# Democrat thuggery, Boston style. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 13, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797 "2010-01-13T17:23:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/61 "2010-01-13T19:09:49Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Actually, just one win: another piece of evidence as to how left-partisan so many on these boards are. I guess there is probably another win. That being that lurkers will see how a pretty simple question in an OP that makes a democrat look bad gets responded to. > > So, I guess you’re right: win-win. Your dick must be so hard right now. You’ve once again proved what a shallow lot everyone but you is. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/62 "2010-01-13T19:11:30Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > _Assuming things are as they appear_, he _still_ shouldn’t be arrested, since we have no evidence that a crime was committed. Maybe he meant to say “Assuming things are as my morning talking points memo told me they were”? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/63 "2010-01-13T19:15:48Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Why is your thread title “Democrat thuggery” as opposed to “Meehan thuggery”? **Meehan a Meehany, Boston Style?** I like it! ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/64 "2010-01-13T19:18:25Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Maybe he meant to say “Assuming things are as my morning talking points memo told me they were”? Possibly the lamest response possible. You’re in the running with the pathetic Lobohan. But you raise an interesting question: what is more devastating, the direct ad hominem or the oblique one? Hmmm… Ah, who cares—Yee-hah! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/65 "2010-01-13T19:19:28Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Actually, just one win: another piece of evidence as to how left-partisan so many on these boards are. I guess there is probably another win. That being that lurkers will see how a pretty simple question in an OP that makes a democrat look bad gets responded to. Ah, so it _is_ about the Democrats, after all. Meehan can’t just be a friend of Ms. Coakley’s, or even a perfect stranger. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/66 "2010-01-13T19:19:54Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Your dick must be so hard right now. You’ve once again proved what a shallow lot everyone but you is. I really can’t take the credit. I merely asked a question. The real work was in so many people commenting without answering it. Magnificent work it was. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/67 "2010-01-13T19:20:36Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Actually, just one win: another piece of evidence as to how left-partisan so many on these boards are. I guess there is probably another win. That being that lurkers will see how a pretty simple question in an OP that makes a democrat look bad gets responded to. > > So, I guess you’re right: win-win. So you titled your thread “Democrat thuggery” and not “Meehan thuggery” because you wanted to point out everyone else’s partisanship? ---
**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:** [January 13, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/68 "2010-01-13T19:20:46Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Possibly the lamest response possible. You’re in the running with the pathetic Lobohan. But you raise an interesting question: what is more devastating, the direct ad hominem or the oblique one? Hmmm… > > Ah, who cares—Yee-hah! “No, I’m not-_you_ are!! Yee-hah!” Hey, if it works for you… ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/69 "2010-01-13T19:21:11Z")
Just try not to chafe when your whacking off over this thread. May I suggest Astro-glide. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/70 "2010-01-13T19:22:35Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Where did I say or imply that this should reflect on Coakley in any way? Are you stupid? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/71 "2010-01-13T19:23:19Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Possibly the lamest response possible. You’re in the running with the pathetic Lobohan. But you raise an interesting question: what is more devastating, the direct ad hominem or the oblique one? Hmmm… Someone mentions that somewhere, perhaps, some Democrat did something a teensy bit questionable. And that person is instantly and automatically attacked by the Usual Suspects, and some fucking assholes play the race card, and it is immediately dismissed and the thread moved to the Pit so that the messenger can be attacked. Imagine my surprise. Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [January 13, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/72 "2010-01-13T19:24:03Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > I really can’t take the credit. I merely asked a question. The real work was in so many people commenting without answering it. Magnificent work it was. You started the partisan commenting with your title. We merely pointed out that there wasn’t enough evidence to make much of a decision yet, based on the scant evidence provided. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/73 "2010-01-13T19:24:25Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Ah, so it _is_ about the Democrats, after all. Meehan can’t just be a friend of Ms. Coakley’s, or even a perfect stranger. Uh, he works for her. Not sure what your point is though, Meehan is on Coakley’s staff, on loan from the democratic senatorial campaign committee, and (as I’ve stated) I don’t see this as reflecting on her. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/74 "2010-01-13T19:27:56Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > So you titled your thread “Democrat thuggery” and not “Meehan thuggery” because you wanted to point out everyone else’s partisanship? You’re an idiot. No one knows who Meehan is, so it would not have been a good thread title. You don’t _like_ mine, too bad, missy. It’s a fine thread title. But you eventually made it past those four words and read the OP, right. Yet, you still haven’t answered the question. Interesting how you view this whole debate thing. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/75 "2010-01-13T19:28:09Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Imagine my surprise. Every time I try to imagine anything going on inside your brain, [all I see is this.](http://journeyhomeburke.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/homer-brain-large.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/76 "2010-01-13T19:28:51Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Someone mentions that somewhere, perhaps, some Democrat did something a teensy bit questionable. And that person is instantly and automatically attacked by the Usual Suspects, and some fucking assholes play the race card, and it is immediately dismissed and the thread moved to the Pit so that the messenger can be attacked. > > Imagine my surprise. > > Regards, > Shodan You do realize that your inevitable appearance in a thread of this type makes you something of a Usual Suspect as well, right? ---
**Author:** ![Sinaptics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Sinaptics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaptics)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/77 "2010-01-13T19:31:22Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Nothing partisan about “Democrat thuggery”-nosiree! From Democrat thuggery to Republican hyperbole. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/78 "2010-01-13T19:31:47Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > You really are an jerkoff with zero self-awareness. You continuously hurl ad hominems on these boards, calling people dumb, stupid, moronic, knee-jerk, etc., etc. As if you think you’re Stephen Hawking. But I can only assume you’re an imbecile, because I can’t recall you contributing to debate, just resorting to sticking your tongue out and spewing insults at posters. This is what you do. Are you truly not aware of it. Are you that far gone? I’ll put my history of substantive posts against yours any day of the week, my dear little conserva-tard. > [@](#): > > Either way, that is why you can string together an insult of Proustian length and it wouldn’t matter. Because you are what you profess to despise. Not at all. I think to form my opinions and ideology. You surrender your thoughts to yours. > [@](#): > > And that is just so fucking righteous. The fact that you’re so unaware of it is just the cherry on top. Keep up the good work. Again, you are a simple, angry, child. You have programming that states that “dems bad” and you’ll step over a hundred stories of Republican evil to point to a triviality about a democrat. You are what is wrong with this country. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/79 "2010-01-13T19:32:56Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You started the partisan commenting with your title. We merely pointed out that there wasn’t enough evidence to make much of a decision yet, based on the scant evidence provided. Ha, that’s a good one. That’s all you (plural, since you evidently desire the protection of the crowd) were doing? You’re so funny you should put on a red nose big red flappy shows and join the circus. Sorry, chum. But at least I know now that you’re full of shit. Thanks for the information. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/80 "2010-01-13T19:37:33Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > You’re an idiot. No one knows who Meehan is, so it would not have been a good thread title. You don’t _like_ mine, too bad, missy. It’s a fine thread title. But you eventually made it past those four words and read the OP, right. Yet, you still haven’t answered the question. Interesting how you view this whole debate thing. So the truth is, you wouldn’t have cared about this at all, if it weren’t for the fact that your talking points memo handed you this story. Was the term “Democrat thuggery” yours, or did it come with the story? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797.md?page=5)