# Bricker, You're a Jackass Extraordinaire

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 12, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734 "2012-05-12T23:13:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/289 "2012-06-23T03:05:00Z")

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> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#):
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> I don’t think you are. I do, however, think it’s poor form to post an analogy without saying what it’s an analogy to.
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> You know that Pit rule that parody threads must include a link, so that folks aren’t confused? Something similar is good form in GD: if you’re going to say, “If X is okay, why isn’t Y okay?”, you need to spell out what X is, instead of just saying, “Is Y okay?”
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> That was confusing. Lemme try again.
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> Your OP proposed (roughly), “If it’s okay for the president not to enforce immigration law, is it okay for the president not to enforce tax law?” Except it didn’t: it just said, “Is it okay for the president not to enforce tax law?”

Frankly, I thought using the phrase, “It’s the right thing to do,” in my OP, communicated to an audience of politically aware people, was sufficient linkage to the President’s immigration plan.

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> Edit: it is, of course, ridiculous to call your posts in that thread “trolling.”

Thank you.

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