# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![fervour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@fervour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fervour)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/421 "2017-06-30T01:59:21Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > My praise is because he admitted that his personal bias about Castro is likely overwhelming his judgement, and that he’s rethinking his opinions. That’s harder than it sounds (especially for keyboard warriors like us!). I agree. And thanks for setting me straight. It is always hard to objectively evaluate yourself-----so much to the point that most of us don’t even try. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/422 "2017-06-30T02:27:51Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > It’s not funny, it’s sad. > > I don’t think BigT has much if anything going on in his life besides this MB (he’s said in the past that the board is “my life”). Having his words on this MB be of importance to people gives meaning to his life. If that is true, then you are right - it is sad. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/423 "2017-06-30T06:56:20Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Another 1-line turd. At least I responded! Isn’t there some way you could use your power of scathing wit for good? ---
**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 30, 2017, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/424 "2017-06-30T08:48:39Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > It’s not funny, it’s sad. > > I don’t think BigT has much if anything going on in his life besides this MB (he’s said in the past that the board is “my life”). Having his words on this MB be of importance to people gives meaning to his life. That was long ago, back when I was going through withdrawal. I appreciate you trying to help, but it also comes across a bit mocking. I assume that is not your intent. You may be frustrating as hell to argue with, due to tactics I disagree with, but you’re not horrible or anything. Literally everyone posts on this board because they have something to say that they think people want to hear. The insult this guy gave is just objectively a stupid one. He also didn’t say anything while I was hating on **Bricker** , so that means it’s probably not even personal. There’s a reason I can see what you have written, and he cannot see what I have written. I don’t mean to come off as arrogant, but some Dopers are worth my time, and some aren’t. My life isn’t great by any means, but I have a lot more to it than this message board. I actually enjoy posting here. It’s freeing not to have to worry about whether people like you. Though I am trying something new. We’ll see how it works. Oh, and I have a personal “policy” of apologizing in public for things I do in public. ---
**Author:** ![fervour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@fervour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fervour)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/425 "2017-06-30T09:45:42Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > That was long ago, back when I was going through withdrawal. I appreciate you trying to help, but it also comes across a bit mocking. . . I’ve always enjoyed your posts, **BigT** ----Well, as often as I run into them. I’m not stalking you. \*\* Fotheringay-Phipps\*\* is on my mental ignore list----meaning I’m trying to keep myself out of an echo chamber, and I don’t think he intentionally says stupid things. He’s not on my actual ignore list. I reserve that for trolls who have yet to be banned. But really, who has such a boring life that they can look up information for random people on the internet? And yet, Google is my go to for instant answers. So one of our 7 billion companions has found time to answer my stupid question. Usually. So, thanks to all of you people who are working to set me straight. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/426 "2017-06-30T12:30:06Z")
> [@fervour](#): > > But really, who has such a boring life that they can look up information for random people on the internet? Welcome to the Dope! I’m sure you’ll like it here. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/427 "2017-06-30T13:44:19Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > That was long ago, back when I was going through withdrawal. I appreciate you trying to help, but it also comes across a bit mocking. I assume that is not your intent. You may be frustrating as hell to argue with, due to tactics I disagree with, but you’re not horrible or anything. I think you are totally misreading the situation here. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2017, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/428 "2017-07-01T09:30:22Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > I think you are totally misreading the situation here. Then I’ll suggest you are misreading the purpose of my comment. Like I said, I’m trying something new. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/429 "2017-07-02T16:33:54Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > You can see why he’s not allowed to be among children anymore, can’t you? Speaking of children, **E** , would you ever murder one? A simple yes or no will do. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/430 "2017-08-24T00:28:01Z")
Bricker may not be a pile of shit sculpted into human form, but he is pretty chickenshit in the [Gettysburg thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=833721). I’m not playing along anymore with his ‘"let me snipe at liberals’ inconsistencies, while refusing to defend my own position" bullshit. [His excuse](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20430707&postcount=117) is that other people in the thread had already made the case for [his stated position](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20430620&postcount=115). Their arguments had already been ripped to shreds, however. What a joke. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/431 "2017-08-24T04:04:50Z")
Yeah, that thread was pretty obviously Bricker trolling and it went off the rails for him quickly. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/432 "2017-09-23T02:26:49Z")
Calling him out again. [Here he is](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20491899#post20491899) flat out lying about what has been said in a thread so he can invent a reason why his lying was okay. And he was called on it before I posted, with no response. The guy who claims to have integrity once again shows he has none. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/433 "2017-09-23T12:33:13Z")
I appreciate Bricker’s contributions most of the time. I don’t get the Bricker hate. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/434 "2017-09-23T17:43:37Z")
Many of us are turned off by **Bricker** ’s despicable right-wing opinions. > [@$400 million bribe if the GOP repeals the Affordable Care Act? It can't be true, right...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-million-bribe-if-the-gop-repeals-the-affordable-care-act-it-cant-be-true-right/796934/69): > > I don’t support the ACA. > > The reason is that I believe there is value in establishing the norm that, whenever possible, people pay their own costs, as opposed to demanding that all of us share in a risk pool. > > Now, this is obviously a non-falsifiable assertion on my part, since such value is not quantifiable. But the whole point of non-falsifiablity is that . . . wait for it . . . you cannot falsify it. It’s simply an assertion, a postulate just as its opposite number is. > > You mention “death,” as a sort of a trump card (no pun intended). But death is preferable to many worse outcomes. I’d rather die, myself, than experience a whole host of other fates. How can you PROVE this is a poor choice on my part? People who do not have health insurance cannot survive a major health crisis, but **Bricker** is happy to let those people die. And then, to increase the irritation, he babbles on about “non-falsifiable” — if anyone challenges his assumptions he’ll invoke his faulty standards of proof — and also (despite that he seems to claim all morality is relative) call his detractor “immoral.” Notice how he twists the point at the end of the excerpted post: “I’d rather die, myself, than …” The discussion wasn’t about _ **Bricker** _ dying; it’s about his complacency in supporting Ryan\_No\_Care which would cause the _deaths of others_. Many right-wingers are too ignorant to cope with economic analyses or utilitarianism. Some are obsessed with hyperlibertarian thought and have let Alex Jones and other YouTube bugs or [mises.org](http://mises.org) make them honestly believe that health care for all would magically arise if the gummint just got out of the way. But neither of these describe **Bricker**. He’s fully aware that his policies would destroy the lives of millions and _that delights him_. His post shrieks: “I’ve got mine. Fuck you!” If he were a multimillionaire he might be able to enjoy life by knowing that others can’t fly on private jets or eat caviar or hire the best hookers. Since he’s not so successful, he likes knowing that poor people can’t get medical treatment, can’t go to the opera, etc. I doubt if he was some childhood bully who enjoyed crippling living animals, but in adulthood he’s become a bitter little man. He’s got me on Ignore or I’d have clicked on the above post and asked him, since he wants “people to pay their own costs,” about police protection, public schools, public defenders. I suspect that he supports public education but not because he wants poor people to improve their lot for themselves, just because he thinks general education(\*) will improve life for the “better people” like himself. - - By “education”, he means training to become cogs in the economic machine that supports the elite. I’m sure he opposes taxpayer-funded teaching of critical thinking skills, social sciences, or humanities. In another thread he opposed all federal spending on art or science until the weight of evidence was sufficient to expose his hypocrisy. He tries to avoid making his inhumane views clear, preferring to babble on and on about states’ rights: if the sovereign Commonwealth of Virginia wants to discriminate against the poor or a minority race, that’s “democracy at its finest. Your side lost. Giggle giggle.” There are a few right-wingers at SDMB with views as despicable as **Bricker** ’s. But they are mostly doltish drones who idolize Trump and only read [RightWingLies.com](http://RightWingLies.com). **Bricker** , OTOH, is obviously intelligent and probably even clicks on mainstream news sites. That’s what makes his hatreds so sad. A mind is a terrible thing to waste. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/435 "2017-09-23T18:23:35Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I appreciate Bricker’s contributions most of the time. I don’t get the Bricker hate. Hate _of_ him or hate by him? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/436 "2017-09-24T13:07:30Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I appreciate Bricker’s contributions most of the time. I don’t get the Bricker hate. If you do want to “get” it, you could read this thread. And click on a few of the links. I came into this thread ready to defend him, but that was only because I hadn’t read most of what he’d posted. When you do, it’s hard not to notice some patterns emerge. Patterns of debate that are destructive to honest discussion. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/437 "2017-09-24T13:33:34Z")
Translation: he wins debates with liberals, and they hate that. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/438 "2017-09-24T13:48:40Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Calling him out again. > > [Here he is](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20491899#post20491899) flat out lying about what has been said in a thread so he can invent a reason why his lying was okay. And he was called on it before I posted, with no response. > > The guy who claims to have integrity once again shows he has none. I clicked into the thread, and perused it some, even found the energy to contribute a post, but before I teased out the details of whatever seems to have inspired your latest reopening, I was overcome with an exquisite sense of _ennui_. Could I trouble you to point out **Bricker** ’s offending post(s), as well as the others, to contextualize it (them)? Many thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/439 "2017-09-24T14:05:16Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Many of us are turned off by **Bricker** ’s despicable right-wing opinions. > > > [@Bricker](#): > > > > I don’t support the ACA. > > > > The reason is that I believe there is value in establishing the norm that, whenever possible, people pay their own costs, as opposed to demanding that all of us share in a risk pool. > > People who do not have health insurance cannot survive a major health crisis, but **Bricker** is happy to let those people die. I love watching liberals twist statements into pretzels. Newsflash for ya - nowhere in there did he say he was happy to let people die. And I gotta admit that I got a laugh out of your characterizing the idea that people should be responsible for themselves as a “despicable right-wing opinion”. That’s comedy gold right there. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/440 "2017-09-24T14:18:50Z")
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