# Demagoguery sucks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demagoguery-sucks/2539>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 15, 1999, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demagoguery-sucks/2539 "1999-10-15T21:21:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![VegForLife](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9de0a6/32.png) [@VegForLife](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VegForLife)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 1999, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demagoguery-sucks/2539/1 "1999-10-15T21:21:00Z")

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Just for you, Mojo. . .

Rich

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 1999, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demagoguery-sucks/2539/2 "1999-10-15T21:35:00Z")

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Watch out, Rich…TennHippie would be very upset with you for using “suck” in a derogatory sense! 😉

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**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 1999, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demagoguery-sucks/2539/3 "1999-10-15T21:43:00Z")

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I retroactively stand corrected.

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**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 1999, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demagoguery-sucks/2539/4 "1999-10-16T01:02:00Z")

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…but you didn’t state your religious affiliation.

My personal experience has been that the people who are very vocal about their religion (or lack thereof) and tell you how to run you life based on their religious/atheistic beliefs are typically jackasses.

Its also the coverage. You never hear “Millions of Muslims Pray Silently. Film at 11.”

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**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 1999, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demagoguery-sucks/2539/5 "1999-10-16T06:05:00Z")

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(In a whiny jodih voice)

_"Why are you saying that all Christians are demagogues?_

You may now return to your normally scheduled thread…

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Yer pal,  
Satan

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**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demagoguery-sucks/2539/6 "1999-10-18T01:18:00Z")

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Demagoguery is what’s wrong with America today! It’s the reason that children bring guns to school and fathers rape their own daughters! I say that all the demagogues in the world should be taken and SHOT!!! Who’s with me?

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Modest? You bet I’m modest! I am the queen of modesty!

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**Author:** ![BenDover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@BenDover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BenDover)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demagoguery-sucks/2539/7 "1999-10-18T02:17:00Z")

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I’ll bring the bullets if you’ll bring the beer!

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Too many freaks, not enough circuses.