenuous. You were just whining about not being able to use a much worse word. You can’t play from both sides of the field.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-libtard-is-now-allowed/718778/6 "2015-04-29T08:17:48Z")

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Starting multiple threads to “ask” disingenuous questions so that you can make snide comments about other posters is clearly trolling.

Stop it.

Warning issued.

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