# Broomstick - Does His Ass Say rebeW or Not?

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 19, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343 "2015-03-19T00:28:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/402 "2015-11-19T00:33:21Z")

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> [@Count\_Blucher](#):
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> Oh, STFU! I proved every single point I said I would, you disingenuous lying sack of shit.  
> Fuck Off, Troll…!

I questioned two claims you made. One of your claims is highly subjective – that **D’Anconia** “picked on” **Ambivalid**. You offered up the following in support of that claim:

> [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid/737174/104):
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> If “assuming that someone in a wheelchair needs 24/7 care” is bigotry, the word has lost all meaning.

I pointed out that this seems like a weak example of “picked on.” But it’s true that one person’s wry observation may be another’s harassment; I don’t see any “picking,” but it’s not really possible to define concretely what “picking on” looks like at the borders of the expression, so I’ll assume that you and I simply have vastly different tolerances for what constitutes “picking on.”

But the second claim is susceptible to much more rigorous proof. This is your claim that **D’Anconia** “whined about capital gains taxes.” I have bolded the relevant section below to aid you in your recollection:

> [@Count\_Blucher](#):
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> Your big contributions recently are picking on Ambivalid & Whining about \*\*Crapital Gains Taxes. \*\*

The only evidence you’ve offered here is some comment **D’Anconia** made about progressive tax rates.

This leads me to believe that you think the two are similar. As I explained, they’re not.

Do you now understand that progressive tax rates and capital gains tax are not the same thing?

Do you have some other example in which **D’Anconia** does whine, or even talk, about capital gains tax?

Or is it fair to say that this latter claim of yours was a mistake?

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