# 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:** 6
**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, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/101 "2010-01-13T20:44:56Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Yet, people have engaged me in debate for probably a hundred pages on that subject alone. No, people have tried to debate you and you blindly and stupidly simply repeat your thesis that somehow SSM will maybe at some future time, in some way, cause some problem that you can’t name. Ohhh, the meaning of a word… ohhh the amazing wit of it all! 😃 > [@](#): > > You say I’m a troll. Another poster tried to pit me in that vein once (was it you or just someone as stupid as you?) and it was pretty unanimous by those who joined in on the pitting that that claim was wrong. Next you say that I don’t know how to think rationally. Really? How do I think then? What non-rational thinking process do I use? How do I drive a car, use a computer, get people to pay me quite a bit of money to guide their businesses? How did I learn to fly an airplane? Through what non-rationale thinkiing process do I to score well enough on moderated IQ tests to qualify for clubs beyond Mensa? What processes did I use to get maximum scores on tests for Officer Training school? Plenty of irrational people have skills. Personally I’d have my doubts about a clear sub-normal like yourself scoring high on an IQ test. Since you’re a dishonest sack of shit, I see no reason to take your word for it. In case you’re wondering I find you dishonest because you refuse to admit when you’ve been shown a fool, take this thread for instance. Like I say, someone who believes the moon landing is fake can drive a car. Someone who thinks gay marriage damages a word could conceivably fly an aircraft. Don’t you think? > [@](#): > > Please, this is very interesting…I was always under the impression that thinking rationally was what allowed those things to happen. But heck, I even find those two words redundant, so you must have some other grasp of them. Please, by all means, would you mind sharing? Otherwise I might be tempted to think (rationally) that you are just a full of shit blowhard that might be the most blindly partisan poster in these boards. You’re a simple thing Magellan. An angry, hateful, small, man of little intellectual heft. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/102 "2010-01-13T20:48:44Z")
The Big Government blog notes that Mr. Michael Meehan has a pending appointment to the Broadcasting Board of Governors. [The White House press release of this appointment is linked here.](http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts-111809) Now, the BBG oversees the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and various other broadcast operations. If Mr. Meehan has been shown to have shoved a reporter around this appointment could be jeopardized. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/103 "2010-01-13T20:49:56Z")
> [@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. You’re just parodying yourself at this point, aren’t you? Job done right, do it yourself, that kind of thing? I guess I can respect that. ---
**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, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/104 "2010-01-13T20:51:31Z")
> [@Mr.Moto](#): > > The Big Government blog notes that Mr. Michael Meehan has a pending appointment to the Broadcasting Board of Governors. [The White House press release of this appointment is linked here.](http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts-111809) > > Now, the BBG oversees the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and various other broadcast operations. If Mr. Meehan has been shown to have shoved a reporter around this appointment could be jeopardized. Does anyone actually listen to the Voice of America and RFE anymore? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/105 "2010-01-13T20:55:52Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Does anyone actually listen to the Voice of America and RFE anymore? If that is true, then losing that appointment should be no big deal, right? ---
**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, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/106 "2010-01-13T21:01:26Z")
> [@Mr.Moto](#): > > If that is true, then losing that appointment should be no big deal, right? It doesn’t really matter, since the Republican Short Attention Span Theater will present us with a totally new “outrage” in two days time, tops. ---
**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, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/107 "2010-01-13T21:06:49Z")
> [@Mr.Moto](#): > > If that is true, then losing that appointment should be no big deal, right? I don’t know. I was asking. Presumably it would be a big deal for Meehan. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/108 "2010-01-13T21:14:05Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I don’t know. I was asking. Presumably it would be a big deal for Meehan. Presumably. In any case, according to the BBG’s website, the 2008 weekly listenership was 175 million, up from 2007. This includes all of the BBG’s broadcast entities, with special emphasis on 60 million listening weekly in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. ---
**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, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/109 "2010-01-13T21:19:33Z")
Does that number include the Armed Forces broadcast networks? ---
**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, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/110 "2010-01-13T21:31:08Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > I saw it on Drudge Is that loser still around? I heard his daily page views have flatlined since the Kenyan took over at the white house. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/111 "2010-01-13T21:33:18Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Does that number include the Armed Forces broadcast networks? No, it specifically excludes these. The Armed Forces Networks are run by the Department of Defense. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/112 "2010-01-13T21:34:00Z")
You mean actually got in his face? Like, yelled at him, and stuff? OMG! ---
**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, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/113 "2010-01-13T21:38:03Z")
> [@Mr.Moto](#): > > No, it specifically excludes these. The Armed Forces Networks are run by the Department of Defense. Then I guess it _is_ a big deal. I had no idea. That said, in terms of the BBG’s importance to the average voter, I’d have to say it probably ranks somewhere between the National Parks Service and the BATF’s flavored cigarettes division. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/114 "2010-01-13T22:38:15Z")
Magellan01, please take your inane complaints, crumple them up, then cram them up your ass. ---
**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, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/115 "2010-01-13T22:51:29Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > No, people have tried to debate you and you blindly and stupidly simply repeat your thesis that somehow SSM will maybe at some future time, in some way, cause some problem that you can’t name. Ohhh, the meaning of a word… ohhh the amazing wit of it all! 😃 And here you demonstrate why you are, well, who and what you are. I’ve explained the problems I foresee numerous times. You don’t like them, or agree with them, fine. THAT is why we don’t agree on the subject, you dope. Tell me, is every single person who disagrees with you and agrees with on SSM equally deficient than the mighty self-deluded Lobohan? > [@Lobohan](#): > > Plenty of irrational people have skills. Personally I’d have my doubts about a clear sub-normal like yourself scoring high on an IQ test. Since you’re a dishonest sack of shit, I see no reason to take your word for it. In case you’re wondering I find you dishonest because you refuse to admit when you’ve been shown a fool, take this thread for instance. Ha! This thread didn’t turn out as I thought it would, but I am not the one who shold be embarrassed by it. It’s you and a few other dumb-dumbs who claimed I made points and raised issue I didn’t, while avoiding answering the direct question. You still haven’t done so. Why? Because YOU are the mindless partisan who doesn’t want to debate and discuss when your side has done something wrong. And you can believe what you want about my scores. Anything to keep alive your fantasy of superiority. First you ignore the issue and attack the messenger, claiming him incapable of rational thought. When that nonsense of yours begins to look as stupid as it is, you now accuse the messenger of lying. Reflect, sonny. Reflect. > [@Lobohan](#): > > Like I say, someone who believes the moon landing is fake can drive a car. Someone who thinks gay marriage damages a word could conceivably fly an aircraft. Don’t you think? Naturally. Because it does. That’s a rational conclusion and opinion. And those other tasks similarly require rational thought. You can think what you want about the SSM issue, but the broadening of the definition degrades the usefulness of the word, even if to a small degree. It’s a fact. Even if you think that other benefits outweigh it. > [@Lobohan](#): > > You’re a simple thing Magellan. An angry, hateful, small, man of little intellectual heft. UNBELIEVABLE! Again, you are what you despise. Ahhh, what a beautiful punishment for a dope like you. ---
**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, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/116 "2010-01-13T22:54:07Z")
> [@Michael\_Ellis](#): > > Magellan01, please take your inane complaints, crumple them up, then cram them up your ass. What complaint? How is it/they inane? Do you have an opinion as to what was specifically asked in the OP? Oh, and nothing goes in MY ass. It’s one-way in the other direction. How about yours? When you open your eyes do you see two-way traffic? ---
**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, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/117 "2010-01-13T22:57:57Z")
Missed the edit window: By the way, this thread is about Meehan. If you’d like to go on about my deficiencies, feel free to start a pit thread. Wouldn’t be the first time. Let’s see what the Great Self Deluded Lobohan can do. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/118 "2010-01-14T00:13:46Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Missed the edit window: > > By the way, this thread is about Meehan. If you’d like to go on about my deficiencies, feel free to start a pit thread. Wouldn’t be the first time. Let’s see what the Great Self Deluded Lobohan can do. Once again, shove this thread up your ass. It might get your IQ into single digits. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/119 "2010-01-14T00:33:51Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Of course!:smack: Because no one ever creates a thread title based on the information available at the time. But I guess it’s hard to type and circle the wagons at the same time. Yee-hah!!! It’s clear from watching the tape that everything you posted in the thread title and in the OP is wrong. If you watched the video, and read the articles, you know that what you posted as “the facts as you knew them at the time” is bullshit. If you didn’t watch the video and read the articles you linked to, then you were just making up bullshit. Either way, it’s bullshit, and you’re so full of it, it keeps leaking out onto the board. ---
**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 14, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/120 "2010-01-14T01:18:45Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > And here you demonstrate why you are, well, who and what you are. I’ve explained the problems I foresee numerous times. No you haven’t you sickening liar. > [@](#): > > You don’t like them, or agree with them, fine. THAT is why we don’t agree on the subject, you dope. Tell me, is every single person who disagrees with you and agrees with on SSM equally deficient than the mighty self-deluded Lobohan? Not at all. Rationality isn’t everything there is to a person. A person can be irrational, yet still be a worthy and admirable member of society. Not you of course, you’re a fucking idiot, but plenty of people aren’t rational and still rock. > [@](#): > > Ha! This thread didn’t turn out as I thought it would, but I am not the one who shold be embarrassed by it. It’s you and a few other dumb-dumbs who claimed I made points and raised issue I didn’t, while avoiding answering the direct question. You still haven’t done so. Why? Because YOU are the mindless partisan who doesn’t want to debate and discuss when your side has done something wrong. And you can believe what you want about my scores. Anything to keep alive your fantasy of superiority. First you ignore the issue and attack the messenger, claiming him incapable of rational thought. When that nonsense of yours begins to look as stupid as it is, you now accuse the messenger of lying. Reflect, sonny. Reflect. Sorry liar. You made a silly thread. And now you’re too much of a coward to own up to it. Go on and hide under attack posts, we honestly don’t expect different from you. > [@](#): > > Naturally. Because it does. That’s a rational conclusion and opinion. Not in the least, stupid. You’re a prejudiced sack of shit who wants to legislate his homophobia. > [@](#): > > And those other tasks similarly require rational thought. You can think what you want about the SSM issue, but the broadening of the definition degrades the usefulness of the word, even if to a small degree. Nope, it doesn’t, unless you think homosexuals are worth less than heterosexuals. That’s called prejudice. You’re a hateful coward hiding behind your laughable “rationale”. > [@](#): > > It’s a fact. Even if you think that other benefits outweigh it. Nope. > [@](#): > > UNBELIEVABLE! Again, you are what you despise. Ahhh, what a beautiful punishment for a dope like you. This site is about fighting ignorance. And given your passion for stupidity and outfight mania for irrational bullshit, you do make an obvious target. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797.md?page=7)