# Can a moderator explain why this thread is still in Great Debates? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 29, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-moderator-explain-why-this-thread-is-still-in-great-debates/729239 "2015-08-29T01:23:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-moderator-explain-why-this-thread-is-still-in-great-debates/729239/21 "2015-08-31T16:28:04Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > How about simply not responding? Those seeking attention will quickly fade if they receive no interaction. Being reasonable is hard. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-moderator-explain-why-this-thread-is-still-in-great-debates/729239/22 "2015-08-31T17:11:23Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > How about simply not responding? Those seeking attention will quickly fade if they receive no interaction. Right, because we have no history here on the board of fueling that kind of fire. It’s not like we’d create a thread in ATMB discussing it and post all sorts of… oh, wait… ---
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-moderator-explain-why-this-thread-is-still-in-great-debates/729239/23 "2015-08-31T17:25:20Z")
If I wanted to be on a [white supremacy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18647176&postcount=1) board, I would find myself a white supremacy board. Is anyone deluding him or herself that this kind of crap in anyway leads to meaningful discussion? This board is becoming a great place for those who wish to discuss the inferiority of the negro. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-moderator-explain-why-this-thread-is-still-in-great-debates/729239/24 "2015-08-31T17:36:17Z")
> [@Emiliana](#): > > This board is becoming a great place for those who wish to discuss the inferiority of the negro. That’s sexist. Doesn’t anyone care about the negress? ---
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-moderator-explain-why-this-thread-is-still-in-great-debates/729239/25 "2015-08-31T17:46:12Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > That’s sexist. Doesn’t anyone care about the negress? The inferiority of the female, race unspecified, seems to be the second most popular discussion in Great Debates. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-moderator-explain-why-this-thread-is-still-in-great-debates/729239/26 "2015-08-31T19:22:52Z")
> [@Emiliana](#): > > If I wanted to be on a [white supremacy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18647176&postcount=1) board, I would find myself a white supremacy board. > > Is anyone deluding him or herself that this kind of crap in anyway leads to meaningful discussion? > > This board is becoming a great place for those who wish to discuss the inferiority of the negro. Yeesh. That one is worse than the others. Maybe some mod will now see what the rest of us saw from day 1. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-moderator-explain-why-this-thread-is-still-in-great-debates/729239/27 "2015-08-31T20:54:58Z")
> [@Emiliana](#): > > If I wanted to be on a [white supremacy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18647176&postcount=1) board, I would find myself a white supremacy board. Seriously? That stinker of a thread is remaining open? It’s not enough that it’s white supremacist, it’s not enough that it appears fundamentally dishonest. THERE IS NO DEBATE IN IT. I’ve had my own threads with far more debatable content moved to other fora. That thread should be taken out back and shot. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-moderator-explain-why-this-thread-is-still-in-great-debates/729239/28 "2015-08-31T21:10:24Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Seriously? That stinker of a thread is remaining open? It’s not enough that it’s white supremacist, it’s not enough that it appears fundamentally dishonest. THERE IS NO DEBATE IN IT. I’ve had my own threads with far more debatable content moved to other fora. > > That thread should be taken out back and shot. I was astonished that the mod note didn’t mention anything about not using this MB as a blog-- that is, opening thread after thread on the same subject (or slight variation thereof). This is #4 in less than 2 weeks. Five, if we count the one in IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-moderator-explain-why-this-thread-is-still-in-great-debates/729239/29 "2015-09-01T14:53:56Z")
> [@Emiliana](#): > > If I wanted to be on a [white supremacy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18647176&postcount=1) board, I would find myself a white supremacy board. > > Is anyone deluding him or herself that this kind of crap in anyway leads to meaningful discussion? > > This board is becoming a great place for those who wish to discuss the inferiority of the negro. And he just posted again in exactly the same way, link to horrible racist site followed by many links to other questionable sites, [here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18648958&postcount=81) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-moderator-explain-why-this-thread-is-still-in-great-debates/729239/30 "2015-09-01T14:59:51Z")
CNN, People and Huffingtonpost are some of the shadiest sites I’ve ever come across. Why he would link to them is beyond me. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-moderator-explain-why-this-thread-is-still-in-great-debates/729239/31 "2015-09-01T15:55:35Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > And he just posted again in exactly the same way, link to horrible racist site followed by many links to other questionable sites, [here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18648958&postcount=81) Holy shit! That’s like _quadrupling_ down on doing exactly what the mods said NOT to do. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-moderator-explain-why-this-thread-is-still-in-great-debates/729239/32 "2015-09-01T16:55:46Z")
The matter is under discussion. ---
**Author:** ![Grotonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c2a13f/32.png) [@Grotonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grotonian)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-moderator-explain-why-this-thread-is-still-in-great-debates/729239/33 "2015-09-01T16:58:20Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Holy shit! That’s like _quadrupling_ down on doing exactly what the mods said NOT to do. That’s not how I read the mod instructions. I thought he was told not to START threads with a bunch of links, not that he was told to never post a bunch of links. Maybe I misread it. He’s suspended, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-moderator-explain-why-this-thread-is-still-in-great-debates/729239/34 "2015-09-01T17:01:07Z")
“Anal sodomy”. Is there any _other_ kind? ---
**Author:** ![Grotonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c2a13f/32.png) [@Grotonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grotonian)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-moderator-explain-why-this-thread-is-still-in-great-debates/729239/35 "2015-09-01T17:05:01Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > “Anal sodomy”. Is there any _other_ kind? Oral. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-moderator-explain-why-this-thread-is-still-in-great-debates/729239/36 "2015-09-01T17:53:21Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Holy shit! That’s like _quadrupling_ down on doing exactly what the mods said NOT to do. > [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > The matter is under discussion. Given that he decided to do exactly what the moderators asked him not to do (but even more so), it appears that he was not really interested in participating in this site. He’s been banned for trolling. Given that he’s now gone, I’m going to close this thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-moderator-explain-why-this-thread-is-still-in-great-debates/729239.md?page=1)