# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/161 "2017-05-10T16:03:37Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > **Bricker** has posted in two separate threads his disappointment at those beknighted libruls who called for Comey to get fired earlier, but are now upset that he got fired. Bricker furthermore, without anyone asking, informed us that he’s thought firing Comey was a bad idea all along. > > I’m realizing he’s not just hunting for examples of liberal hypocrisy. He’s also fishing for validation for his own self-image of being a Man of Foolish Consistency–er, excuse me, a Man of Consistent Principles. And if we won’t give him that validation, he’ll give it to himself with one hand, while using the other to wag a finger at the rest of us less consistent beings. > > The OP here is way overstated, but this is a pretty irritating tendency of Bricker’s. The question is, is it irritating enough that you’ll stop responding to his posts? If not, then don’t expect to see a change, since his behavior is being rewarded. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/162 "2017-05-10T16:04:11Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > See, that’s weird to me, because while I seldom agree with John, I don’t feel like he flouts board rules or denigrates entire classes of people. But hey, if you’ve got a litany of his sins that you want to enumerate in a Pit thread, I’ll read it. I don’t think Bricker does any of that either. I’ve seen Bricker admit he was wrong before, and that’s something you rarely see on this board. I’ve never seen him “denigrate entire classes of people” or “flout board rules,” but I’ve only been here 10 fucking years next month. John is just to busy copulating mods in search of a modship. He comes across as nauseating much of the time, like that kid in the third grade that always wanted to erase the blackboard for the teacher. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/163 "2017-05-10T16:06:26Z")
So it irritates you that **Bricker** isn’t a pious hypocrite like you? Yes, I can see how that must be annoying to know that other posters are more principled than you, but I would have thought you were used to it by now. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/164 "2017-05-10T16:24:03Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > **Bricker** has posted in two separate threads his disappointment at those beknighted libruls who called for Comey to get fired earlier, but are now upset that he got fired. Bricker furthermore, without anyone asking, informed us that he’s thought firing Comey was a bad idea all along. Well, the thing that bugs me about it is that it need not be a hypocritical stance. I personally thought Comey was going to get fired early in Trump’s administration, since he seems to have pissed just about everyone off. That he lasted this long surprised me. I wasn’t calling for his resignations then; I wasn’t calling for it now. That doesn’t make my opinion any purer or more consistent/non-hypocritical than those who were calling on his firing then and are upset now. _Context is everything._ If he had been fired in January, there would have been little ruckus from the original anti-Comeyites. The timing of it now makes it stink like dog shit on a hot summer’s day. Maybe it is just coincidence. But objecting to the timing and appearance of the firing of Comey now and being pissed and calling for his resignation in the summer/fall need not be hypocritical stances. And I, personally, do not think they are, even though it’s never been my stance. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/165 "2017-05-10T16:55:03Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > He pretends to be this decent guy, but he argues evil things. He pretends to adhere to the same morals as we do, but then makes large circumlocutions to allow him to justify things that don’t fit those moral principles. He lets slip his partisan leanings all the time, while pretending not to be partisan. Oh, and the projection is obvious every time he goes after liberal hypocrisy. > > He is also an asshole who thinks he’s right all the time and lectures everyone. It’s the same reason people hate me. He refuses to engage as he is, someone who is approaching a hostile audience, and instead of trying to work with us, loves to just poke fun and annoy. > > And that’s not even getting started with his religion. He uses that as a refuge all the time, but ignores when conservatism is at odds with his faith. Sure, he can cling to it for abortion to be wrong, but he ignores it when Jesus said to heal the sick and give to the poor. > > Instead he makes up contradictory bullshit about how he can believe what the Bible says but then still think that doing the opposite is better for the government. > > And then there’s his textualism, which is the same thing as Biblical literalism, which his religion rejects. But he’s all for it when dealing with the law. He even admits he’s being “lawful neutral” when, inhernetly, a Christian must be lawful good. > > Also, he’s a defense attorney who has argued that he has an obligation to fight for someone he knows is guilty to be declared innocent. This is more of his “lawful neutral” idea, that he prefers legalism to morality. Because of this, he is guilty of any subsequent actions by these people, so he is probably guilty of murder. > > Just because he’s smarter than the average guy and can put forth a more convincing front doesn’t make him less awful. Sure, there are people here who are worse, but most of them can be ignored, while Bricker’s arguments look superficially good and thus we have to dismantle them. > > Oh, and the argument being made is perfectly sound. Antifederalism doesn’t cause lives to be lost, nor is there an argument that what it does is worse than death. So it is perfectly permissible to put up the lives and say that Bricker is completely dismissing them with his arguments. > > Finally, I disagree politically with my parents and friends. I don’t merely disagree politically with Bricker. Sure, he’s not Trump or Trump supporter bad, but I do think he ultimately is an immoral person. > > That’s why he refuses to argue morals and pretends they can be different for different people. He has no moral center of his own, so he assumes that’s the same for everyone else. > > He is, ultimately, a Pharisee. I was going to pick selected passages in this post to ridicule, but looking it over, I see that the whole thing is simply an indictment of your ability to understand logic and reason. Basically, you have taken your emotional reactions to some of his positions and tried to turn your misunderstanding of his expressed statements to pretend that they are irrational when it is your logic that is lacking. I disagree with Bricker on a number of issues, but I, at least, take the time to try to understand what his actual position may be, rather than inventing a position for him based on some odd desire to paint him as “bad.” For example, your claims regarding his career as a defense lawyer portray you as more immoral than you want to claim that he is. In your unjust (and unconstitutional) world, a person who was brought to trial who was innocent, but who appeared to be guilty, should simply be hung out to dry if no lawyer believed he was innocent, since no “moral” lawyer would defend that person based on your preconceived notions and prejudices. (Your attitudes are what keeps the Innocence Project necessary, although it would seem to me that, based on your other hypocritical statements, you should be supporting defense lawyers the way that they actually behave.) It is fun to watch you miss the point so loudly, however. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/166 "2017-05-10T17:20:21Z")
My only real criticism of **Bricker** is his refusal to admit that the Island of Sodor has a slavery-based economy. That refusal does speak to a fundamental lack of character. ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/167 "2017-05-10T17:24:24Z")
My only real criticism of **Bricker** is that he lacks integrity. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/168 "2017-05-10T17:59:17Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I don’t think Bricker does any of that either. I’ve seen Bricker admit he was wrong before, and that’s something you rarely see on this board. I’ve never seen him “denigrate entire classes of people” or “flout board rules,” but I’ve only been here 10 fucking years next month. He’s one of our most obvious trolls. That’s the flouting I’m talking about. I’ve only been here thirteen years, but that doesn’t matter, because he does it, like, every week. About half his fucking OPs end with him saying “I wonder what our board liberals will say?”, reaching for his lotion, and tenting his hands expectantly. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/169 "2017-05-10T18:04:28Z")
> [@Richard\_Parker](#): > > I have never understood what it is about **Bricker** that gets under people’s skin. It’s his pose as arbiter of everyone’s integrity (or lack thereof), including his own, which of course is unimpeachable, while everyone else falls short of his perfection. LHOD nails him on that [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20196981&postcount=85), to take a current example. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/170 "2017-05-10T18:14:39Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > My only real criticism of **Bricker** is his refusal to admit that the Island of Sodor has a slavery-based economy. That refusal does speak to a fundamental lack of character. The trains work voluntarily, out of a desire to be Really Useful Engines. That is not slavery!! ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/171 "2017-05-10T18:21:58Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > In your unjust (and unconstitutional) world, a person who was brought to trial who was innocent, but who appeared to be guilty, should simply be hung out to dry if no lawyer believed he was innocent, since no “moral” lawyer would defend that person based on your preconceived notions and prejudices. Don’t forget that BigT is the same twat who once bragged that he’d love to pretend to be impartial so he could get on a jury to influence it illegally. (Cite: [My sister's murderer will not be charged - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=778025) and there’s a follow-up thread somewhere) So his idea of “justice” and “fair trials” seem to conflict with, well, everything ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/172 "2017-05-10T18:27:20Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > The trains work voluntarily, out of a desire to be Really Useful Engines. > > That is not slavery!! The fact that you are still pushing this bushwa after [twelve years](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=331905) tells me all I need to know, Herr Goebbels. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/173 "2017-05-10T18:34:56Z")
What happens to the Little Engine That Couldn’t Quite? Spare parts? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/174 "2017-05-10T18:37:24Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > The trains work voluntarily, out of a desire to be Really Useful Engines. > > That is not slavery!! It’s false consciousness. Fight the hegemony! Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/175 "2017-05-10T18:42:08Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > What happens to the Little Engine That Couldn’t Quite? Spare parts? Scrapping. Mr. Slavery Apologist tried to minimize that [here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=335721) ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/176 "2017-05-10T18:55:00Z")
More “wisdom” about juries by BigT > [@You're on a criminal jury. WOuld you want to know if there's a mandatory prison sentence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-criminal-jury-would-you-want-to-know-if-theres-a-mandatory-prison-sentence/566423/52): > > Anyone who follows the law before their morality is inherently an immoral person, by definition. I don’t want immoral people deciding my fate, so why would I be immoral deciding someone else’s fate? > > And, yes, it is immoral to follow the law in this case. You are voting to intentionally hurt someone. If you don’t know if the hurt is balanced by the good of society, then you are risking hurting someone unfairly. > > If I voted for something that got someone the death penalty, and I didn’t think they’d deserve it. I’d be committing murder. Just like a lawyer who knows their client is guilty is responsible for any hurt that person performs. > > Anything else is just smoke and mirrors to try and justify an immoral action. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/177 "2017-05-10T19:14:45Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > The fact that you are still pushing this bushwa after [twelve years](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=331905) tells me all I need to know, Herr Goebbels. And as I said then: > [@Clarify Thomas the Tank Engine for me, please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarify-thomas-the-tank-engine-for-me-please/318685/11): > > Cite for the proposition that the engines all wish to be Really Useful? > > That’s so common a thread in the series that I can’t believe you’re asking for a cite. All of the fact cards that come with Thomas toys tout each engine’s desire to be really useful. > > In “Thomas’ Train,” Thomas is thrilled that Henry’s illness will give him the chance to be Really Useful by pulling a train instead of just coaches. > > Or cite for the proposition that the engines are purchased vs. recruited? > > I think it’s fair to say that engines don’t roam the countryside looking for work. They are all employees of the national railroad system. > > In “Salty’s Secret,” Salty arrives on the Island of Sodor eager to work near the docks. He’s disappointed to be assigned to the quarry – but there’s no sense he’s been enslaved and forced to work there. He’s simply been assigned a job he’d rather not have. Also note that Salty came from similar “salt air” work on the mainland prior to this assignment. > > In “Horrid Lorries,” Sir Topham Hatt hires the three lorries to help with work. Does it make sense that lorries may be rented out voluntarily, but trains are slaves? ---
**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:** [May 10, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/178 "2017-05-10T19:18:23Z")
I can’t decide if I’m horrified or impressed that you know that much about Thomas & Friends. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/179 "2017-05-10T19:20:29Z")
I don’t know if the “fact cards” for Thomas toys can be trusted any more than the assertions of plantation owners. Don’t buy into the propaganda! ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/180 "2017-05-10T19:23:25Z")
Twelve years, and we’re still arguing the economics of the slave trade in talking trains. There are times I love the SDMB, and times I wish I had never heard of it. This is one of those times. Regards, Shodan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344.md?page=10)