# Chief Pedant, come on down! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 11, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363 "2015-10-11T22:09:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/101 "2015-10-12T18:12:28Z")
Calling me a racist really dilutes the word as an insult/label. I’m absolutely serious about adding it to the user agreement. It is included in many online services, from Twitter to Facebook. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/102 "2015-10-12T18:15:12Z")
French president Nicolas Sarkozy proposed a law that would make [even viewing a hate site a crime](http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/03/thoughtcrime-french-president-promises-law-to-make-viewing-hate-sites-criminal/). I think we can all get behind that idea. We need to use the full force of the law to crush those who are different from us. ---
**Author:** ![BrightNShiny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@BrightNShiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightNShiny)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/103 "2015-10-12T18:33:08Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > Calling me a racist really dilutes the word as an insult/label. I’m absolutely serious about adding it to the user agreement. It is included in many online services, from Twitter to Facebook. Uh huh, yeah right. Let’s see what you posted: > [@](#): > > This pernicious myth that people are different needs to be curb stomped into extinction, and anyone who differs with my feelings on this is a racist. And racist should be treated differently, we should label them, make sure everyone knows what they are, and then treat them like the inferior scum they have shown themselves to be. Obviously this is the intelligent and humane response to those who differ from the majority. Or anyone who doesn’t follow the true path of human dignity and rational beliefs. If someone started a thread stating that different individuals have different genes, that thread would be one post long. Because that’s a pretty universally accepted fact in science. That’s not what the racists do. They make specific claims about genetics, social constructions of race and intelligence, and their claims are backed up with nonsense evidence. And then you, like the lying piece of shit you are, want to pretend that people are arguing against the idea that different individuals have different characteristics. When that is actually not the claim being made. So, you decided to lie about the actual claim being made and the rebuttal, all so you could try and confuse the discussion. And you did all of this to carry water for racists. Because you are a racist piece of shit. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/104 "2015-10-12T18:44:51Z")
> [@BrightNShiny](#): > > Uh huh, yeah right. Let’s see what you posted: > > If someone started a thread stating that different individuals have different genes, that thread would be one post long. Because that’s a pretty universally accepted fact in science. That’s not what the racists do. They make specific claims about genetics, social constructions of race and intelligence, and their claims are backed up with nonsense evidence. > > And then you, like the lying piece of shit you are, want to pretend that people are arguing against the idea that different individuals have different characteristics. When that is actually not the claim being made. > > So, you decided to lie about the actual claim being made and the rebuttal, all so you could try and confuse the discussion. And you did all of this to carry water for racists. Because you are a racist piece of shit. Needs more cowbell. ---
**Author:** ![BrightNShiny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@BrightNShiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightNShiny)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/105 "2015-10-12T18:46:35Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Needs more cowbell. Yep, of course you want to ignore your own racism and everyone else’s. What else is new? ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/106 "2015-10-12T18:47:27Z")
> [@BrightNShiny](#): > > Yep, of course you want to ignore your own racism and everyone else’s. What else is new? No, _more_ cowbell! ---
**Author:** ![BrightNShiny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@BrightNShiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightNShiny)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/107 "2015-10-12T18:48:47Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > No, _more_ cowbell! Trivializing racism. What an immoral fuckstain you are. Since we’re talking about genetics, do us all a favor and don’t have kids. I can’t imagine what a shitty parent you’d be. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/108 "2015-10-12T18:55:23Z")
> [@BrightNShiny](#): > > Trivializing racism. What an immoral fuckstain you are. Since we’re talking about genetics, do us all a favor and don’t have kids. I can’t imagine what a shitty parent you’d be. There you go. See, I knew can you could do it. Now if you could point to statement from me that is _actually_ racist, we might be able to have an actual discussion. But since all you have is knee-jerk rabid frothing to anything that dare challenges your kumbaya world view, I guess that won’t be happening. ::Sob.:: Oh, and Nature called. She said she doesn’t give two shits about your delicate sensibilities and will continue to distribute intelligence among populations the same way she always has. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/109 "2015-10-12T19:06:21Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > No, _more_ cowbell! No, more Dog Whistle. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/110 "2015-10-12T19:07:34Z")
People mocking serious issues in the Pit? I am shocked by this behavior. ---
**Author:** ![BrightNShiny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@BrightNShiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightNShiny)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/111 "2015-10-12T19:07:36Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > There you go. See, I knew can you could do it. > > Now if you could point to statement from me that is _actually_ racist, we might be able to have an actual discussion. But since all you have is knee-jerk rabid frothing to anything that dare challenges your kumbaya world view, I guess that won’t be happening. It’s not my “kumbaya” view, you racist idiot. You can’t even learn about the actual science at hand, and you can’t even deal honestly with the arguments at hand. Because it is more important to you to be racist than do science. > [@](#): > > ::Sob.:: > > Oh, and Nature called. She said she doesn’t give two shits about your delicate sensibilities and will continue to distribute intelligence among populations the same way she always has. Sorry. Nature called, and said you don’t actually know anything about the topic. You are just a racist idiot who doesn’t actually want to learn about it. As usual, you refuse to learn about the actual topic at hand, you post a bunch of made up crap and you fly your bigot flag as high as you can. You are a terrible excuse for a human being. Sorry, you racist asshole. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/112 "2015-10-12T19:08:49Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > There you go. Indeed you are just trivializing it, a property seen on many conservatives that instead of telling guys like the Chief to pipe it down you **continuously** refuse to see how asinine the points that he brings to the table are, they are racist. > **[magellan01 - epitome of racist Republican](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=718620)** > > Because you’d think that giving those poor black people the opportunity to protect their precious minimum wage shithole jobs and poverty-ridden lifestyle from the uppity Mexicans would be enough to win their votes. It seems to work for winning a lot... > [@magellan01 - epitome of racist Republican](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-epitome-of-racist-republican/683975/30): > > Sounds to me more like the “Macaca” style, were the sources and crowd they rely on can pass a lot of racist stuff and \*\*magellan01 \*\*does not think about how odd those talking points are. > > More recently he has reported that our resident scientific racists like Chen019 and Chief Pedant make great points. [magellan01 is] still clueless about who is a good source [of information] and who is [not] a good one. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/113 "2015-10-12T19:09:26Z")
How do you feel about global warming? ---
**Author:** ![BrightNShiny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@BrightNShiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightNShiny)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/114 "2015-10-12T19:11:02Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > How do you feel about global warming? Yet another attempt to distract from the issue at hand. It really bugs you when people point out racism, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/115 "2015-10-12T19:12:43Z")
> [@BrightNShiny](#): > > It really bugs you when people point out racism, doesn’t it? Doeisn’t effect me at all. I still think the user agreement should simply include racism (to go along with hate speech) as one of the things you agree to not post on the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/116 "2015-10-12T19:16:29Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Indeed you are just trivializing it, a property seen on many conservatives that instead of telling guys like the Chief to pipe it down you **continuously** refuse to see how asinine the points he brings to the table are racist. What I am trivializing is the false calls of racism from dolts like DullNCloudy. And the desperate desire by some to conflate rac_ist_ statements with rac_ial_ ones. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/117 "2015-10-12T19:16:57Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Needs more cowbell. Funny how you’re drawn to the posts with the most invective, and you seem to be ignoring the posts that try to answer your questions honestly. Not sure why this is. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/118 "2015-10-12T19:17:44Z")
> [@BrightNShiny](#): > > Yet another attempt to distract from the issue at hand. It really bugs you when people point out racism, doesn’t it? Indeed, he does. As pointed before he does not notice when people are affected by crank magnetism as he also suffers badly from that condition. I advise you to be aware of [Captain Amalgam](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=717960&page=3)here. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/119 "2015-10-12T19:20:43Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > What I am trivializing is the false calls of racism from dolts like DullNCloudy. And the desperate desire by some to conflate rac_ist_ statements with rac_ial_ ones. As pointed before you still do not have a clue and wilfully ignore the evidence presented in the past that showed that people like Chief Pedant and Chen019 were not supposed to be trusted. You still deny that. Now as I many times pointed out I could go for the idea that you are still just an ignorant, but after years of you playing this game of “playing the innocent” one has to report that you are indeed just tacitly accepting their racist ideology. ---
**Author:** ![BrightNShiny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@BrightNShiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightNShiny)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/120 "2015-10-12T19:23:45Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > What I am trivializing is the false calls of racism from dolts like DullNCloudy. And the desperate desire by some to conflate rac_ist_ statements with rac_ial_ ones. Riiiight. **Ramira** posted very polite rebuttals in this thread. Did any of that sink into your thick racist skull? Of course not. Because it’s not about the name calling or the politeness, it’s really about your desire to spout racist nonsense. Because you are a racist. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363.md?page=7)