# Bad Moderation in the "What happens politically if gas prices go through the roof?" thread

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**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-moderation-in-the-what-happens-politically-if-gas-prices-go-through-the-roof-thread/1028143/42 "2026-03-08T22:53:30Z")

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Let’s review.

> [@What happens politically if gas prices go through the roof?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-politically-if-gas-prices-go-through-the-roof/1028133/18):
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> > [@What happens politically if gas prices go through the roof?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-politically-if-gas-prices-go-through-the-roof/1028133/14):
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> > No, I think it’s amazing how fast political allegiance slips away when it starts affecting the ol’ wallet.
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> _Points at MAGA response to COVID_
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> They don’t even care about their own lives; I wouldn’t assume that they care about their wallets all that much if they can blame “those people” and consider it the price for hurting everyone else.
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> What’s the line? Something like “America is full of millions of people who will be willingly reduced to living under a bridge eating a squirrel off a stick, if it means the people they hate don’t have a squirrel or a stick.”

This is 100% on topic. The OP asked about the public and political response to higher gas prices. @wolfpup claimed it would be substantial among conservatives, @Der_Trihs argued, “Meh, not really, look at this example.”

Der: The mods saw the vitreol and whited out. That’s a communication problem and deserves some reflection on your part. Good work maintaining your habit of obeying the entirely reasonable rules of this message board though: you brought the issue to ATMB rather than arguing it in the original thread.

> [@What happens politically if gas prices go through the roof?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-politically-if-gas-prices-go-through-the-roof/1028133/47):
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> The Right loves to talk about “personal responsibility”, but when their decisions inevitably cause disaster it’s always somebody else’s fault.

The discussion that prompted this was totally off topic though and was appropriately modded.

@Measure_for_Measure has spoken!

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