# Bricker is a Pile of Shit Sculpted into Human Shape **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 30, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344 "2017-03-30T13:46:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/361 "2017-05-29T21:51:14Z")
> [@Randolph](#): > > I’d say it’s more that his intellect mainly serves a small, self-absorbed bubble, while his intellectual integrity is busily stepping on self-righteous stones laid across the unprincipled pathways of his mind. “The unprincipled pathways of your mind” Wasn’t that the theme song from the Thomas Crown Affair? ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/362 "2017-05-30T13:26:48Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > That ship has sailed, hit an iceberg, sunk, and turned into a coral reef. I’ve just started reading the thread, but, **Chefguy** , consider that phrase throroughly stolen. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/363 "2017-05-30T15:07:24Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > You think vilification of the right is a new thing on the SDMB? Did I say that? I know it’s too much to actually ask to read for comprehension. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2017, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/364 "2017-06-17T09:56:44Z")
And now Bricker has flat out lied in GD. I can’t say that there, but I will here. > [@Presidential Prosecution - Why is there such a gaping void in our constitution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-prosecution-why-is-there-such-a-gaping-void-in-our-constitution/789120/3): > > Now, there used to be a law that allowed the appointment of an independent prosecutor, who the President could not fire. > > However, when Ken Starr held that role, Democrats did not like the fact that the President could not fire the independent counsel, and the law was permitted to expire without renewal. Remember Ken Starr? This is an outright lie. He deliberately creates the narrative that the Democrats removed the Special Prosecutor due to Ken Star. He is selectively ignoring facts to create a false narrative. And, like a lawyer creating a false narrative for cross, deliberately leaving out things and hoping the other side doesn’t catch it, he uses it for his summation: > [@](#): > > So I’d suggest that the heart of your complaint is: “Other people don’t share my opinion about how important it is to get rid of this president!” That’s flat out making up bullshit to attack someone. The original question says nothing at all like this. It’s creating a narrative that the OP is either an idiot or a liar. This is why I have my problem with **Bricker** ’s integrity. Someone with integrity does not use these manipulative tricks. They are lying. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/365 "2017-06-17T10:46:01Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > And now Bricker has flat out lied in GD. I can’t say that there, but I will here. > > This is an outright lie. He deliberately creates the narrative that the Democrats removed the Special Prosecutor due to Ken Star. He is selectively ignoring facts to create a false narrative. > > And, like a lawyer creating a false narrative for cross, deliberately leaving out things and hoping the other side doesn’t catch it, he uses it for his summation: > > That’s flat out making up bullshit to attack someone. The original question says nothing at all like this. It’s creating a narrative that the OP is either an idiot or a liar. > > This is why I have my problem with **Bricker** ’s integrity. Someone with integrity does not use these manipulative tricks. They are lying. As I’ve noted before, you’re at your most ridiculous when you think you’ve found a gotcha. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/366 "2017-06-17T11:42:15Z")
Is this really how you plan to spend your twilight years? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/367 "2017-06-17T12:41:11Z")
It would help to know which GD thread you’re talking about, and… gods, my eyes glaze over whenever I try to read BigT zzzzzz ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/368 "2017-06-17T12:53:57Z")
Great fundraising idea for the Straight Dope: commission sculptures of leading Dopers made from poop (suitably lacquered for longevity). Who wouldn’t want a **Bricker** poop statue on their mantel? Or one of **elucidator** , **Snowboarder Bo** or other famous Dopers (too modest to suggest myself)? It’s not like [Poop Art](http://weburbanist.com/2010/12/19/poop-culture-11-examples-of-excellent-excrement-art/) isn’t already widely accepted by the cognoscenti. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/369 "2017-06-17T15:34:05Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > It would help to know which GD thread you’re talking about, and… gods, my eyes glaze over whenever I try to read BigT zzzzzz Click on the little arrow next to the username. Cleverly hidden, it is. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/370 "2017-06-17T16:52:24Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > And now Bricker has flat out lied in GD. I can’t say that there, but I will here. > > This is an outright lie. He deliberately creates the narrative that the Democrats removed the Special Prosecutor due to Ken Star. He is selectively ignoring facts to create a false narrative. > > And, like a lawyer creating a false narrative for cross, deliberately leaving out things and hoping the other side doesn’t catch it, he uses it for his summation: > > That’s flat out making up bullshit to attack someone. The original question says nothing at all like this. It’s creating a narrative that the OP is either an idiot or a liar. > > This is why I have my problem with **Bricker** ’s integrity. Someone with integrity does not use these manipulative tricks. They are lying. This cite seems to indicate he is correct. > **[The 'special prosecutor' Democrats want no longer exists](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/special-prosecutor-democrats-want-no-longer-exists)** > > Democrats are calling for an independent investigation into the ties between Russia and President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. But special investigators lack much of the power and autonomy that Starr enjoyed in the Clinton era. Even if Democrats get... So may I kindly suggest “Shut up, BigTard!!” ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/371 "2017-06-17T17:37:46Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > This cite seems to indicate he is correct. > > [The ‘special prosecutor’ Democrats want no longer exists | PBS News](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/special-prosecutor-democrats-want-no-longer-exists/) > > So may I kindly suggest “Shut up, BigTard!!” Did your cite happen to mention who had control over the house of representatives at that time? It does seem a bit disingenuous to blame the lack of renewal on the party that did not have the power to renew the provision. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/372 "2017-06-17T18:18:30Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Did your cite happen to mention who had control over the house of representatives at that time? > > It does seem a bit disingenuous to blame the lack of renewal on the party that did not have the power to renew the provision. This cite indicates it had bipartisan support. [http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/special-prosecutors-political-history-235610](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/special-prosecutors-political-history-235610) ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/373 "2017-06-17T18:26:27Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > As I’ve noted before, you’re at your most ridiculous when you think you’ve found a gotcha. How dare you denigrate **BigT**. I’ll let you know he is consistently ridiculous, there is no least or most about it. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/374 "2017-06-17T18:27:41Z")
Republicans have their moments. They are moments. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/375 "2017-06-17T18:55:02Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > This cite indicates it had bipartisan support. > > [http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/special-prosecutors-political-history-235610](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/special-prosecutors-political-history-235610) > [@your cite](#): > > However, that law expired in 1999 in the face of longtime Republican opposition and newfound objections from Democrats weary of repeated investigations into Clinton and members of his cabinet. First, republicans were in control of both house and senate, so it was in fact up to them, with or without democratic support. If it had been passed through congress, and Clinton vetoed it, you’d have a point there. Second, republicans have always been against the special prosecutor bill, seeing as how it took down one of their own. Using it to harm the democrats managed to get some number of democrats to agree that it was something that could be abused, so they were amenable to letting it go. Point is, it was opposed by republicans, and canceled by republicans. If the shenanigans involved in the kenn starr debacle managed to get enough democrats to not strenuously object doesn’t mean it was a democratic idea to get rid of it, which is bricker’s implication. Bricker was trying to imply that it was the democrats who got rid of it after the investigations into clinton, and therefore, have no one but themselves to blame for the lack of a special prosecutor now, but that rather disingenuous implication is false. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/376 "2017-06-17T19:41:16Z")
Thing about implications is, they can’t really be proven false. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/377 "2017-06-17T19:51:12Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Thing about implications is, they can’t really be proven false. Kind of like the one-line turds that you crap into so many threads and that so seldom get any kind of response at all. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/378 "2017-06-17T23:09:27Z")
IOW, “ur stoopid derp derp derp”. Yet again. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/379 "2017-06-17T23:20:44Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > IOW, “ur stoopid derp derp derp”. Yet again. Tick. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/380 "2017-06-17T23:52:25Z")
Yes, obviously this \*is \*how you’re going to spend your free time, now copious since no one wants you around their children anymore. You’re going to spend it going on the internet to tell strangers they’re stupid. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344.md?page=20)