# Closing threads **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-threads/928063 **Category:** About This Message Board **Created:** [December 14, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-threads/928063 "2020-12-14T23:55:13Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 4
### Author: ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit) #### Post date: [December 15, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-threads/928063/4 "2020-12-15T00:14:06Z")
What thread? We had one go off the rails today. It was temporarily shut until a Mod for the forum showed up to sort it out. That was an example of a very good closing. It’s been reopened for several hours though. * * * The other was thread was down to two posters, did you mean that one? > [@Selective Magnet School in Virginia moving towards a lottery system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selective-magnet-school-in-virginia-moving-towards-a-lottery-system/922347/559): > > Sure. And there are plenty of attempt to demonize words and phrases from the left. You have not proven that this has affected me in any way. I have reached the position that the overly woke crowd is worthy of scorn and ridicule based on their actions and not based on what others are saying. I generally don’t scour the internet looking for the opinions of others on matters where I can reach a determination myself. I think that’s a “you” problem and not a “me” problem I think the overly wo… I guess I could reopen it and kick that pair from the thread. But it appeared to be done. I mean 3 days and no one else doesn’t seem unreasonable to just shut it down. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-threads/928063)._